Kentucky assistant Joel Justus has been named as a potential candidate for the head coaching job at Appalachian State.
The Winston-Salem Journal put together a list of potential coaches who fit the criteria that State might be looking for.
Here’s what the article says about Justus:
Needs experience: Joel Justus, Kentucky assistant coach
Justus is a Winston-Salem native in the midst of his third season as an assistant coach with the Wildcats. He joined the program in 2014-15, working as the director of analytics then as special assistant to the head coach for the following season.
Before that, Justus was the head coach at Davidson Day High School for two years. He’s also been an assistant at Elon (from 2004 to 2008) and graduated from UNC Wilmington.
Justus’s only experience as a head coach is at the high school level — coming at Davidson Day and at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia (2008 to 2012).
