13 Facts About Donnie Tyndall

Donnie Tyndall played college basketball at Iowa Central Community College and Morehead State and has been a basketball coach since 1994.

Donnie Tyndall's teams are known for pressing and playing an unconventional match-up zone, a highly successful variation of the defensive system employed by coach Rick Pitino at Louisville.

Donnie Tyndall began his coaching career at the junior college level, first as an assistant at Iowa Central Community College from 1994 to 1996.

Donnie Tyndall moved up to the NCAA level as an assistant coach at LSU, Idaho, and Middle Tennessee from 1997 to 2006.

Donnie Tyndall turned around a losing program into a top performer in the Ohio Valley Conference.

However, violations of academic eligibility and financial aid rules came to light in 2015, causing Donnie Tyndall to be fired from Tennessee after one season.

In 1997, Donnie Tyndall earned NJCAA Region 7 National Coach of the Year and Kentucky Junior College Coach of the Year honors.

From 2002 to 2006, Donnie Tyndall was associate head coach at Middle Tennessee under Kermit Davis.

Donnie Tyndall was the head coach at the Southern Miss from 2012 to 2014.

Donnie Tyndall was the second Tennessee coach to be ensnared in a major NCAA infractions scandal, following Bruce Pearl.

On November 4,2016, Donnie Tyndall was hired by the Toronto Raptors to be an assistant coach on their development team, Raptors 905.

Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey was fired in May 2018 and was then hired as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons; Donnie Tyndall then took an assistant coaching role with Grand Rapids Drive, the development team for the Pistons.

Donnie Tyndall replaced Brendan Foley who became an assistant at Buffalo.