University of North Carolina Asheville Men's Basketball

Mike Morrell completed his seventh season as the head coach of the UNC Asheville men's basketball program in 2024-25. Morrell is coming off his third consecu...

UNC Asheville head men’s basketball coach Mike Morrell announced Monday (June 2) the hiring of Andrew Garcia as an assistant coach. Garcia joins Asheville’s coaching staff following a season at Mercyhurst University, but Garcia is no stranger to the Big South Conference, as he spent five seasons at USC Upstate before his stint at Mercyhurst. Garcia helped Mercyhurst go 15-16 in the Lakers’ first season as a Division I program. In conference play, Mercyhurst went 9-7, winning its final two conference games of the season. Due to Mercyhurst’s transition to Division I, the Lakers were not eligible for postseason play. While at USC Upstate, Garcia helped lead the Spartans to steady success, with the 2021-22 season being one of the best in Upstate's Division I era. The Spartans earned the number two seed in the Big South basketball tournament and set a program record for conference victories as a Big South member with 10, while also reaching the tournament semifinals for the first time as a Big South member. Before Upstate, Garcia spent three seasons as the head coach at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was hired as the program’s first-ever men’s basketball coach and guided the Cougars to their first berth in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament in 2016. The Cougars captured their first PAC Tournament victory that season with a 74-64 win over Geneva. Prior to being hired at Chatham, Garcia spent three years as an assistant coach at Carnegie Mellon. He served as th

Jonathan Pickett is in his second season with the UNC Asheville men's basketball program in 2025-26. He comes to Asheville following several stops within Div...

Jonathan Steelman comes to Asheville after spending a year as a Graduate Assistant at Arkansas. Steelman played collegiately at Wofford College and graduated with a B.A. in Finance. He is from Aiken, S.C.

Justin Levine finished his fourth season as a member of the Bulldog coaching staff in 2024-25. UNC Asheville Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Morrell announc...

Woody Taylor finished his sixth season as an assistant coach on Head Coach Mike Morrell's staff in 2024-25. Taylor was hired to the staff on Thursday, August 15, 2019. Taylor earned his 100th win as a member of the Bulldogs' coaching staff in Asheville's 95-53 victory over Columbia International on Dec. 30. The Bulldogs earned their third consecutive 20-win season and Asheville has compiled a program-record 70 wins over the last three seasons. In the last four seasons of Big South Conference play, the team has a league-best .712 winning percentage and is 47-19 against Big South opponents. The Bulldogs went 13-1 inside Kimmel Arena during the 2024-25 season. Asheville has a .926 winning percentage and a 38-3 record in Kimmel Arena over the last three seasons, the third-highest home winning percentage in the nation. The 2024-25 season also saw the men's basketball program set a new school record for most Big South Conference Awards received and most individuals recognized, as five Bulldogs earned seven league awards at the completion of the regular season. Asheville went 21-11 and 11-5 during the 2024-25 season. In his fifth year with the Bulldogs, Taylor helped guide the program to its second consecutive appearance in the Big South Conference Championship contest. Asheville finished its season 22-12 after falling in the conference championship. The Bulldogs’ 22 wins and the team’s 27 wins the previous year set a new program record for the best two-year winning stretch in schoo