Jon Cremins is in his second season as an assistant on the Georgia Southern men's basketball coaching staff.
Year one saw the Eagles post a 21-12 overall record and 12-6 mark in Sun Belt play to tie for second in the league standings. Georgia Southern ranked fourth in the country in field goal percentage (.499) and 15th in scoring, averaging 82.6 points a game. GS shot 50 percent or better in 17 contests, including the first five games of the year, and 60 percent or better three times and scored 80-plus points in 18 contests.
Tookie Brown won Sun Belt Player of the Year, became the first four-time, first-team All-Sun Belt selection in league history and collected All-America Honorable Mention accolades, while Quan Jackson was named third-team all-league.
Cremins, GS head coach Mark Byington and assistant coach Andrew Wilson were on the coaching staff under Jon’s uncle, Bobby, at College of Charleston from 2010-12, and Jon arrived in Statesboro after spending the 2017-18 season at USC Upstate.
He has two seasons of head coaching experience at Spartanburg Methodist College and led the Pioneers to a combined 55-11 record and consecutive appearances in the NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. He was named the Region X Coach of the Year and District X Coach of the Year for the second straight season after guiding Spartanburg Methodist to a top-25 national ranking and 29-4 overall record. The Pioneers finished the season leading the nation in field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage and 3-pointers made, while ranking in the top-10 in rebounding margin, points per game, turnovers per game and free-throw percentage.
Cremins led SMC to 26 wins during his first season in 2015-16 en route to being named the Region X Conference Coach of the Year. The Pioneers went 26-7 that season and ranked in the top-10 nationally in 3-point field goal percentage, rebounding margin and points per game allowed.
Prior to working at SMC, Cremins spent one season at Kennesaw State where he helped the Owls reach the Atlantic Sun Championship for the second time and saw their average season win total increase by 40 percent.
In Cremins’ two seasons as an assistant at College of Charleston, the Cougars upset top-25 Tennessee, won the Southern Conference regular-season championship and Andrew Goudelock became the program's first NBA Draft pick and All-American since 1997.
Cremins also coached two seasons for head coach Dickey Nutt at Southeast Missouri State, where the Redhawks ranked in the top-10 nationally in field goal percentage, scoring offense and assists in his second campaign.
Cremins began his coaching career at Valdosta State from 2007-09 as a graduate assistant. During his two seasons, the school posted a 42-18 record and won the Gulf South Conference East Division Championship.
The Roswell, Ga., native graduated from Valdosta State in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in history. He remained at Valdosta State to earn his master's degree in public administration in 2009.
