Men's Basketball
Wyche, Antoni
Antoni Wyche
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
Recruiting territories: MD, DE, VA, DC, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, WA, OR, CA, UT, AZ, AK, HI
- Email:
- atw209@lehigh.edu
- Phone:
- 610-758-5190
- Alma Mater:
- Second Season
Antoni Wyche enters his 10th season as an assistant coach at Lehigh in 2018-19, and eighth as associate head coach. Wyche has helped lead the Mountain Hawks’ program to new heights, which includes two Patriot League Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances in a three-year span, along with back-to-back trips to the Patriot League Championship Game in 2016 and 2017.
A 1999 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Wyche has brought a wealth of professional playing experience to the Lehigh program, having played in numerous professional leagues in the United States and overseas for nearly a decade following his collegiate career.
Wyche made an immediate impact as the Mountain Hawks have gone 169-117 in his nine seasons in Bethlehem while winning the 2010 and 2012 Patriot League Championships, advancing to the 2013 College Basketball Invitational, hosting the 2016 Patriot League Championship Game and making it back to the title game in 2017. Lehigh has posted a winning record in all but one season, eclipsing 20 wins on four occasions, while also coming within a single possession of hosting its second straight Patriot League Title game in 2011.
Wyche took over as associate head coach at Lehigh after Matt Logie departed to become the head coach at Whitworth University following the 2010-11 season. The Mountain Hawks have finished in the top four of the league standings in eight of the last nine seasons. Lehigh has played its best basketball when it matters most, posting a 22-2 record over the last three Februaries (9-0 in 2016, 6-2 in 2017 and 7-0 in 2018). In Wyche’s time, the Mountain Hawks are 49-20 in the month of February.
Wyche has coached plenty of talent, including two-time Patriot League Player of the Year and top-10 NBA Draft pick C.J. McCollum, currently of the Portland Trail Blazers. McCollum has finished each of the last two seasons top 20 in the NBA in scoring (23.0 points per game in 2016-17 and 21.4 in 2017-18). Wyche has worked with several other top players, including two-time Patriot League Player of the Year Tim Kempton along with recently-graduated Kahron Ross, the first four-time All-Patriot League honoree in school history. Ross also became Lehigh’s fifth Patriot League Rookie of the Year in a nine-season span in 2014-15, finishing his career as the Lehigh and Patriot League record holder for career assists (660). Kempton was invited to play for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Summer League following graduation, and is now one of several Lehigh graduates playing professionally overseas.
A four-year member of the Notre Dame program, Wyche averaged 12 points, four assists and four rebounds per game during his time in South Bend as a point guard and shooting guard playing under head coach John McLeod. Also on staff for the Fighting Irish were former Lehigh head coaches McCaffery and Taylor, currently the head coach and director of basketball operations, respectively, at the University of Iowa. Following graduation, Wyche began his professional career by playing for the New Jersey Shorecats of the United States Basketball League during the spring of 2000.
A native of New York, Wyche’s first international playing experience came as a member of Fersped Rabotnicki in Macedonia where he led his team to a 33-4 record and the Macedonian First Division championship. Wyche averaged 21 points, five assists and five rebounds during the regular season before registering averages of 13.5 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals during the Korac Cup.
Among his international playing stops, Wyche has also played for Club de Mayas in Mexico, Kouvot in Finland, Niigata Albirex in Japan, Al Rayyan in Qatar and Zain in Jordan. He averaged 26 points and six assists for Club de Mayas in 2002, 17 points, four assists and five rebounds for Kouvot in 2002-03 and nine points, five rebounds and a league-leading six assists for Niigata Albirex in 2006-07. Wyche also played for the Adirondack Wildcats of USBL in 2003.
Antoni and his wife Jill reside in Bethlehem with their daughters Keilah and Jaya.
A 1999 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Wyche has brought a wealth of professional playing experience to the Lehigh program, having played in numerous professional leagues in the United States and overseas for nearly a decade following his collegiate career.
Wyche made an immediate impact as the Mountain Hawks have gone 169-117 in his nine seasons in Bethlehem while winning the 2010 and 2012 Patriot League Championships, advancing to the 2013 College Basketball Invitational, hosting the 2016 Patriot League Championship Game and making it back to the title game in 2017. Lehigh has posted a winning record in all but one season, eclipsing 20 wins on four occasions, while also coming within a single possession of hosting its second straight Patriot League Title game in 2011.
Wyche took over as associate head coach at Lehigh after Matt Logie departed to become the head coach at Whitworth University following the 2010-11 season. The Mountain Hawks have finished in the top four of the league standings in eight of the last nine seasons. Lehigh has played its best basketball when it matters most, posting a 22-2 record over the last three Februaries (9-0 in 2016, 6-2 in 2017 and 7-0 in 2018). In Wyche’s time, the Mountain Hawks are 49-20 in the month of February.
Wyche has coached plenty of talent, including two-time Patriot League Player of the Year and top-10 NBA Draft pick C.J. McCollum, currently of the Portland Trail Blazers. McCollum has finished each of the last two seasons top 20 in the NBA in scoring (23.0 points per game in 2016-17 and 21.4 in 2017-18). Wyche has worked with several other top players, including two-time Patriot League Player of the Year Tim Kempton along with recently-graduated Kahron Ross, the first four-time All-Patriot League honoree in school history. Ross also became Lehigh’s fifth Patriot League Rookie of the Year in a nine-season span in 2014-15, finishing his career as the Lehigh and Patriot League record holder for career assists (660). Kempton was invited to play for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Summer League following graduation, and is now one of several Lehigh graduates playing professionally overseas.
A four-year member of the Notre Dame program, Wyche averaged 12 points, four assists and four rebounds per game during his time in South Bend as a point guard and shooting guard playing under head coach John McLeod. Also on staff for the Fighting Irish were former Lehigh head coaches McCaffery and Taylor, currently the head coach and director of basketball operations, respectively, at the University of Iowa. Following graduation, Wyche began his professional career by playing for the New Jersey Shorecats of the United States Basketball League during the spring of 2000.
A native of New York, Wyche’s first international playing experience came as a member of Fersped Rabotnicki in Macedonia where he led his team to a 33-4 record and the Macedonian First Division championship. Wyche averaged 21 points, five assists and five rebounds during the regular season before registering averages of 13.5 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals during the Korac Cup.
Among his international playing stops, Wyche has also played for Club de Mayas in Mexico, Kouvot in Finland, Niigata Albirex in Japan, Al Rayyan in Qatar and Zain in Jordan. He averaged 26 points and six assists for Club de Mayas in 2002, 17 points, four assists and five rebounds for Kouvot in 2002-03 and nine points, five rebounds and a league-leading six assists for Niigata Albirex in 2006-07. Wyche also played for the Adirondack Wildcats of USBL in 2003.
Antoni and his wife Jill reside in Bethlehem with their daughters Keilah and Jaya.
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