NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jon Cremins and Tom Ostrom have joined the Vanderbilt men’s basketball staff as assistant coaches, head coach Mark Byington announced Friday.
Cremins heads to Nashville after serving on Byington’s JMU staff for each of the previous four seasons while Ostrom joins following a stellar stint with Drake.
JON CREMINS
Cremins has worked with Byington at three previous stops, including JMU, Georgia Southern and Charleston. He has spent each of the past six seasons as an assistant coach under Byington.
“Jon has been with me many years and he knows what I want in a program as well as anyone,” Byington said. “He is tremendous with relationships and player connections. He also has a great mindset for coaching and is a high-level recruiter.”
While at JMU, Cremins helped lead the Dukes to their record-setting 32-4 mark this season, a Sun Belt Conference championship and NCAA Tournament win. JMU posted an 82-36 record during the four-year tenure.
During Cremins’ two seasons as an assistant at Georgia Southern, he helped guide the Eagles to 20-or-more wins in both campaigns. With Cremins in Statesboro, Georgia Southern ranked fourth in the nation in field goal percentage and 15th in scoring during the 2018-19 season.
Cremins spent the 2017-18 season as an assistant at USC Upstate and prior to that stop served as the head coach for two seasons at Spartanburg Methodist. In his two seasons with the Pioneers, Cremins led the squad to a 55-11 record and back-to-back appearances in the NJCAA Division I Championship. He was named the Region X Coach of the Year in both of his seasons with Spartanburg Methodist and guided the Pioneers to nation-leading marks in field goal percentage, three-point percentage and three-pointers made.
He also spent time at Kennesaw State, Southeast Missouri and two seasons under his uncle, legendary coach Bobby Cremins, at Charleston. Cremins began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Valdosta State.
Cremins earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Valdosta State in 2007 and a master’s in public administration in 2009.
TOM OSTROM
Ostrom brings over 25 years of collegiate coaching experience, including two stops in the SEC, to Vanderbilt. Ostrom most recently served as an assistant coach at Drake for the past two seasons.
“Tom has been successful at many different schools and leagues across the country,” said Byington. “His team at Drake had a great year, and he has…