Cody William Fueger (born August 10, 1983) is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the University of Kentucky. Fueger previously served as an assistant at BYU starting in 2019 before following Head Coach Mark Pope to Kentucky in 2024.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Kentucky |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 10, 1983 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Utah |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2007 | Utah (video coord./student assistant) |
| 2007–2011 | Louisiana Tech (DBO) |
| 2011–2012 | UC Riverside (DBO) |
| 2012–2013 | Utah State (DBO) |
| 2013–2015 | BYU (DBO) |
| 2015–2019 | Utah Valley (assistant) |
| 2019–2024 | BYU (assistant) |
| 2024–present | Kentucky (assistant) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| As assistant coach | |
Career
editFueger began his career at Utah while he was still a student. He served as video coordinator and student assistant under Head Coach Rick Majerus. Utah would go on to become MWC regular season champions in 2003 and 2005, as well as winning a MWC tournament championship in 2004.[2]
In 2007, Fueger became Director of Basketball Operations at Louisiana Tech.[3] After four seasons, Fueger left for UC Riverside.[4] The next season he arrived at Utah State.[5] At the end of the season, he would move on to BYU where he would serve alongside assistant coach Mark Pope.
In 2015, Pope took the head coaching job at Utah Valley and brought Fueger on as an assistant.[6] Pope and Fueger returned to BYU in 2019 as head coach and assistant.[7] In 2024, Mark Pope became the head coach at the University of Kentucky. Soon after, Cody Fueger was named an assistant coach.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Kentucky Men's Basketball Adds Cody Fueger as Assistant Coach". UK Athletics. April 22, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "2003-04 Utah Utes Men's Roster and Stats". Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "Cody Fueger, Director of Basketball Operations". Louisiana Tech Athletics. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Cody Fueger, Director of Basketball Operations (2011–12)". UC Riverside Athletics. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Cody Fueger Named Utah State Men's Basketball Director of Operations". Utah State Athletics. August 16, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Cody Fueger, assistant coach". Utah Valley Athletics. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Pope Hires Burgess, Fueger and Robinson as Assistant Coaches". BYU Athletics. April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Kentucky officially adds Cody Fueger as assistant coach". Retrieved April 29, 2024.