Former Kentucky point guard Sean Woods was recently named NABC District 22 Coach of the Year after a 17-14 season at Southern.
Woods was previously the head coach at Mississippi Valley State and Morehead State before taking over at Southern.
Here are details from SU:
BATON ROUGE, La. – The NABC has released the 2022 NABC Division I All-District Teams and District Coaches of the Year. The All-District honors are voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I.
Head Coach Sean Woods named District 22 Coach of the Year along with Jayden Saddler and Tyrone Lyons earning first team honors.
Coach Woods led the Jaguars to a 17-14 overall record and 12-6 Southwestern Athletic Conference record. The Jaguars were 9-2 at home while earing huge non-conference wins against Tulane, Tennessee State, Southeastern and Kent State.
Tyrone Lyons was the Jaguars leading scorer averaging 13.7 points per game, which also ranked him tenth in the conference. Lyons is also ranked 19th in the conference with 4.9 rebounds per game. He was also a menace on the defensive end of the court averaging 1.7 steals per game along with averaging just under one blocked shot per game. Against Grambling on January 15th, he tied his season high in scoring with 25 shooting 8-of-9 from the floor and a perfect 4-of-4 from behind the three.
Jayden Saddler, the team’s emotional leader averaged 11.2 points per game which ranks him 18th in the conference in scoring. He ranks second in assists in the SWAC averaging 4.1 assists per game and he also ranks third in steals averaging 2.2 steals per game. Against MVSU on January 24th he 21 points on 10-of-12 shooting with seven assists and four rebounds. Jayden was also named to the All-SWAC Preseason team.
District 22
First Team
Jalen Johnson – Alabama A&M
Tyrone Lyons – Southern
MJ Randolph – Florida A&M
Jayden Saddler – Southern
Derek St. Hilaire – New Orleans
Second Team
Cameron Christon – Grambling State
Joe French – Bethune Cookman
Ty Gordon – Nicholls State
Garrett Hicks – Alabama A&M
Jayveous McKinnis – Jackson State
Coach of the Year: Sean Woods – Southern
