Meet Coach C

Year one as the head coach, the standard showed up immediately: 17 regular-season wins -- sixth-most in the country among first-year head coaches -- and a statement victory 62-59 over St. John's.

In Year two, his team ripped off the first 6-0 conference start in program history.

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Then came the part most bios skip. A full roster turnover. Two hard seasons with many injuries, and a head coach who responded the way he asks his players to respond --- by going back to the lab. By 2025-2026, a rebuilt roster of transfers and international recruits owned the NEC's best defense and brought tournament basketball back to Staten Island, hosting a quarterfinal at Spiro Sports Center. Along the way: a 50th career win, 58 total, fourth-most in program history.

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Under Coburn, Wagner players have earned nine All-NEC honors, three have joined the 1,000-point club, one made NCAA history with 22 assists in a game.

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Before Wagner, Coburn spent five seasons at LIU Brooklyn: four NEC Tournament trips, back-to-back top-50 recruiting classes, and the biggest win in program history over Big 12 member Oklahoma State. Coburn was also on the sidelines as an assistant at ASA College in Downtown Brooklyn. There he helped guide the Avengers to a 22-4 record in 2015-16. ASA reached the Elite Eight of the NJCAA National tournament that season. 

 

He started where every builder starts -- at the bottom, at his alma mater Central Arkansas, as a graduate assistant who earned his way to Director of Player Development while the Sugar Bears went 42-22.

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Off the floor, he runs Terrell's HOOP Foundation --Helping Other Out Passionately-- because the same hands that coach the press should the ones giving back.