MALIBU – Pepperdine men's basketball head coach
Ed Schilling announced the hiring of
Scott Rigot, Tyus Edney, Peyton Prudhomme, Mike Doig and
Jeremy Grubbs to his coaching staff on Tuesday. All five assistants come to Malibu with several decades of coaching experience at all levels of the sport, ranging from Power 5 schools to success at the NAIA, junior college and high school levels.
SCOTT RIGOT
A seasoned assistant, Rigot's last NCAA stop came at Marshall where he spent eight seasons on the bench with head coach Dan D'Antoni, earning the program's first postseason championship in the 2019 College Insider Tournament as well as an NCAA tournament berth and a first-round victory in 2018. He also helped coach the Marshall program that won the Conference USA title for the first time, beat multiple ranked teams for the first time in its history and had three players earn all-conference honors.
Rigot began his coaching career at South Carolina in 1987. Since then, his teams have seen the postseason 19 times– 10 of which were NCAA tournament berths. Prior to Marshall, he spent two seasons at Duquesne where he assisted in a 37-29 overall record and went to both the NIT and CBI. Rigot served for five seasons under Tubby Smith at Kentucky, helping the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament in each season while training the likes of Rajon Rondo, Randolph Morris, Chuck Hayes and more. In fact, 15 of his former players have gone on to NBA success.
As a head coach at Spartanburg Methodist College (SMC) for six years, Rigot led his teams to a 158-35 overall record and several NJCAA tournament appearances including the 1995 NJCAA runners-up and a spot in the 1996 NJCAA final four. He is a member of SMC's fall of fame for notching the all-time best win-loss record at the school.
Rigot is also known for his international recruiting and scouting, as he has worked with several European/International agencies for identifying talent.
Rigot began his playing career at Jamestown Community College, where he was part of a Jayhawks team that was ranked first nationally and participated in the 1982 NJCAA tournament. He then transferred to the University at Buffalo where he lettered in 1983-84 and '84-85. He completed his degree in sociology in 1986 and added a master's in education from South Carolina in 1988.
Married to Renee Rigot, Scott and his wife have two daughters, Natalie and Julianah.
"Having one of the best basketball minds that I have ever been around and also possessing fantastic international contacts, Coach Rigot will be a tremendous asset to Pepperdine Men's Basketball," Ed Schilling said. "Additionally, Coach Rigot has won at every stop in his career as a head and assistant coach."
TYUS EDNEY
Edney most recently coached at San Diego as an assistant on Steve Lavin's bench for the 2023-24 season. Prior to USD, Edney spent nine years at his alma mater, helping UCLA to a 201-92 record through those seasons, seeing six NCAA tournament appearances.
A 1995 NCAA Champion, Edney played for UCLA under previous Pepperdine head coach Jim Harrick from 1991-95, earning a 102-25 record, before being drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 1995 NBA draft. He then spent the 1997-98 season with the Boston Celtics before playing in Europe for 12 years.
Edney was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 1995 NBA Draft (No. 47 overall selection). He played two seasons with the Kings (1995-97) and spent two more seasons in the NBA with the Boston Celtics (1997-98) and Indiana Pacers (2000-01). Between those seasons, Edney played for Euroleague winner BC Zalgiris, earning the Euroleague Final Four MVP title. He also played in Italy for Benetton Treviso in 1999-2000, losing in the Italian League finals and winning the Italian Cup.
Following his departure from the NBA in 2001, Edney played for several more European teams, including another stint with Benetton Treviso from 2001-04. His team won the Italian League in 2002 and 2003, the Italian Cup in 2003 and 2004, and the Italian Supercup in 2002 and 2003. Benetton Treviso played in the Euroleague final in 2003. In addition, Edney played for Lottomatica Virtus Roma in Italy in 2004-05 and then moved to Greece to play for Olympiacos in 2005-06 before playing four more seasons around Europe.
"I had the good fortune to work with Coach Edney during my time at UCLA," Schilling said. "Tyus is obviously a well-known player and person in California. To have his personality and reputation as part of our staff is quite a blessing."
PEYTON PRUDHOMME
Prudhomme's resume includes four seasons at Grand Canyon University, where he began as the director of video from 2020-22 before being elevated into the director of operations position for the 2022-23 season and was the Lopes' chief of staff during 2023-24. Before his stop in Phoenix, the Louisiana native spent two seasons at Baylor as a graduate assistant after beginning his playing career at Northwestern State then transferring to Texas Wesleyan, where he was a part of the team's 2017 NAIA National Championship.
