Jeremy Shulman is in his third season as University of Tennessee at Martin head men's basketball coach in 2026-27. The Nashville, Tenn. native was announced as the 13th head coach in Skyhawk men's basketball history on March 27, 2024.

Shulman's second season on the UT Martin sidelines was one of the best in program history. The Skyhawks notched 22 victories – tying the 2016-17 and 2008-09 squads for the most in school history – and reached 20 wins faster than any other team in the program’s NCAA Division I Era (since 1992). UT Martin ranked in the top-10 in NCAA Division I men’s basketball in scoring defense (63.2 points per game, third), three-point percentage defense (.292, fourth), field goal percentage defense (.390, sixth) and offensive rebounds per game (13.88, eighth). The Skyhawks also ranked in the top-25 nationally in steals per game (8.8, 21^st), rebounds per game (39.91, 22^nd) and rebound margin (+6.5, 24^th) while topping the Ohio Valley Conference with 8.03 three-point field goals made per contest.

UT Martin's .727 winning percentage against nonconference opponents was the program’s highest (minimum three games played) heading into OVC play and the Skyhawks followed that with 13 league wins – just one shy of the program record – en route to an OVC Championship semifinals appearance. UT Martin's 143 blocked shots last season were the most in school history while its 1,317 rebounds were just two away from the program’s all-time record.

The Skyhawks also produced a pair of All-OVC performers in 2025-26 in Andrija Bukumirovic and Matas Deniusas. Bukumirovic became just the 13th player in school history to be crowned All-OVC first team and was the only wing/frontcourt honoree on the 2026 list. Meanwhile, Deniusas was the first UT Martin representative to win OVC Freshman of the Year, All-OVC second team and OVC All-Newcomer accolades in the same season.

Deniusas won 11 OVC Freshman of the Week awards - the second-most in the 48-year history of the award. Overall, the Skyhawks accounted for 13 of the 17 OVC Freshman of the Week awards in 2025-26 and joined the 2010-11 UT Martin squad as the only teams in program history to boast three different winners in the same season.

Impressive nonconference wins in 2025-26 included UNLV (first-ever win over a Mountain West Conference opponent in school history), Bradley (reigning NIT quarterfinalist and eventual 2026 NIT participant), Alabama State (defending SWAC champion and NCAA Tournament participant) and Prairie View A&M (eventual 2026 SWAC champion and NCAA Tournament participant). The Skyhawks’ 11-0 home start to the season was tied for the longest in the program’s NCAA Division I Era and was the longest overall home win streak since Jan. 30, 2016 (final six games of the 2015-16 season) through Dec. 4, 2016 (first five contests of the 2016-17 campaign). The 11-game home winning streak was the fifth-longest in school history.

The historic 2025-26 campaign featured the most international student-athletes (13) in NCAA Division I men's basketball for the second straight season. The 11 different nations represented topped Cal and Arizona (nine apiece) for most countries on a NCAA Division I roster. UT Martin's nine total freshmen (eight true, one redshirt) was the most in program history and only trailed New Haven (11) for the most in the country for the 2025-26 campaign. The season was capped off with the OVC Team Sportsmanship Award and the OVC Team Academic Achievement Award, capturing both of those honors for just the second time in Skyhawk history.

Shulman’s debut season at UT Martin featured 16 newcomers, which were tied with California, IU Indy and Louisville for the most in NCAA Division I men’s basketball in 2024-25. The Skyhawks also touted the most international players (12) in the NCAA Division I ranks, which led to national attention when NCAA.com profiled UT Martin in a feature story as part of World Basketball Day on Dec. 21.

The Skyhawks had several close calls in 2024-25, logging the most one-possession or overtime games (14) in the NCAA Division I ranks. UT Martin’s six overtime games were tied for the most in a single season in school history as eight losses (including seven in Ohio Valley Conference play) were decided by one point or in overtime.

Navigating the entire season without a single minute of playing time from a returner, the Skyhawks won their first-round matchup in the OVC Championship tournament, posting 14 victories against a brutal schedule that included five postseason participants (three of which took part in the NCAA Tournament) and nine games against eventual 20-win teams. UT Martin went 3-1 against the OVC regular season champion (1-1 against Southeast Missouri) and tournament champion (2-0 against SIUE) while also defeating CollegeBasketballInsider.com champion Illinois State. In addition to NCAA Tournament participant SIUE, the Skyhawks also recorded sweeps over OVC rivals Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois and Southern Indiana.

UT Martin wound up ranking in the top-20 in NCAA Division I men's basketball in offensive rebounding per game (13.73, 12^th), bench points per game (29.73, 17^th), rebounds per game (39.42, 19^th) and three-point field goal attempts per game (28.8, 20^th) in 2024-25. The Skyhawks also topped the OVC in three-point field goals made (9.1 per contest) and offensive rebounding (13.1 per outing) in league play.

Many records fell in Shulman’s first season at the helm at UT Martin. The Skyhawks’ 949 three-point field goals attempted were the most for a single season in school history and their 306 makes from three-point land were the second-most in program history – just three shy of the benchmark. UT Martin also established single-game school records for three-point field goals made (19), three-point field goals attempted (42) and rebounds (73, a record that had stood since 1979) against Champion Christian on Dec. 15. Six days later, the Skyhawks also produced the program’s largest margin of victory in an OVC contest with a 77-46 road win at Southern Indiana – splashing 18 three-pointers (in 38 attempts) for their most treys against a NCAA Division I opponent in school history.

