Jalen Courtney-Williams Season 2025-26
Updated August 7, 2025
Former Tiger player Jalen Courtney-Williams enters his second season as a member of Coach Matt McMahon’s staff.
Courtney-Williams was a three-year letterman at LSU during his college days.
Courtney-Williams is involved in on-court coaching helping the Tiger players get better, scout preparations and helping recruit players to Baton Rouge, including this year’s freshman class which is ranked in the top 25 in Division and a top-notch group of transfer that is ranked 16th by 247sports.com.
He is also the host of LSU’s basketball podcast, “No Timeouts”, which airs on LSU+ and wherever podcasts are available. Courtney-Williams interviews players and staff about the latest goings on with the men’s basketball team.
Courtney-Williams played in 61 games at LSU in three seasons (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13) before transferring to Morehead State where after sitting out a transfer season in 2013-14, he played for MSU in the 2014-15 season.
Courtney-Williams came to LSU from Creighton where it advanced to the NCAA Tournament in all three years he was on the staff, advancing to the Sweet 16 in 2024 with 25 wins. Creighton defeated Akron and Oregon in double overtime in postseason play before losing to No. 6 Tennessee.
The Bluejays won 24 games and advanced to the BIG EAST semifinals in 2023 before winning three games against NC State, No. 11 and Princeton in the NCAA Tournament before falling in the Elite 8 to San Diego State.
In the first season for Cortney-Williams at Creighton (2021-22), the Bluejays won 23 games. Creighton advanced to the BIG EAST championship game and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Courtney-Williams played an extensive part in Creighton’s recruiting class that was ranked among the nation’s best, which included three members of the 2021-22 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team. His work with Ryan Kalkbrenner helped him earn BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year each of the last three seasons and he was a national finalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year. Offensively, he was ranked in the top five nationally in field goal percentage.
Courtney-Williams spent three years at McNeese State (2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-21) as an assistant coach and following the 2020-21 season he was promoted to associate head coach before ultimately accepting the coaching position at Creighton.
At the Lake Charles school, he coached some of the top big men in the Southland Conference and was recognized as a high-level recruiter.
Among his top performers were All-Southland performer Sha’Markus Kennedy, a 6-foot-8 forward who was also tabbed the 2020 Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
Prior to his time in Lake Charles, Courtney-Williams spent three years on the staff at Mississippi State, where he served as a graduate assistant and also as the team’s video coordinator.
At LSU, he played for coaches Trent Johnson and Johnny Jones, playing 26 games in his junior season. At the two schools combined, he would play a total of 66 games. Courtney-Williams earned his degree from Morehead State in communications in 2015.
Courtney-Williams signed with LSU following a stellar prep career at Provine High School in Jackson, Mississippi. As a senior, he averaged 16 points and 11 rebounds en route to garnering All-State and All-Metro accolades while also being tabbed the Mississippi High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
A McDonald’s All-American nominee, Courtney-Williams led the Rams to two 5A state titles as well as two runner-up finishes in his prep career.
Courtney-Williams and his wife, La’Shya, have three daughters, Sevyn, Salem and Snoh.
Jalen Courtney-Williams File
Year: Second (in 2025-26)
Birthdate: July 29, 1992 (Atlanta, Georgia)
Wife: La’ Shya
Children: Sevyn, Salem, Snoh
Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi
Education: Morehead State, 2015
Collegiate Coaching Experience
2015-17: Grad Assistant, Mississippi State
2017-18: Video Coordinator, Mississippi State
2018-21: Assistant Coach, McNeese State
2021: Associate Head Coach, McNeese State
2021-24: Assistant Coach, Creighton
2024- : Assistant Coach, LSU