Georgia Southern men’s basketball coach Mark Byington took to Twitter Thursday night to shut down rumors of him being a candidate for Elon University’s head coaching vacancy.
“Eagle Fans… with news spreading about other jobs, I just wanted to clear something up. I’m staying at Georgia Southern,” Byington said in a tweet. “#UnfinishedBusiness”
Elon fired their coach of 10 years Matt Matheny at the conclusion of the regular season.
Rumors of Byington being a candidate for the CAA school were first reported by WJCL’s Frank Sulkowski Thursday afternoon.
“Multiple sources telling @WJCLNews that Georgia Southern Men’s Basketball coach Mark Byington is a candidate for the @ElonMBasketball head coaching position,” Sulkowski said in a tweet.