trey fort senior | guard
official game program
november 4 | vs. mississippi college | 6:30 pm
november 12 | vs. rhodes college | 6:30 pm
november 17 | vs. texas southern | 2 pm
Men’s Basketball
2024-2025 Schedule
Nov. 4 Mississippi College 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 8 at Cornell 5 p.m.
Nov. 12 Rhodes College 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 15 at North Alabama 7:45 p.m.
Nov. 17 Texas Southern 2 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Michigan State 7 p.m.
Nov. 26 North Dakota State# 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 27 Utah Valley# 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 29 West Georgia# 3 p.m.
Dec. 5 at South Carolina State TBD
Dec. 8 Austin Peay 2 p.m.
Dec. 18 at Arizona 8 p.m.
Dec. 21 at Alabama A&M 7 p.m.
Jan. 1 The Citadel* 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 4 at Western Carolina* TBD
Jan. 9 VMI* 7 p.m.
Jan. 11 UNC Greensboro* 5 p.m.
Jan. 15 at Mercer* TBD
Jan. 18 ETSU* 5 p.m.
Jan. 22 at Chattanooga* 6 p.m.
Jan. 25 Wofford* 5 p.m.
Jan. 29 at Furman* 6 p.m.
Feb. 1 at The Citadel* 12 p.m.
Feb. 5 Mercer* 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 8 at ETSU* TBD
Feb. 12 Chattanooga* 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 15 at Wofford* TBD
Feb. 19 Furman* 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 22 Western Carolina* 2 p.m.
Feb. 27 at VMI* TBD
Mar. 1 at UNC Greensboro* TBD
Mar. 6-10 SoCon Tournament! TBD
ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE
#-Samford Thanksgiving MTE (Pete Hanna Center) *-Southern Conference game !-Asheville, N.C.
Samford Bulldogs
2024-25 Numerical Roster
NO NAME POS HT WT CL
HOMETOWN
1 Josh Holloway G 6-2 160 So. Memphis, Tenn./Oak Hill Academy
2 Lukas Walls G 6-5 203 So. Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School of Knoxville
3 Trey Fort G 6-4 200 Sr. Florence, Miss./Mississippi State
4 Isaiah West G 6-2 190 So. Springfield, Tenn./Vanderbilt
5 Collin Holloway F 6-6 220 Sr. Baton Rouge, La./Tulane
7 Paulie Stramaglia G 5-11 185 Jr. Mountain Brook, Ala./Mountain Brook HS
8 Zion Wilburn G 6-5 190 Fr. Richmond, Calif./AZ Compass Prep School
10 Corey Brown G 6-4 175 Fr. Fairburn, Ga./Landmark Christian School
11 Hamed “Larry” Olayinka F 6-9 215 So. Los Angeles, Calif./Utah Tech
13 Julian Brown G 6-1 190 Jr. Middletown, N.Y./Wagner
14 Brody Davis C 6-10 235 Sr. Madison, Ala./Birmingham-Southern
15 Grayson Walters F 6-5 210 Gr. Mountain Brook, Ala./Link Year Prep (Mo.)
21 Rylan Jones G 6-0 175 Gr. Logan, Utah/Utah State
22 Thomas Kizer G 6-0 165 So. Memphis, Tenn./Evangelical Christian School
23 Caleb Harrison F 6-9 205 Fr. Huntsville, Ala./Huntsville HS
24 Brody Boyer G 6-4 210 Gr. Palm Bay, Fla./Eastern Florida State College
30 Owen LaRocca G 6-1 160 Sr. Sugar Land, Texas/Fort Bend Christian
31 Joshua Hughes F 6-5 215 Jr Woodstock, Ga./Etowah High School
33 Jaden Brownell F 6-9 230 Jr. Sandy, Utah/UIC
35 Riley Allenspach F/C 6-11 247 So. Charlotte, N.C./Providence Day School
Coaching and Support Staff
NAME POSITION
Bucky McMillan Head Coach
Mitch Cole Associate Head Coach
Neb Exantus Assistant Coach
Danny Young Assistant Coach
Lorenzo Jenkins Assistant Coach
David Good Assistant Coach
Duane Reboul Special Assistant to the Head Coach
Warren Fitzpatrick Chief of Staff
Skip Wellborn Director of Internal Operations
Thomas Owen Director of Basketball Operations
Will Dreschler Video Coordinator
K.J. Hall Graduate Assistant
Trey Kilgore Men’s Basketball STC
Brad Montgomery Athletic Trainer
Samford University
Samford is one of the country’s leading Christian universities and offers undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional programs through 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, including Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico and 16 countries.
