Dylan Howard (basketball)

Dylan Howard is an American basketball coach. He is the former head coach of the Alabama A&M Bulldogs men's basketball team.^[1][2]

Dylan Howard

Current position
Title	Assistant Coach
Team	Southern
Conference	SWAC
Biographical details
Born	Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
1985–1989	UAB
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–2000	Saint Francis (IN) (assistant)
2000–2001	Robert Morris (assistant)
2001–2008	Hardin–Simmons
2008–2011	Mississippi Valley State (assistant)
2011–2012	North Park
2012–2017	Morehead State (assistant)
2017–2018	Alabama A&M (assistant)
2018–2022	Alabama A&M
2022–present	Southern (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	115–198 (.367)

Playing career

Howard played college basketball at UAB under Gene Bartow.^[3] He was part of two Blazers' NCAA Tournament appearances in 1986 and 1987, as well as the team's 1989 NIT semifinals appearance.^[2]

Coaching career

Beginning his coaching career in his hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Howard became an assistant coach at the University of Saint Francis where he was on staff for four seasons before joining the coaching staff at Robert Morris. In 2001, Howard was named the head coach at Division III Hardin–Simmons.^[4] In his tenure with the Cowboys, Howard compiled a 78–103 record, while guiding the team to its first-ever league tournament appearance and league finals appearance, being named American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year in 2005.^[1] Howard would return to the Division I ranks joining Sean Woods's staff at Mississippi Valley State from 2008 to 2011. After a one-year stint as head coach at North Park University, Howard reunited with Woods at Morehead State.^[5][6]

In 2017, Howard became an assistant coach at Alabama A&M under Donnie Marsh.^[7] When Marsh departed for an assistant coaching position at Florida Gulf Coast in 2018, Howard was named the interim head coach for the 2018–19 season.^[8] After a 5–27 record under the interim title, Alabama A&M lifted the interim title.^[9][2]

Head coaching record

NCAA DIII

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hardin–Simmons (ASC) (2001–2008)
2001–02	Hardin–Simmons	2–22	1–13	8th (West)
2002–03	Hardin–Simmons	5–20	2–12	7th (West)
2003–04	Hardin–Simmons	7–18	5–9	6th (West)
2004–05	Hardin–Simmons	19–8	16–6	2nd (West)
2005–06	Hardin–Simmons	14–11	13–9	5th (West)
2006–07	Hardin–Simmons	16–12	14–7	3rd (West)
2007–08	Hardin–Simmons	15–12	13–8	3rd (West)
Hardin–Simmons:		78–103 (.431)	64–64 (.500)
North Park (CCIW) (2011–2012)
2011–12	North Park	6–19	2–12	8th
North Park:		6–19 (.240)	2–12 (.143)
Total:		84–122 (.408)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

NCAA DI

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Alabama A&M (SWAC) (2018–2022)
2018–19	Alabama A&M	5–27	4–14	10th
2019–20	Alabama A&M	8–22	5–13	8th
2020–21	Alabama A&M	6–9	4–9	7th
2021–22	Alabama A&M	12–18	10–8	5th
Alabama A&M:		31–76 (.290)	23–44 (.343)
Total:		31–76 (.290)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Dylan Howard - Head Men's Basketball Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". Alabama A&M Athletics.
2. "Alabama A&M names Howard men's basketball coach". Alabama A&M Athletics. 10 March 2023.
3. "Dylan Howard College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
4. "Hardin-Simmons". Hardin-Simmons.
5. "Howard Named New Men's Basketball Coach". North Park University Athletics.
6. "Dylan Howard - Men's Basketball Coach". Morehead State University Athletics.
7. "Men's Basketball adds Dylan Howard to Coaching Staff". Alabama A&M Athletics. 19 September 2017.
8. Carter, Mo (19 May 2018). "Dylan Howard named Alabama A&M's Interim Head Men's Basketball Coach". ROCKETCITYNOW.
9. Boyette, Daniel (19 March 2019). "Alabama A&M removes interim tag from men's basketball coach Dylan Howard". al.com.