In his previous role as GCU's chief of staff, Prudhomme oversaw day-to-day operations of the men's basketball program and staff, including scheduling, managers, equipment, video, camps, budget and travel. In Phoenix, Prudhomme helped the Lopes to four NCAA tournament berths, including the program's first NCAA Tournament win over WCC foe Saint Mary's in 2024.
Prior to GCU, Prudhomme spent two seasons as a graduate assistant on the Baylor men's basketball staff, working under Bears head coach Scott Drew. Prudhomme's day-to-day responsibilities included cutting film, leading player development workouts, helping direct team camps, scouting opponents and compiling player highlights. In the 2019-20 season, the Bears held the nation's longest No. 1 ranking at five weeks. Baylor was 26-4 and primed for a postseason run before cancellation. He also was instrumental in developing current NBA player Davion Mitchell who was selected by the Sacramento Kings as the ninth overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, to which Prudhomme was invited to the green room in New York City.
Prudhomme graduated with a bachelor's degree in mass communications from Texas Wesleyan in 2018 and a master's degree in sport pedagogy from Baylor in 2020.
"At Grand Canyon, Coach P handled a variety of basketball related issues with excellence," Schilling said. "He's well connected around the country as a good basketball guy and terrific person. I'm excited to lock arms with Coach P here at Pepperdine."
MIKE DOIG
A veteran hoops coach, Doig totaled an overall record of 268-186 throughout his five boys basketball head coaching stops while assisting and directing AAU programs and camps. He specializes on training and skill development that aids players looking to elevate to the next level. Doig also served as an assistant coach at Liberty University under head coach Mel Hankinson during the 2000-02 seasons.
Doig brings years of leadership experience after four Athletic Director stops on the preps side throughout Tennessee, Kentucky and Florida. Prior to joining the football staff at Indiana, he held the athletic director and head boys basketball coaching titles at Knoxville, Tennessee's Grace Christian Academy from 2013-17. Doig led his teams to runs in the Tennessee state tournament for three straight years (2015-17) while overseeing multiple other successful athletic programs at Grace.
Before his tenure at Grace, Doig served as the athletic director on the college side at St. Catharine College (NAIA) in Springfield, Kentucky where the department doubled its number of overall athletic programs to 22. Several of St. Catharine's programs advanced to NAIA National Tournaments under Doig's watch, as both the baseball and softball teams won championships during his tenure.
As a player, Doig starred on both the basketball court and the soccer field at Clearwater Christian College where he was awarded All-American honors in 1992 and 1993 and was the runner up in both years for the National Christian College Athletics Association (NCCAA) Pete Maravich National Player of the Year awards.
Mike and his wife, Wendy, have one daughter, Kaylee, and one son, Cody, who will marry his fiancée Lauren in July.
"I've known Coach Doig for many years," Schilling said. "Our paths crossed when he was an assistant men's basketball coach at Liberty, when he was a high school head basketball coach/AD and also when he was running all the day to day activities at Indiana University football. Coach Doig's administrative skills and basketball experience make him a great addition to our staff."
JEREMY GRUBBS
Grubbs has been involved with basketball at several levels ever since 2005. He graduated from Pittsburgh, where he was a basketball student assistant under Jamie Dixon during the 2008 Big East Championship season, and then began his career as an assistant a La Roche College for two seasons where he contributed to game planning, practices, scouting and film while specializing in team conditioning. Since then, Grubbs has coached four high school programs as well as a graduate assistantship at Marshall from 2013-15 under fellow assistant coach Scott Rigot. While coaching in the prep division, Grubbs trained and coached professional players such as Miles Bridges, Keldon Johnson, J.T. Thor and Jonathan Kuminga.
Grubbs was also a Division I letter-winner in track at Robert Morris University and won the prestigious Impossible Is Nothing Adidas campaign for overcoming adversity where they filmed a commercial based on his life in sports.
Most recently, Grubbs held the head coaching position at Freedom Area High School in Pennsylvania, where he led his team to earn triple the number of wins from the previous season and concluded the program's most successful season in a decade.
"Coach Grubbs' humility and work ethic make him a valuable asset to our staff," Schilling said. "Coming in highly recommended, Coach Grubbs has trained several current NBA players. I've known Jeremy for many years and am excited to work with him on a daily basis."
