Nick Lagroone is in his fifth season as an assistant coach at Presbyterian.
During his time at Presbyterian College, he has coached and recruited a freshman All-American, a Big South Freshman of the Year, a Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year, three All-Big South selections, and three Big South All-Freshman team members.
Before joining the PC coaching staff, Lagroone spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri State following a year as the Director of Basketball Operations for the Redhawks. At SEMO, he coached and recruited an OVC Freshman of the Year, 2 All-OVC selections, and 2 All-OVC Newcomers.
Lagroone helped develop perimeter players, including OVC Freshman of the Year and All-OVC honoree Denzel Mahoney and two-time All-OVC honoree Antonius Cleveland, who has played with the Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder. Currently, Denzel Mahoney is with the Austin Spurs, the G-League affiliate of the San Antonio Spurs and Antonius Cleveland is with the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League (NBL).
As Director of Basketball Operations, Lagroone handled all the day-to-day operations of the team, assisted with scheduling practice and skill workouts, on-campus recruiting, team travel, academics, camps, video, and other duties.
Prior to Southeast Missouri State, he coached one season at Greenforest-McCalep Christian Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. The team tied a school record with 27 wins during the season and set a school record with 22 wins in a row. Greenforest won the regular season and region title, as well as the Chick-Fil-A Classic in Columbia, S.C., and was Class A State Runner-up with Lagroone at the helm. Eight players from that team are now playing in Division I.
Before becoming the head coach at Greenforest, Lagroone was a graduate assistant at Mississippi State, where he earned a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership in 2014.
Lagroone played four years (2007-11) as a guard at Southern Wesleyan University in Central, South Carolina. He was a two-time NAIA All-American and three-time Southern States Athletic Conference honoree. Lagroone finished his college career with 1,645 points and ranked among the top 10 in the NAIA in scoring his final two seasons. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education in 2011.
Lagroone and his wife, Brittany, have a son, Braylen and daughter, Brynleigh.
