Radford University Athletics

3rd Season
Lebanon Valley, 2005

For Byers, Radford marks his second stop as a Division I assistant.

Before working in 2010-11 at St. Francis, Byers was part of a successful three-year run (2007-10) at Randolph-Macon where the Yellow Jackets won 60 games. In 2010, R-MC went 26-7 and advanced to the Division III Final Four.

Byers worked under current VCU assistant Mike Rhoades for two seasons, and under current R-MC head coach Nathan Davis for one year. Byers served as the team’s recruiting coordinator, overseeing East Coast recruiting. On the court, he managed individual workouts, handled practice planning, coordinated strength and conditioning, and was in charge of scouting.

While at R-MC, Byers coached an ODAC Freshman of the Year and Division III Freshman All-America pick, an ODAC Player of the Year, and several all-conference performers.

Early in his coaching career Byers spent a season on the staff at Lebanon Valley, his alma mater. Byers was the recruiting coordinator for the Dutchmen, landing a Middle Atlantic Conference Player of the Year and a third team All-American. He began his coaching career at the first of three D-III stops, FDU-Madison.

As a player at Lebanon Valley, Byers had a decorated career. In addition to earning NABC First Team All-America honors as a senior, he was the 2005 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year and the 2005 Jostens Award winner, given to the nation’s top Division III student-athlete.

Byers graduated Summa Cum Laude from Lebanon Valley in 2005 with a degree in accounting and business administration, and earned his MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson in 2008.