Samford is regularly recognized as one of the best Christian universities in the United States, receiving high marks for academic quality and value. Samford is the top-ranked university in Alabama in national rankings published by The Wall Street Journal. Additionally, The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranks Samford 1st in the nation for student engagement. Samford is ranked 66th nationally for best undergraduate teaching and 104th for best value by U.S. News & World Report.
Samford’s mission to nurture student development intellectually, ethically and spiritually
is fostered through an array of opportunities, including 170 student organizations, global engagement in more than 14 different countries and dozens of courses that incorporate community service. Additionally, undergraduate students complete Samford’s core curriculum, providing a well-rounded foundation in the liberal arts.
Among Samford’s 57,062 alumni have included more than 60 members of the U.S. Congress, eight state governors, two U.S. Supreme Court justices, one Secretary of State, four Rhodes Scholars, multiple Emmy and Grammy award-winning artists, two national championship football coaches, and recipients of the Pulitzer and Nobel Peace prizes.
The university fields 17 varsity sports—eight men’s and nine women’s—that participate at the NCAA Division I level in the Southern Conference. Samford’s athletic teams earned a 98% Graduation Success Rate by the NCAA, ranking sixth among all Division I universities in the nation, along with an impressive group of peer institutions.
Samford Distinctions
• The Wall Street Journal ranks Samford #10 of all colleges and universities in the United States for the quality of career preparation provided to its students (2024).
• Samford is ranked 34th in the nation among private universities and 115th among all public, private and liberal arts colleges and universities analyzed for Kiplinger’sPersonal Finance’s Best College Values list (2019).
• Samford is the top-ranked university in Alabama in national rankings by The Wall Street Journal (2022).
• 97% of undergraduate alumni are working or in further study within six months of graduation (2022).
• Samford’s athletic teams earned a 98% Graduation Success Rate by the NCAA, ranking sixth among all Division I universities in the nation, along with an impressive group of peer institutions.
• Samford is ranked 1st in Alabama and 32nd nationally by LendEdu in its list of best colleges for financial aid (2020).
Gifts received by our Bulldog Club Excelence Fund donors position Samford Athletics to recruit, retain and develop the very best student-athletes. Thanks to this support, Samford is producing graduates who are prepared to make a difference in the world.
2023-24 Bulldog Club Excellence Fund Donors
All-Conference level and above
CHAMPION’S CIRCLE
Ginny Aday
Daryl Byrd
Alan & Constandina Long
Bill & Kimeran Stevens
Rick & Beth Thorne Stukes
HERITAGE CIRCLE
Anthony & Robbin Allen
Todd & Karen Carlisle
Tim Francis
James & Kay Harrison
Wayne & Judy Houston
Mark & Gwen Matthews
John Russell
Jeremy & Andrea Ryan
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
Bennie & Sonja Bumpers
Tom & Teri D’Armond
Tommy & Charolette Hamby
David & Julie Jenkins
Fred & Ruth Johnston
Bobby & Andrea Killingsworth
Steve & Kim Miller
Ron & Cindy Mims
Rickie & MayAnn Moon
Michael Robinson
Peter & Margaret Ann Selman
Charlie & Lisa Venable
Where Passion Meets Purpose
Samford. Where passion meets purpose. #8
Samford is a leading nationally ranked Christian university, renowned for excellence, robust in opportunities, intentional in fostering connection and committed to cultivating students’ foundational faith. Across our 10 academic schools, students are prepared to powerfully pursue the calling God has on their lives.
