Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- awyche@lehigh.edu
- Phone:
- 610-758-5190
- Alma Mater:
- First Season
Antoni Wyche joined the Mountain Hawks coaching staff for the 2009-10 season. A 1999 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Wyche brings a wealth of professional playing experience to the Lehigh sidelines, having played in numerous pro leagues in the United States and overseas the last nine years. “I am really excited to be joining the Lehigh staff and hope my previous playing and life experiences will enable me to help the team build upon its previous success going forward,” Wyche explained.
“I am pleased to have Antoni join our coaching staff,” Lehigh head coach Brett Reed explained. “His personal skills and experiences in the game of basketball are impressive. I believe he will be a wonderful compliment to our coaches and will be able to provide strong insight for our current student-athletes based on his life experiences and playing experiences. It is also comforting to have former mentors Fran McCaffery and Billy Taylor speak so highly of his potential as a coach.”
A four-year member of the University of 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 Fran McCaffery and Billy Taylor, now the head coaches at Siena College and Ball State University, respectively. 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 has also played for the Adirondack Wildcats of USBL in 2003.
