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The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University

The Vanderbilt Hustler

The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University.
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University

The Vanderbilt Hustler

The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University.

X reacts to Mark Byington’s hiring as Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball head coach

Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball’s new head coach got a warm welcome to West End.
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Vanderbilt announced Mark Byington as the next head coach of Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball. (Vanderbilt Athletics)

Mark Byington — the former head coach at James Madison University — was hired as Vanderbilt’s next Men’s Basketball head coach on March 25. The news quickly made the rounds on social media among former Vanderbilt players, sports media personalities and respected names in basketball.

The Hustler collected some of the biggest names to react to Byington’s hiring.

Tracy Wolfson, CBS Sports basketball reporter

Chris Dortch, basketball analyst and NBA TV contributor

Wes Rucker, 247Sports senior writer

Shan Foster, Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball (2004-2008), program all-time leader in points scored

Candice Storey Lee, Vanderbilt University Athletic Director

Daniel Diermier, Vanderbilt University Chancellor

Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball head coach

Clark Lea, Vanderbilt Football head coach

Andrew Allegretta, Vanderbilt director of radio broadcasting

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Jayce Pollard
Jayce Pollard, Assistant Sports Specialist
Jayce Pollard (‘25) is a student in the College of Arts and Science majoring in public policy and economics and minoring in data science and Spanish. Outside of writing for The Hustler, you can catch Jayce trying to learn the rules of soccer, hating on the Arkansas Razorbacks and being chronically on Twitter. He can be reached at [email protected]

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