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Beck A. Taylor
President
Beck A. Taylor began his tenure as the 19th president of Samford University in July 2021. Taylor, who served as dean and professor of economics for Samford’s Brock School of Business from 2005-2010, returned to Samford after serving as the 18th president of Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, from 2010-2021.
After earning his undergraduate degree from Baylor with majors in economics and finance, Taylor was employed as an analyst for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Houston, Texas. He went on to earn his MS and PhD in economics from Purdue University. Shortly thereafter, he returned to Baylor as associate dean for research and faculty development for the Hankamer School of Business, and was named the first holder of the W.H. Smith Professorship in Economics. In 2002, he was appointed as a visiting scholar by Harvard University where he spent one year in residence at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
As dean of Samford’s Brock School of Business, Taylor led the rapid transformation of the business school, including its renaming to honor Harry B. Brock Jr., founder of Compass Bank. Taylor led the Brock School of Business to establish eight new academic programs, as well as the school’s new honors program. The school’s entrepreneurship program was recognized in 2010
as the nation’s top emerging program by the U.S. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship. In an effort to build bridges between students and the Birmingham business community, Taylor established the Samford Business Network, as well as a 45-member advisory board of the region’s top business leaders.
As a scholar, Taylor has published dozens of studies in economics journals such as Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources and Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking. Illustrating his diverse research interests and his connections to the social sciences, Taylor has also published groundbreaking research in public health and child developmental psychology. His research has been cited in testimony given before the U.S. Congress, the Federal Trade Commission, and the California State Assembly, and also has been referenced in publications such as TheNewYorkTimes,The BostonGlobe,andTheChristianScienceMonitor.
Taylor is a member of numerous professional and academic organizations, and he has served as a strategic business consultant for dozens of organizations. He and his wife, Julie, have three children.
Martin Newton, Director of Athletics
Samford University alumnus and director of athletics Martin Newton has transformed the Bulldogs into one of the Southern Conference’s most successful programs since taking the helm of the department on March 9, 2011. Two years ago, Newton signed a five-year contract extension that began on July 1, 2022.
Newton has made an impact nationally in his time at Samford as he is in the middle of a five-year appointment to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. Additionally, he currently serves on the NCAA Division I Council and the Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee. He was also recently appointed to the NCAA Council Coordination Committee (CCC).
On the fields and courts, the Bulldogs have captured 69 Southern Conference regular season and tournament championships during his tenure, including a school record 11 championships in 2022-23.
Additionally, in the last two Southern Conference All-Sports standings Samford won both the Germann Cup (top women’s program) and the Commissioner’s Cup (top men’s program) in back-to-back seasons. Additionally, Samford has won the last two SoCon Graduation Rate Awards.
Academically, the school’s student-athletes have also posted outstanding results in the classroom, with 2,462 Bulldogs being named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll. Samford’s student-athletes posted an impressive 98 percent in the most recent NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) report, the highest mark in the SoCon and in the state of Alabama.
Over the last 13 years, the Athletics Department has seen significant growth in corporate partnerships and annual giving, more than doubling philanthropic gifts and sponsorship revenues.
Facility enhancements have also been a hallmark of Newton’s tenure with the Bulldogs. Samford has opened a new soccer and track stadium as well as a new softball stadium, indoor hitting facility for the baseball and softball programs and an indoor practice facility for men’s and women’s golf. A new academic
center was recently built in Bashinsky Field House. Additionally, state-of-the-art video boards have been added to the Pete Hanna Center (men’s and women’s basketball/volleyball), Pete Hanna Stadium (football), Joe Lee Griffin Field (baseball) and in Shauna Yelton Field at the Cameron Bean Track (soccer/track and field).
