Wayne Brent

Wayne Brent

Playing career
1987–1989	Louisiana-Monroe
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1991	Louisiana-Monroe (grad. asst.)
1991–1992	Tallulah HS (asst.)
1992–1998	Provine HS
1998–2002	Ole Miss (asst.)
2004–2007	Piney Woods HS
2007–2013	Callaway HS
2013–2022	Jackson State
Head coaching record
Overall	115–153 (.429) (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SWAC regular season (2021)

Wayne Brent is the former men's basketball head coach of the Jackson State Tigers and a former high school basketball coach and college assistant coach. He retired following the 2021-2022 season and replaced by Mo Williams.

High school coach

Brent won four state championships in six seasons with Callaway High School in Jackson, Mississippi. He also coached at and won a state championship at Provine High School. He has coached many players who have gone to the National Basketball Association and overseas.

College assistant coach

Brent was an assistant coach at the University of Mississippi for four seasons and helped the Rebels advance to the NCAA tournament three times out of his four seasons.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Jackson State Tigers (SWAC) (2013–2022)
2013–14	Jackson State	11–20	7–11	7th
2014–15	Jackson State	11–21	9–9	T–5th
2015–16	Jackson State	20–16	12–6	3rd	CIT Second Round
2016–17	Jackson State	14–18	10–8	T–3rd
2017–18	Jackson State	12–20	9–9	6th
2018–19	Jackson State	13–19	10–8	T–3rd
2019–20	Jackson State	15–17	11–7	T–4th
2020–21	Jackson State	11–5	11–0	T–1st
2021–22	Jackson State	11–19	9–9
Jackson State:		118–163 (.420)	88–77 (.533)
Total:		118–163 (.420)
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