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Byington, Mark

Vanderbilt Viewing: Active Coaches Rank #27 of 350 Coach Score: 73.10
Career & Tournament Summary
Career record
260–155
NCAA record
2–3
NCAA win%
0.400
Appearances
3
Average round
1.7 (Round of 64)
Current NCAA streak
3 years
Deep March resume
🏆 0    FF 0
Avg ATS margin
+0.74
Most Frequent Matchups All H2H →
Hunter, Ron
Tulane 		4–9 13 games
Cross, Scott
Georgia Tech 		7–4 11 games
Cunningham, Phil
Louisiana Monroe 		7–4 11 games
Graves, Matthew
Indiana St. 		4–5 9 games
Riley, Richie
South Alabama 		3–4 7 games
Kerns, Dustin
Appalachian St. 		1–5 6 games
Betting Trends
All coaches →
55.1% cover rate  ·  157 games  ·  last 5 seasons
5-season decay-weighted cover rate (most recent season weighted heaviest). Spread data from 2021–22 onward. HOT/COLD requires most recent season ≥ 10 games and >5 pts from weighted avg.
Cover %
55.1%
157 games
As Favorite
54.9%
111 games
As Underdog
54.4%
46 games
Recent Season
48.6%
2025-26
Current Season
48.6%
35 games · 2025-26
Covers the spread more often than not.
Season-by-season
Season School W L Win% WAB WAP TASE Seed ATS Furthest RoundNCAA Final Four LocationF4 Location
►2026-27 Vanderbilt 0 0 0.000 0.00 — — — — — Detroit, MI
►2025-26 Vanderbilt 27 9 0.750 0.75 +10.3 +2.5 -0.12 #5 +0.44
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R32 		Indianapolis, IN
►2024-25 Vanderbilt 20 13 0.606 0.61 +4.3 +1.4 -0.58 #10 +0.58
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R64 		San Antonio, TX
►2023-24 James Madison 32 4 0.889 0.89 +5.1 +6.8 +0.52 #12 +2.77
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R32 		Phoenix, AZ
►2022-23 James Madison 22 11 0.667 0.67 -2.1 +0.1 — — +1.25 No NCAA Houston, TX
►2021-22 James Madison 15 14 0.517 0.52 -6.2 -0.3 — — -2.81 No NCAA New Orleans, LA
►2020-21 James Madison 13 7 0.650 0.65 -2.5 +0.8 — — +4.50 No NCAA Indianapolis, IN
►2019-20 Georgia Southern 20 13 0.606 0.61 -3.0 — — — — COVID Atlanta, GA
►2018-19 Georgia Southern 21 12 0.636 0.64 -0.4 — — — — No NCAA Minneapolis, MN
►2017-18 Georgia Southern 21 12 0.636 0.64 -3.8 — — — — No NCAA San Antonio, TX
►2016-17 Georgia Southern 18 15 0.545 0.55 -5.3 — — — — No NCAA Phoenix, AZ
►2015-16 Georgia Southern 14 17 0.452 0.45 -8.4 — — — — No NCAA Houston, TX
►2014-15 Georgia Southern 22 9 0.710 0.71 -1.2 — — — — No NCAA Indianapolis, IN
►2013-14 Georgia Southern 15 19 0.441 0.44 -12.0 — — — — No NCAA Arlington, TX
Abbreviations: R64=Round of 64, R32=Round of 32, S16=Sweet 16, E8=Elite 8, FF=Final Four, CG=Championship Game (runner-up or champion). 🏆 indicates a national title. Gold highlight = Final Four appearance or better.