The football video board was a part of Phase I of the Seibert Stadium project, which was completed in August 2019 and was 100 percent donor funded. Phase II, which was completed prior to the 2021 season, included a complete renovation of the Bashinsky Press Tower, new premium seating on the west side of the stadium and renovations to the east side Gate House.
In the spring of 2017, a goal of Newton’s was realized when the inaugural class of the Samford Athletics Hall of Fame was inducted.
He has also negotiated an exclusive universitywide footwear and apparel deal with Nike, helped lead the way on a university-wide licensing agreement with the Licensing Resource Group and successfully transformed the antiquated radio network into an industry leader in campus-led broadcast production with all Samford home athletic events airing on ESPN3 or ESPN+.
Newton started the Samford Strong Leadership Academy in 2014. The academy is a program jointly developed between the Athletics Department and the Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership. Its mission is to bring successful athletes to campus to share their personal stories and the importance of faith and character to success in all areas of life for Samford’s student-athletes.
Following his 1983 graduation from Samford, he worked in sports marketing for Converse for 13 years. Newton then spent 13 years in a similar capacity at Nike.
Prior to his return to Samford, Newton was hired at the University of Kentucky in 2009, where he managed the budget, fund-raising, compliance, scheduling, marketing and academic support for the men’s basketball program.
Newton and his wife, Cindy, have three grown children, Katie, Madison and Charles. They also have two grandsons, Charlie and Sawyer.
Heach Coach Bucky McMillan
Bucky McMillan enters his fifth season as head coach of the Samford University Men’s Basketball team. McMillan was named Samford’s 29th head men’s basketball coach April 6, 2020.
In just four seasons, McMillan has transformed the Samford program into one of the top programs in the prestigious Southern Conference. The 2023-24 season was the best in program history. The team set a school record with 29 wins, posting a 29-6 final record, marking the third-straight season of winning at least 20 games. The team won the Southern Conference regular-season title for a second-straight year with a 15-3 league mark, and the Bulldogs won the SoCon Tournament for the first time and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000. In the NCAA Tournament, the Bulldogs narrowly lost to perennial national power Kansas.
Newcomer of the Year, and he was joined on the third team All-SoCon team by A.J. Staton-McCray. Staton-McCray was also named to the SoCon’s All-Defensive team. Achor was also named first team All-District by the NABC, while Jones earned second team honors.
In year three under McMillan, the Bulldogs earned their first Southern Conference Championship since joining the league in 2008 with a 15-3 conference record that earned them a share of the regular-season crown. For the first time in program history, the Bulldogs achieved 20 regular-season wins in consecutive seasons while also matching the 1998-99 team for most conference wins in a season. It marked just the fourth time in program history that the Bulldogs won 20 games in a regular season.
During the season, the Bulldogs went on a school-record 17-game win streak, and the team posted a perfect 18-0 record in the Pete Hanna Center. The Bulldogs ranked fifth in the nation in scoring, averaging 86.1 points per game. The team also ranked in the top 10 in the nation in three-point percentage (5th-39.5), turnovers forced per game (5th-16.66), bench points per game (6th-33.29), fastbreak points per game (7th-15.20), winning percentage (7th-82.9) and effective field goal percentage (8th-58.1).
Following the season, McMillan was named the SoCon Coach of the Year for a third-straight season. He was also named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 21 Coach of the Year. Individual player-wise, Achor Achor was named first team All-SoCon, and he was named the SoCon Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, Guard Rylan Jones was named the SoCon
McMillan earned SoCon Sports Media Association Anton Foy Coach of the Year for the second-straight year, while Logan Dye, Ques Glover, and Jermaine Marshall all garnered All-SoCon postseason accolades. Samford posted a record of 13-3 at home, including a mark of 8-1 in league play. The Bulldogs averaged 81.4 points per game and posted a +12.7 scoring margin in games played in the Pete Hanna Center. The Bulldogs opened up SoCon play 8-0, highlighted by nationally-televised home wins over Mercer (Dec. 28) and Chattanooga (Jan. 14) on ESPNU. The Bulldogs won seven of their last eight games of the regular season to finish tied with Furman at 15-3 in league play to earn the No. 2 seed in the SoCon Postseason Tournament. Statistically, the Bulldogs made the second-most free throws per game (17.7) while averaging the fifth-most free throw attempts (23.6) in the nation. The Bulldogs ranked 28th in the nation in scoring offense (78.7 PPG) while ranking 20th in the country in bench points per game (26.53).
