The JSU Tiger Fund will host a community reception for JSU’s head men’s basketball coach Wayne Brent at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the Penguin, 1100 John R. Lynch St. in Jackson. The public is invited to attend.
Brent – a championship winning coach – was introduced Monday as the new head men’s basketball coach for Jackson State University.
Brent, who is one of the most successful basketball coaches in the history of the Jackson Public School system, brings more than 15 years of coaching experience at the high school and collegiate levels to JSU. He comes to Jackson State after leading Jackson’s Callaway High School to the 2013 state championship.
Brent succeeds Tevester Anderson, who retired last week.
Brent had a highly successful tenure at the helm of the Callaway Chargers program. From 2007-2008 through 2012-2013, his teams have won five division championships and four state championships.
Prior to taking the Callaway job, Brent was the head coach at Piney Woods High School. In three years at Piney Woods, Brent led the Tornadoes to a 72-16 record. In 2004, his first year at the school, the Tornadoes finished with a 31-6 record and earned a divisional title. Over the next two years, his teams went 20-6 (2005) and 21-4 (2006) with two additional divisional titles.
From 1998-1999 through 2000-2001, he served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of Mississippi. While at Ole Miss, the Rebels made three NCAA tournament appearances and a post-season NIT appearance. Ole Miss finished with a 27-8 record, won the Southeastern Conference Western Division title, won the SEC Tournament and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament. Prior to serving as an assistant at Ole Miss, he was the head coach at Provine High School in Jackson.