Tyus Edney joined Ed Schilling’s staff as an assistant men's basketball coach in April 2024. He enters his second season with Pepperdine in 2025-26.
In his first season in Malibu in 2024-25, Edney helped lead the Waves to their first WCC Semifinal appearance in four seasons as Pepperdine won three consecutive games in the tournament, knocking off Portland, Oregon State and Santa Clara in consecutive days.
Edney most recently coached at San Diego as an assistant on Steve Lavin’s bench for the 2023-24 season. Prior to USD, he 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 Men’s Basketball Champion, Edney played for UCLA under previous Pepperdine head coach Jim Harrick from 1991-95, earning an 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.