Year two under McMillan in 2021-22 was a turnaround year for the Bulldogs. For the first time since the 1998-99 campaign, Samford men’s hoops tallied 20 regular-season wins. McMillan’s squad added 15 wins from the previous season, finishing
21-11. The Bulldogs posted a 10-8 mark in conference play, earning them the No. 3 seed in the SoCon Championship before eventually falling in the tournament semifinals. McMillan was named the SoCon Sports Media Association Coach of the Year while sophomore guard Ques Glover earned All-SoCon First Team honors.
In his first season at Samford, the Bulldogs started the season 5-3 before injuries and COVID-19 setbacks slowed their progress. When the final horn sounded on the season, Samford went 6-13 overall and 2-9 in SoCon play.
“BuckyBall” had an immediate impact on the program, averaging 76.8 points per game, ranking fourth overall in the prestigious Southern Conference. Samford scored a school record 133 points in a blowout win over Belhaven (133-84) on Dec. 21, 2020. In an early season exhibition, the Bulldogs defeated Greenville 174-99 in a game that drew national attention from Sports Illustrated, ESPN and Fox Sports.
McMillan came to Samford after serving as the head coach at Mountain Brook High School for the past 12 seasons. McMillan has led the program to unprecedented success, reaching the state finals in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the team won the title in the state’s highest classification in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
In 2020, the Mountain Brook program was ranked 13th in the list of top 25 public high school basketball programs in the United States over the last decade. In 2018, the National High School Coaches Association named McMillan its National Coach of the Year after his team finished the season with a 34-3 record and ranked No. 17 in the USA Today national rankings. His 2019 team finished the year ranked No. 5 nationally by USA Today. McMillan’s teams were ranked No. 1 in the AHSAA state rankings during each season from 2013 to 2020.
McMillan was named USA Today’s Alabama Coach of the Year in 2019; Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) Coach of the Year in 2013, 2014 and 2015; Birmingham Tip-Off Club State Coach of the Year in 2012, 2015 and 2019; and Over The Mountain Coach of the Year in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. He was selected to coach the Alabama All-Stars in the 2019 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game. That same year, he was named one of the coaches of Michael Jordan’s “Jordan Brand” All-Star Classic.
During his 12-year run in charge of the Spartans’ program, McMillan won 333 games, averaging nearly 28 wins per season. After posting an 18-12 record in his first season as head coach, McMillan’s teams won at least 23 games in each of the next 11 seasons.
In addition to his work at Mountain Brook High School, McMillan founded the Bucky Ball Academy, a youth camp to enhance and unify basketball in the Mountain Brook community. He also founded the Alabama Flyers program that provides off-season basketball opportunities for the community’s youth.
McMillan played his college basketball at Birmingham-Southern College from 2002 to 2006, where he was named to the Big South Conference Academic Honor Roll all four seasons, and to the league’s All-Academic team as a senior. He also earned the distinction of being named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honor’s Court. McMillan earned his bachelor’s degree in education services from Birmingham-Southern in 2007.
While a student at Mountain Brook High School from 1999 to 2002, McMillan received All-State honors from the Birmingham News in 2002 and was nominated for the McDonald’s High School All-America team. The Birmingham News also named him to its All-State Athletic Academic team.
Mitch Cole
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
Coaching veteran Mitch Cole enters his fourth season as the associate head coach for Samford men’s basketball.
