College of Coastal Georgia

Tim MacAllister was named the third men's basketball head coach at the College of Coastal Georgia in April of 2025, with the 2025-26 season being his first at the helm of Mariners Basketball. 

MacAllister has appeared in six NCAA Tournaments during his tenure, worked with four All-Americans and has worked with multiple players drafted into the NBA — Murray State’s Isaiah Canaan in 2013, Creighton’s Justin Patton in 2017, Khyri Thomas in 2018 and Texas Tech’s Jarrett Culver in 2019 and Jahmi'us Ramsey in 2020.

Prior to CCGA, MacAllister spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. During the 2024-25 season with the Hilltoppers, MacAllister coached four All-CUSA players including Don McHenry who was named All-CUSA Second Team. Western Kentucky finished the season 17-15, dropping their first round matchup of the C-USA Tournament to Florida International. The season prior, Western Kentucky won the C-USA Conference Tournament, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they fell in the round of 64 to Marquette.

The Corcoran, Calif., native helped lead Texas Tech to the 2019 NCAA National Championship final and to the Big 12 Conference regular-season championship in his first season as the program’s Chief of Staff. The 2018-2019 season entailed Texas Tech’s first Big 12 regular-season championship, final four appearance and the Red Raiders’ winningest season ever with a 31-7 record.
 
MacAllister was named to the NABC's 2019 Under Armour 30-Under-30 Team, a group selected as 30 of the most outstanding men's college basketball coaches under the age of 30.
 
He spent three seasons at Creighton, where he assisted in leading the Bluejays to an NIT quarterfinal appearance in 2016, followed by consecutive NCAA Tournament trips in 2017 and 2018. His time at Creighton overlapped with Lutz for all three seasons.
 
MacAllister has been a vital asset to many successful programs at every stop leading up to his current role. He began as a student assistant to a Murray State team that won both the OVC regular-season and tournament championships in 2011-12 with an incredible 31-2 record.
 
Prior to going to Creighton and Texas Tech, he coached at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., where he worked as an assistant for one season. The Eagles won at No. 1 Wisconsin-Stevens Point to reach the Division III Elite Eight before falling to eventual national champion Wisconsin-Whitewater.
 
Before his current role, MacAllister held the position of assistant coach at Georgia Southern for three seasons.
 
Originally from Corcoran, California, and born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, MacAllister, however, went to Logan County High School in Russellville, Kentucky, where he played basketball and football. MacAllister earned his Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Murray State and holds a Master of Science in Leadership from Creighton.
 
MacAllister also served in the Air National Guard between 2007 and 2013, including a stint overseas in Kyrgyzstan. He finished his career as a staff sergeant in security forces.
 
MacAllister and his wife, Ashley, got married in 2014. Most recently, Ashley was the head rifle coach at Nebraska, and coached Puerto Rico in the 2016 Olympics. The couple has two children: son, Ezekiel, and daughter, Adeline.
 
THE TIM MACALISTER FILE
PERSONAL
Born: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Hometown: Corcoran, California
College: Murray State; Creighton
Wife: Ashley
Children: Ezekiel, Adeline
 
COACHING CAREER
2010-13: Murray State (student assistant)
2013-14: Emory (assistant coach)
2015-17: Creighton (video coordinator)
2017-20: Texas Tech (Chief of Staff)
2020-23: Georgia Southern (assistant coach)
2023-25: Western Kentucky (assistant coach)
2025-present: Coastal Georgia (head coach)