Men's Basketball
Hann, Séllé
Séllé Hann
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development
- Email:
- shann2@utm.edu
Séllé Hann is in his second season on the University of Tennessee at Martin men's basketball staff as an assistant coach in 2025-26. He was promoted to director of player development in August 2025.
Hann and Skyhawk head coach Jeremy Shulman worked together at Eastern Florida State during the 2020-21 season. Hann spent two seasons (2022-24) as an assistant coach at his alma mater Vanguard University, a NAIA program located in Costa Mesa, Calif., which is also where he received his first collegiate opportunity that kickstarted a career as an assistant.
Last season, 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.
Navigating the entire season without a single minute of playing time from a returner, the Skyhawks won their first-round matchup in the Ohio Valley Conference 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, 12th), bench points per game (29.73, 17th), rebounds per game (39.42, 19th) and three-point field goal attempts per game (28.8, 20th) 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.
Hailing from Dakar, Senegal, Hann coached for five total seasons at Vanguard under head coach Rhett Soliday. During his first stint, he helped the Lions post 19 wins in 2015-16 before rejoining the program from 2018-20. In his second stint with Vanguard, he was part of a squad that went 25-9 with a 13-5 mark in Golden State Athletic Conference play in 2018-19, allowing the Lions to enjoy a long stay in the national top-10 rankings while cracking the top-five in the poll twice.
Hann then worked under Shulman at Eastern Florida State for one season as the Titans managed an 18-5 record and a Southern Conference championship after going 14-2 against league foes.
A stop at Life University in Marietta, Ga. was next for Hann, who worked as the lead assistant coach under Kevin Easley (a Trenton, Tenn. native who spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the Skyhawks). He was part of the NAIA powerhouse program for the 2021-22 season before returning to Vanguard for the next two seasons.
Hann was also the head coach at Orangewood Academy in Garden Grove, Calif. in 2016-17, coaching and developing Uriel Batista to league Most Valuable Player accolades. He additionally served as head coach of the OC Select (based out of Irvine, Calif.) and Dream Vision Adidas Gauntlet (based out of Orange County, Calif.) AAU programs and also gained AAU experience as an assistant coach with the West Coast Elite UAA squad out of Los Angeles, Calif.
As a player, Hann was a four-year member of the Vanguard program under Soliday. The Lions averaged 21 wins per season during Hann’s playing days and won the 2014 NAIA national championship with a school-record 33 victories. Vanguard swept the GSAC regular season and tournament titles that season, resulting in the program’s first league championship in 25 years. He was also chosen to compete on the Senegal U18 National Team, traveling to Oregon to play in the prestigious 2008 Nike Global Challenge event.
Hann graduated from Vanguard with a bachelor’s degree in international business in 2020.
Hann and Skyhawk head coach Jeremy Shulman worked together at Eastern Florida State during the 2020-21 season. Hann spent two seasons (2022-24) as an assistant coach at his alma mater Vanguard University, a NAIA program located in Costa Mesa, Calif., which is also where he received his first collegiate opportunity that kickstarted a career as an assistant.
Last season, 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.
Navigating the entire season without a single minute of playing time from a returner, the Skyhawks won their first-round matchup in the Ohio Valley Conference 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, 12th), bench points per game (29.73, 17th), rebounds per game (39.42, 19th) and three-point field goal attempts per game (28.8, 20th) 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.
Hailing from Dakar, Senegal, Hann coached for five total seasons at Vanguard under head coach Rhett Soliday. During his first stint, he helped the Lions post 19 wins in 2015-16 before rejoining the program from 2018-20. In his second stint with Vanguard, he was part of a squad that went 25-9 with a 13-5 mark in Golden State Athletic Conference play in 2018-19, allowing the Lions to enjoy a long stay in the national top-10 rankings while cracking the top-five in the poll twice.
Hann then worked under Shulman at Eastern Florida State for one season as the Titans managed an 18-5 record and a Southern Conference championship after going 14-2 against league foes.
A stop at Life University in Marietta, Ga. was next for Hann, who worked as the lead assistant coach under Kevin Easley (a Trenton, Tenn. native who spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the Skyhawks). He was part of the NAIA powerhouse program for the 2021-22 season before returning to Vanguard for the next two seasons.
Hann was also the head coach at Orangewood Academy in Garden Grove, Calif. in 2016-17, coaching and developing Uriel Batista to league Most Valuable Player accolades. He additionally served as head coach of the OC Select (based out of Irvine, Calif.) and Dream Vision Adidas Gauntlet (based out of Orange County, Calif.) AAU programs and also gained AAU experience as an assistant coach with the West Coast Elite UAA squad out of Los Angeles, Calif.
As a player, Hann was a four-year member of the Vanguard program under Soliday. The Lions averaged 21 wins per season during Hann’s playing days and won the 2014 NAIA national championship with a school-record 33 victories. Vanguard swept the GSAC regular season and tournament titles that season, resulting in the program’s first league championship in 25 years. He was also chosen to compete on the Senegal U18 National Team, traveling to Oregon to play in the prestigious 2008 Nike Global Challenge event.
Hann graduated from Vanguard with a bachelor’s degree in international business in 2020.
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