Cole came to Samford after serving as the head coach at Berry College for three seasons. In his time at Berry, Cole posted a record of 51-17. In the 2020-21 season, Cole led the Vikings to both the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Regular Season and Tournament titles. For his efforts, Cole was named 2021 SAA Coach of the Year. The 2021 Vikings also broke onto the national scene, finishing the season ranked No. 11 in the last NCAA Division III poll.
Cole came to Berry after serving two seasons as an assistant coach at the Arkansas-Little Rock. He spent the previous five seasons on the staff at Texas A&M and was formerly the head coach at Birmingham-Southern. Cole came to A&M after one of the most successful seasons in Birmingham-Southern men’s basketball history, leading the Panthers to a 23-4 overall record in 2010-11 and winning the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championship with a 14-2 conference mark.
Cole spent 11 seasons as an assistant coach at BSC under then head coach Duane Reboul, who is currently on Samford’s staff.
Cole played collegiately at Montana State University-Billings, where he double majored in history and education and graduated in 1992. Cole went on to earn his master’s in education from Auburn while working as a graduate assistant with the basketball team.
Cole and his wife, Amy, have three children: daughter Laura Kate and sons Carson and Joshua.
Neb Exantus
ASSISTANT COACH
Neb Exantus enters his fifth season at Samford and his third year as a full-time assistant coach.
Prior to being promoted to a full-time assistant coach, Exantus served on the coaching staff in a graduate assistant role for the Samford men’s basketball team under Coach Bucky McMillan.
Prior to Samford, Exantus was an assistant coach at Southern New Hampshire University, (Alma Mater, 2017) where he was able to help produce one of SNHU’s best recruiting classes with the direction of Former Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year Jack Perri.
Before SNHU, Exantus was key in the development of close to 20 Division I players in his tenure at West Oaks Academy including standouts that went on to play in the Big 12 and SEC. Throughout his career, he’s worked with countless professional athletes including Anfernee Simons and John Mooney through his training company, Nexlevel Basketball based out of New England. Exantus also works with the Haitian National Team during the summer.
Exantus is a 2017 graduate of Southern New Hampshire University.
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AD Danny Young ASSISTANT
COACH
Danny Young begins his third season as an assistant coach on the Samford men’s basketball staff.
Young came to Samford after spending 19 seasons as the head coach at the University of Montevallo. In his 19 seasons at Montevallo, Young posted a record of 372-209, and he has a mark of 433-220 in 21 seasons as a college head coach.
In Young’s 21 seasons as a head coach, his teams advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen 10 times, including one trip to the NCAA Division II championship game.
Young was named the Gulf South Conference East Division Coach of the Decade for 2000-2010.
Prior to UM, Young was Athletic Director and head men’s basketball coach at Salem International in Salem, West Virginia, posting a 51-11 (.823) record in two seasons as head coach.
Young’s team also won the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and went to the NCAA East Regional, finishing with a 25-6 record overall in 2002-03.
Prior to SIU, Young served as an assistant at Wheeling Jesuit University from 1994-96 and spent a season as an assistant at Nebraska-Omaha. Young’s first coaching job came when he returned to his alma mater, Grand Canyon.
Young earned his bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from Grand Canyon University in 1990.
Duane Reboul
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE COACH
Basketball coaching legend Duane Reboul enters his fifth season on the Samford staff. He serves as a special assistant to the head coach. Reboul was one of the top basketball coaches in the nation during his 17 seasons as the head coach at Birmingham-Southern, where he was head coach Bucky McMillan’s head coach. He led his teams to two NAIA National Championships, three NAIA Final 4 appearances and four NAIA Elite Eight runs. He was named the 1995 National Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Reboul earned Southern States Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1990, 1993 and 1995. He was named State of Alabama Coach of the Year in 1990 and 1997, and the TranSouth Conference Division Coach of the Year in 1998. He led the program through its transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division I, earning Big South Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2004 and 2006, and his 2004 team won the Big South Conference title. In his time as the Panthers’ head coach, Reboul won 402 games, averaging nearly 24 wins per season. His teams posted an impressive nine consecutive 20-win seasons.