Shulman’s 2024-25 roster combined to win one OVC Player of the Week and a trio of OVC Newcomer of the Week awards. Tarence Guinyard became only the fifth player in school history to be named All-OVC first team and OVC All-Newcomer in the same season as he ranked second in the league in scoring (16.8 points per game) in conference competition. He was also crowned as an Oscar Robertson Trophy National Player of the Week on Dec. 17.

Before he was appointed at UT Martin, Shulman spent 14 seasons as head coach at Eastern Florida State College (formerly known as Brevard Community College) in Melbourne, Fla. In that span, he became the program's all-time wins leader (346 victories) and elevated the Titans to a national powerhouse – piling up 11 conference championships in the last 12 seasons with a pair of Final Four and three Elite Eight appearances in the NJCAA Division I Tournament. He won 80.9 percent (152-36 record) of his conference contests at the helm of Eastern Florida State.

A nine-time conference Coach of the Year, Shulman averaged 24.7 wins per season at Eastern Florida State – a number that includes 18 victories during the COVID-19 shortened season. He won 76.4 percent of his games (346-107) after taking over a Titan squad that was coming off a seven-win season and had not been to the postseason in 11 consecutive years. He built the program to annual national contenders as Eastern Florida State finished as national runner-up in 2016-17 and third nationally the following season. He was inducted into the Florida College System Activities Association Hall of Fame in 2023.

Shulman won at least 18 games in all 14 seasons at Eastern Florida State, while posting a dozen 20-win seasons and a pair of 30-win campaigns. He placed at least four players on an all-conference team in every season, mentoring 78 all-league selections and six conference Players of the Year.

From 2014-19, the Titans went 146-28 – an .839 winning percentage while averaging 29.2 wins over a five-season stretch. That included back-to-back 30-win campaigns (31-6 in 2016-17, 30-5 in 2017-18) and an unblemished 15-0 conference record in 2015-16.

Plenty of history was made during Shulman's first three years in charge of Eastern Florida State. His first season (2010-11) included the program's first state tournament in 11 years while the 21 victories in 2011-12 were the program's most since 2000. The following season, the Titans achieved their first Southern Conference title in 13 years, starting a string of 10 consecutive seasons with a conference championship while also adding a title in 2023-24.

Shulman, 47, has additionally taken part in other coaching ventures as he was a court coach during the 2017 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup training camp as well as serving as the head coach of The JUCO Products roster in the 10^th annual "The Basketball Tournament" (TBT) – a 64-team single-elimination tournament in 2023.

In addition to his success on the hardwood, Shulman preached academics as his Titan program boasted a remarkable graduation rate of 98 percent. His 2020-21 squad earned a 3.34 Grade Point Average – the sixth-highest amongst all NJCAA men's basketball programs.

Before his first collegiate head coaching job, Shulman spent three seasons (2007-10) as an assistant coach under Mark White at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba, Miss. He was part of a Lions turnaround that included an 11-14 record in his first year, followed by records of 17-11 and a record-setting 27-7 campaign in his final year in Scooba. After a semifinal round state and regional tournament appearance in his second season, the 2009-10 East Mississippi squad was ranked No. 12 nationally (highest in school history), won a program-record 27 games and qualified for the NJCAA Tournament for the first time ever after winning the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament championship. Shulman also was part of the program's first-ever Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges North Division regular season championship.

Shulman's first taste of coaching came at the AAU level as he was the youngest coach in Tennessee AAU history (16). In 1998, he founded the Midstate Ballerz Elite AAU program as a senior in high school, serving as head coach and program director. He won 415 games over 10 seasons while churning out a trio of state championships and three national top-12 finishes, including a fourth-place performance in 2005. During his tenure with Midstate Ballerz, 126 players went on to earn scholarships at the collegiate level, including 60 at the NCAA Division I level. A sampling of Ballerz Elite AAU alumni includes Mississippi State's Jarvis Varnado (2010 NBA Draft pick) and Tennessee's Scotty Hopson (2007-08 McDonald's All-American).

Coaching runs in the Shulman family as Jeremy's uncle John took over as the head coach at Central Arkansas in 2024-25 after also serving as head coach at Chattanooga (2004-13) and Alabama-Huntsville (2019-24).

Shulman graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a double minor in athletic coaching and psychology. He is married to the former Evi Vilde of Riga, Latvia (a former All-Conference USA volleyball player at Central Florida) and the couple has three children, Jordan, Mila and Giannis.

Name	Title	Email Address	Twitter
Jeremy Shulman	Head Coach	mbb@utm.edu	@CoachShul
Drew Kelly	Associate Head Coach	mbb@utm.edu
Séllé Hann	Assistant Coach	mbb@utm.edu
Charlie Reznikoff	Assistant Coach	crezniko@utm.edu
Nick Johnson	Assistant Coach / Director of Basketball Operations	mbb@utm.edu
Jawaan Holmes	Assistant Coach / General Manager	mbb@utm.edu
Brendan Gross	Assistant Coach / Video Coordinator	mbb@utm.edu
Sean Kelly	Student Assistant	mbb@utm.edu

2026-27 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff

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