{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Takayo Siddle | image = TakayoSiddle2026.png | alt = | caption = Siddle in 2026 | current_title = Head coach | current_team = UNC Wilmington | current_conference = CAA | current_record = {{winpct|133|54|record=y}} | contract = $1,000,000 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|5|25}} | birth_place = Eden, North Carolina, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 2005–2009 | player_team1 = Gardner–Webb | coach_years1 = 2009–2010 | coach_team1 = Hargrave Military Academy (asst.) | coach_years2 = 2010–2014 | coach_team2 = Gardner–Webb (asst.) | coach_years3 = 2014–2017 | coach_team3 = UNC Wilmington (asst.) | coach_years4 = 2017–2020 | coach_team4 = NC State (asst.) | coach_years5 = 2020–present | coach_team5 = UNC Wilmington | overall_record = {{winpct|133|54|record=y}} | bowl_record = | tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA)<br>4–0 (CBI)<br>1–1 (NIT) | championships = * CBI (2022)<br> * 2× CAA regular season (2022, 2026)<br/> * CAA tournament (2025) | awards = * 2× CAA Coach of the Year (2022, 2026) | coaching_records = }} '''Takayo Lemont Siddle''' (born May 25, 1986) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://uncwsports.com/staff-directory/takayo-siddle/248|title=Takayo Siddle - Head Men's Basketball Coach - Staff Directory|website=UNC Wilmington Athletics}}</ref>
==Playing career== Siddle was a basketball standout at John Motley Morehead High School in Eden, North Carolina, averaging 27.0 points, 6.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game as a senior. He attended Hargrave Military Academy in 2004–05 and helped the team reach the prep school championship game.<ref name=uncw/> Siddle played college basketball at Gardner–Webb under Rick Scruggs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/takayo-siddle-1.html|title=Takayo Siddle College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> As a sophomore, Siddle averaged 8.6 points per game.<ref name=uncw/> In his junior season, Siddle scored eight points in a 84–68 Runnin' Bulldogs win at Rupp Arena vs. 20th-ranked Kentucky to advance to the final four of the 2007 2K Sports College Hoops Classic in Madison Square Garden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/2007-11-07-kentucky.html|title=Gardner-Webb vs. Kentucky Box Score, November 7, 2007|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gwusports.com/news/2007/11/8/11_8_2007_2384.aspx|title=Gardner-Webb Stuns No. 20 Kentucky, 84-68|website=Gardner-Webb University Athletics}}</ref>
==Coaching career== ===Assistant coach=== After his playing career, Siddle became an assistant coach at Hargrave Military Academy for one season under Kevin Keatts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gopack.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/takayo-siddle/3332|title=Takayo Siddle - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches|website=NC State University Athletics}}</ref> He then returned to his alma mater to work for as an assistant coach at Gardner–Webb for four seasons under both Chris Holtmann and Tim Craft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gwusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/takayo-siddle/1731|title=Takayo Siddle - Men's Basketball|website=Gardner-Webb University Athletics}}</ref>
Siddle then reunited with Keatts as an assistant coach at UNC Wilmington, where the Seahawks won back-to-back CAA regular season and conference tournament titles in 2016 and 2017.<ref name="auto"/> He was named interim coach of the Seahawks in March 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=UNCW hires coach off N.C. State staff |url=https://www.thetimesnews.com/sports/20200314/uncw-hires-coach-off-nc-state-staff |accessdate=March 29, 2020 |work=The Times-News |date=March 15, 2020}}</ref>
He followed Keatts as an assistant at NC State from 2017 to 2020 before returning to UNC Wilmington as head coach on March 13, 2020, as the 13th head coach in Seahawk history.<ref name=uncw>{{Cite web|url=https://uncwsports.com/news/2020/3/13/mens-basketball-seahawks-name-siddle-new-head-coach.aspx|title=Seahawks Name Siddle New Head Coach|website=UNC Wilmington Athletics|date=March 13, 2020|accessdate=March 29, 2020}}</ref> Siddle signed a five-year deal with a base salary of $300,000 plus supplemental compensation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smist |first1=John |title=UNCW agrees to five-year contract with Takayo Siddle |url=https://www.wect.com/2020/03/16/uncw-agrees-five-year-contract-with-takayo-siddle/ |accessdate=March 29, 2020 |work=WECT |date=March 16, 2020}}</ref>
===UNC Wilmington===
Siddle took over a UNCW program that was 31-64 (.326) in the previous three seasons. Since then he has led UNCW to unprecedented success.
From the 2021-22 Season, Siddle has led the Seahawks to five-straight 20+ win seasons. He is the first coach in UNCW history with more than two 20-win seasons (Kevin Keatts and Brad Brownell both with two 20-win seasons).
Siddle also set the UNCW record for consecutive wins in back-to-back seasons: 12-straight wins in 2021-22; 13-straight wins in 2022-23.
In his first return to Rupp Arena since helping Gardner-Webb beat Kentucky as a player, Siddle led UNCW to an 80-73 win against Kentucky as head coach in December 2023.
==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = UNC Wilmington Seahawks | conference = Coastal Athletic Association | startyear = 2020 | endyear = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2020–21 | name = UNC Wilmington | overall = 7–10 | conference = 1–6 | confstanding = 10th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = postseason | season = 2021–22 | name = UNC Wilmington | overall = 27–9 | conference = 15–3 | confstanding = T–1st | postseason = CBI Champion }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2022–23 | name = UNC Wilmington | overall = 24–10 | conference = 12–6 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2023–24 | name = UNC Wilmington | overall = 21–10 | conference = 12–6 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2024–25 | name = UNC Wilmington | overall = 27–8 | conference = 14–4 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 2025–26 | name = UNC Wilmington | overall = 27–7 | conference = 15–3 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NIT Second Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = UNC Wilmington | overall = {{winpct|133|54|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|69|28|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = {{winpct|133|54|record=y}} | poll = | polltype = | polltype2 = }}
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==External links== {{UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball coach navbox}} {{Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball coach navbox}} {{Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year navbox}}
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