chattanooga MOCS

Alma Mater: North Carolina '01
Hired Date: April 2022

Kenneth White, a Chattanooga native, enters his first season as an assistant coach on staff with the Mocs ahead of the 2022-23 campaign. He previously served seven years on staff at Campbell which included the past five years as an assistant coach. He spent two seasons as director of player personnel (2015-16) and director of basketball operations (2016-17) before being promoted.

In his role as assistant coach, White is involved in all aspects of the program with specific responsibilities of serving as the program’s defensive coordinator and overseeing guard development.
 
White has helped lead the Campbell program to 89 victories and three post-season berths over the past five seasons, besting previous Division I era (since 1977-78) program records. The Camels claimed three Big South trophies during that span and also included successes of the 2019 Big South regular season title and Big South tournament runner-ups in 2017 and 2021.
 
Campbell’s .630 winning percentage (17-10) in 2020-21 marked the program’s highest since the 2009-10 team finished 19-11 (.633). The Camels reeled off a school Division I era (since ‘77-78) record 9-game win streak to reach the Big South Championship game.
 
The Camels led the Big South Conference – and ranked 10th in the nation – in team field goal percentage in 2020-21. In addition, Campbell ranked fourth in the country in points after called timeouts and 25th nationally in 3-point accuracy (.375).
 
In 2018-19, the Camels finished 20-13 overall and notched their first league regular season title since 2010 after posting a 12-4 record and earning the top seed in the conference tournament. CU earned the Big South’s automatic berth to the NIT – another program first – and produced the program’s first 20-win season in a quarter century. That team ranked among the top 20 in NCAA Division I in turnovers per game, fewest turnovers, turnover margin, assist turnover ratio and free throw percentage.
 
White also mentored Chris Clemons, the 2016 Big South freshman of the year and 2019 league player of the year. Clemons became the first Camel to earn All-American honors on the Division I level after leading the nation in scoring (30.1) as a senior in 2019. Clemons finished his career third all-time among NCAA Division I scorers with a Big South record 3,225 points and tied the national record by scoring in double figures in 115-straight games. Clemons signed a free agent contract with the Houston Rockets.
 
While serving as Director of Operations at Campbell, White handled internal scheduling, served as liaison to the compliance office, oversaw team managers, handled equipment orders and ticket requests and assisted on scouting reports. He initially joined the program in the summer of 2015 as Director of Player Development.
 
Before his tenure at Campbell, White spent six years as head boys’ basketball coach at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis. He led the team to the 2013 state championship, two regional championships, and a pair of district titles. His program product saw 11 players to go on to play collegiate basketball including Cameron Payne, the No. 14 overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.
 
White's basketball history and resume runs deep, building years of coaching and playing experience at numerous levels of the high school and collegiate landscape. White competed at the high school level for national power and eight-time national champion, Oak Hill Academy, under legendary coach Steve Smith, where his team was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation by USA Today.
 
Upon graduation, White continued his career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the 2000 Final Four Team coached by Bill Guthridge.
 
White returned to the Scenic City in 2001 to coach the girls’ high school basketball at Tyner Academy. He helped turn that program into one of the most respected programs in East Tennessee, leading the team to four district regular season titles, four district tournament titles, one regional championship, and was named Chattanooga Times-Free Press City Team of the year, twice, all in a four-year span.
 
He earned his B.A. in psychology from UNC Chapel Hill in 2001. He and his wife Erika are parents of two sons, Garrison (14) and Keegan (10).