Reboul began his coaching career as the head coach at his alma mater, De La Salle High School in New Orleans, leading the school to the 1976 state title. He then served six seasons as the head coach at Jesuit High School before moving to the college ranks as an assistant coach at New Orleans and Mississippi State before being hired as the head coach at BSC. He graduated from the University of New Orleans in 1972 after captaining the basketball team to a No. 1 small college national ranking.
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David Good ASSISTANT COACH
David Good enters his fifth season on the staff at Samford and his second as an assistant coach.
For the previous three seasons, Good served as the director of player development and scouting.
Good came to Samford after serving as an assistant coach on McMillan’s staff at Mountain Brook High School since 2015. He helped lead the Spartans to three 7A state titles (2019, 2018, 2017), one 7A runner-up (2020), and an overall record of 152-22. During his time at Mountain Brook, the Spartans eclipsed the 30-win mark four times including a 34-3 record in 2018 while ranking No. 17 in the USA Today national rankings and a 31-3 record in 2019 while ranking No. 5 in the USA Today national rankings.
Prior to his time at Mountain Brook, Good taught physical education and coached basketball at Thompson High School and Thompson Middle School from 2012-2015.
From 2007 to 2012, Good was a video coordinator at UAB where he assisted in four straight 20-win seasons, a CUSA Conference Championship in 2011, four post-season appearances (NCAA-2011; NIT-2010, 2009, 2008) and a 107-57 overall record. Good also served as a Graduate Assistant at Eastern Michigan University from 2005-2007.
Good began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Shepherd High School in Michigan from 2004 to 2005, helping lead the team to a 19-2 record and a conference title.
Good earned a Master of Science in Education from UAB (2012), Master of Science in Sports Management from Eastern Michigan University (2010) and a Bachelor of Science in Sports Studies from Central Michigan University (2004).
Good and his wife, Lucy, a Samford graduate, have two daughters, Addie Mae and Evie Kate.
Lorenzo Jenkins
ASSISTANT COACH
Lorenzo Jenkins enters his second season as an assistant coach on the Samford men’s basketball team.
Jenkins came to Samford from New Mexico State where he was a special assistant to the head coach in 2022-23.
Prior to New Mexico State, Jenkins was at Northwest Florida State in Niceville, Fla., where he served in 2021-22 and helped lead the team to a Junuor College national title.
From 2017-21, Jenkins coached at Potters House Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Fla. During his time at Potters House, 13 of his players signed with Division I schools, and they attained a top-25 ranking. The teams also qualified for the SIAA Playoffs in three of his four seasons.
Jenkins coached at I Family in Orlando, Fla., from 2016-22. He coached a McDonald’s All-American and Jordan Brand Classic All-American, while also having 20 players sign with Division I schools.
From 2015-17, Jenkins worked in player development overseas in Szekesfehervar, Hungary (2015-16) and Santiago del Estro, Argentina(2016-17).
From 2010-15, he worked with Showtime Ballers in Orlando, Fla., including serving as the head coach from 2013-15. There, he had 20 players from his teams sign with Division I teams. Also with the Showtime Ballers, he coached a McDonald’s All-American and Jordan Brand Classic All-American.
Warren Fitzpatrick
CHIEF OF STAFF
Warren Fitzpatrick enters his third season on the Samford men’s basketball staff and his first as Chief of Staff. He spent the previous two seasons as the Director of Basketball Operations for Samford men’s basketball.
Prior to his role as the operations director, Fitzpatrick served as a graduate assistant under Coach McMillan in 2021-22.
Before his time working with the men’s basketball program, Fitzpatrick was a four-year letter winner for the Samford Men’s Track and Field Team. He was a part of three SoCon Championship squads and holds the record for the fastest indoor and outdoor 1600M (4x400M) relay times. Fitzpatrick earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Samford in 2021, with a concentration in Sports Marketing.
