Education Background

B.S., Southern Wesleyan University

About Mr. Lagroone

Nick Lagroone enters his first season as an assistant coach at Presbyterian in 2019.

Lagroone spent the last 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 helped recruit multiple high school players of the year from various states.

“Coach (Nick) Lagroone is a very talented coach.  He’s a tremendous relationship builder and someone who relates well to student-athletes.  Coach Lagroone has made his mark on the recruiting trail over the years and is a guy that is known for being able to develop players.  He is one of the best up and coming young coaches in college basketball.  He cherishes his faith and family and I’m excited to watch him make his mark throughout our program.”

Lagroone helped develop perimeter players, including OVC Freshman of the Year Denzel Mahoney and two-time All-OVC honoree Antonius Cleveland, who has played with the Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks in the NBA and is currently on the Santa Cruz Warriors, the G-League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors.

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, 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.

Prior to being the head coach at Greenforest, Lagroone was a graduate assistant at Mississippi, 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.