Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | USC Upstate |
Conference | Atlantic Sun |
Biographical details | |
Born | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Playing career | |
1969–1973 | Wake Forest |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1976–1978 | Clemson (asst.) |
1978–1979 | Truett-McConnell |
1979–1981 | East Carolina (asst.) |
1981–1986 | Belmont Abbey |
1986–1991 | South Carolina (asst.) |
1991–1995 | East Carolina |
1995–2000 | Oregon State |
2000–2002 | Greensboro College |
2002–present | USC Upstate |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
CAA Tournament championship (1993) Peach Belt Tournament championship (2006) |
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Awards | |
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Eddie Payne is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Payne led the USC Upstate Spartans through their first season of Division I competition in 2007–2008. In 2012, he was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year. Prior to arriving at USC Upstate, Payne was previously a Div I head coach at Oregon State University and East Carolina University. Payne's son, Luke, is one of his assistant coaches at USC Upstate.
National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion