Introducing our newest full-time member to the team -- Shawnee State men's basketball head coach Fred Lymas!

Lymas, who spent the 2024-25 season at Florida A&M and has assistant coaching experience at the NAIA, NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and USCAA levels in the sport, has served as an assistant coach at various collegiate institutions over the last decade-and-a-half, including Washington Adventist (Md.), Barry (Fla.), St. Thomas (Fla.) and Florida A&M.

"Shawnee State is taking a chance on me, and it is a chance that I couldn't be more honored to receive," Lymas said. "I'm a coach that's very hungry, that's been around good teams and has had good college coaching experience. I'm very grateful for Shawnee State and for the search committee sitting down with me and giving me this opportunity."

A native of Silver Spring, Md., Lymas is a 2005 graduate of Paint Branch (Md.) High School who was an All-Metro selection as Paint Branch's starting point guard. The 6-2 Lymas signed with NCAA Division I Morgan State out of high school and appeared in 22 games while starting eight in his freshman season before transferring to Shepherd (W. Va.) for his final three seasons of college basketball at the NCAA Division II level, where Lymas was a three-year starter. Lymas was named a team captain in his final two seasons of play at Shepherd, scored over 1,000 career points while finishing inside the school's top-10 all-time leaders in assists, and averaged 8.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists in his final season at Shepherd.

Lymas, who earned his bachelor's degree in social work from Shepherd in 2009 and his master's degree in social work from Barry in 2013, believes relationships are paramount to any program's and any individual's success. "The biggest thing with me is relationships," Lymas said. "I believe in having and keeping relationships, and that's with everybody -- whether it's players, fellow coaches and staff in athletics, to the cafeteria lady, the president, and the community. I believe that relationships win championships."

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