Jon Cremins

Jon Cremins joined the Vanderbilt coaching staff in April 2024. Cremins has worked with Byington at three previous stops, including JMU, Georgia Southern and Charleston. He has spent each of the past seven seasons as an assistant coach under Byington.

In his first season at Vanderbilt, Cremins helped the Commodores to a 20-13 overall record and the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2017. 2024-25 marked the first 20-win season since 2012 and the Dores also won four games over top-15 ranked opponents, the most in a single season since 1987-88. Vanderbilt also reached the national rankings for the first time since 2015 as the Dores climbed to No. 24 in the AP Poll.

While at JMU, Cremins helped lead the Dukes to their record-setting 32-4 mark this season, a Sun Belt Conference championship and NCAA Tournament win. JMU posted an 82-36 record during the four-year tenure.

During Cremins’ two seasons as an assistant at Georgia Southern, he helped guide the Eagles to 20-or-more wins in both campaigns. With Cremins in Statesboro, Georgia Southern ranked fourth in the nation in field goal percentage and 15th in scoring during the 2018-19 season.

Cremins spent the 2017-18 season as an assistant at USC Upstate and prior to that stop served as the head coach for two seasons at Spartanburg Methodist. In his two seasons with the Pioneers, Cremins led the squad to a 55-11 record and back-to-back appearances in the NJCAA Division I Championship. He was named the Region X Coach of the Year in both of his seasons with Spartanburg Methodist and guided the Pioneers to nation-leading marks in field goal percentage, three-point percentage and three-pointers made.

He also spent time at Kennesaw State, Southeast Missouri and two seasons under his uncle, legendary coach Bobby Cremins, at Charleston. Cremins began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Valdosta State.

Cremins earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Valdosta State in 2007 and a master’s in public administration in 2009.