Daniel Prevett is the new Tennessee Temple University men’s basketball coach.Three days before his 29th birthday, Daniel Prevett takes over today as Tennessee Temple University men’s basketball coach.
Unlike his predecessors who guided the Crusaders to 23 and 22 wins and national tournaments the past two years and then left after one season each, Prevett comes to Chattanooga with no head-coaching experience. He’s been the chief assistant the last six years at Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky., under Will Shouse, who was his coach in his final year as a player at Kentucky Christian.
Shouse told the TTU selection committee that Prevett was “ready to move to the next level of coaching,” new Temple athletic director Randy Crawford said Thursday, and Prevett certainly feels that way.
“It’s time,” he said. “I’ve interviewed every summer the last three years for a head coach or assistant coach job, and I finished my master’s degree in March. I had two interviews prior to this one this summer, and they didn’t work out, so I was starting to make plans to return to Asbury, which would’ve been fine.
“Then God opened this door.”