An alumnus of Mountain Brook High School, Fitzpatrick played varsity basketball for Coach McMillan at Mountain Brook before his arrival at Samford.
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Skip Wellborn Director of Internal Operations
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K.Jl Hall Graduate Assistant
Brad Montgomery Athletic Trainer
Trey Kilgore Strength and Conditioning Coach
Tomas Owen Director of Basketball Operations
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Q&A with Trey Fort
By Abby Litton
In each game program, Abby Litton will sit down with two seniors or graduate students on the team to let the fans get to know them a little better. This latest Q&A is with Trey Fort.
Q: Who is your favorite basketball player?
A: My favorite basketball player is Russell Westbrook. Of all time I would say Michael Jordan.
Q: Who is your hero?
A: My parents
Q: What three words would you use to describe yourself?
A: The three words I would use to describe myself are caring, athletic and blessed.
Q: What is your all-time favorite food?
A: Wings or pasta
Q: What is your favorite song?
A: Depends on what type of vibe I’m in. I’m going to go with an easy one and say Never Would Have Made It by Marvin Sapp.
Q: What brings you the most joy?
A: What brings me the most joy is, for one, basketball, but just quality time with my family. That’s honestly fun because a lot of people forget to cherish those times.
Q: What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
A: The best piece of advice I’ve been given has actually been recent, from a good friend of mine, Collin Sexton. He told me to have fun and live in the moment. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself to try and be somewhere where you’re not at right now. Just do what you do, and what’s for you is for you.
Q: What is one thing people might not know about you?
A: I can bake.
Q: What’s your favorite thing to bake?
A: My favorite thing to bake is cake—pound cake. It’s like vanilla, but I can’t say too much.
Q: What are you most excited about this year?
A: I’m really excited to just be a part of this culture. This is a winning culture; they’ve won the past two years, and that’s something I want to experience and be a part of.
Q&A with Owen LaRocca
By Abby Litton
In each game program, Abby Litton will sit down with two seniors or graduate students on the team to let the fans get to know them a little better. This latest Q&A is with Owen LaRocca.
Q: Who is your favorite basketball player?
A: My favorite basketball player is Tyler Hero.
Q: Who is your hero?
A: My dad
Q: What three words would you use to describe yourself?
A: Delirious, exciting, friendly
Q: What is your all-time favorite food?
A: My all-time favorite food would be an In-N-Out burger with fries; got to have the fries.
Q: What is your favorite bible verse?
A: My favorite verse is 1 Corinthians 10:31.
Q: What is your favorite song?
A: Probably Dancing Queen. Yeah, for sure.
Q: What brings you the most joy?
A: Jesus and basketball and Legos and Star Wars and sour patch kids
Q: What is your favorite Samford memory?
A: Scoring my first collegiate basket in a game.
Q: What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
A: Don’t take criticism from the same people you would never ask for advice from.
Q: What are you most excited for this season?
A: Honestly, I’m just excited about the team— everyone on the team is really nice to each other, and it’s really refreshing.
2024-25 PLAYERS
Josh Holloway Sophomore, Guard
Paulie Stramaglia Junior, Guard
Brody Davis Senior, Center
Brody Boyer Graduate, Guard
Lukas Walls Sophomore, Guard
Zion Wilburn Freshman, Guard
Grayson Walters Graduate, Forward
Owen LaRocca Senior, Guard
Trey Fort Senior, Guard
Corey Brown Freshman, Guard
Rylan Jones Gruaduate, Guard
Joshua Hughes Junior, Forward
Isaiah West Sophomore, Guard
Hamed “Larry” Olayinka Sophomore, Forward
Thomas Kizer Sophomore, Guard
Jaden Brownell Junior, Forward Riley Allenspach Sophomore, Forward/ Center
Collin Holloway Senior, Forward
Julian Brown Junior, Guard
Caleb Harrison Freshman, Forward
