Cody Fueger Explained

Cody Fueger
Current Title:Assistant coach
Current Team:Kentucky
Current Conference:SEC
Alma Mater:University of Utah
Coach Years1:2002–2007
Coach Team1:Utah (video coord./student assistant)
Coach Years2:2007–2011
Coach Team2:Louisiana Tech (DBO)
Coach Years3:2011–2012
Coach Team3:UC Riverside (DBO)
Coach Years4:2012–2013
Coach Team4:Utah State (DBO)
Coach Years5:2013–2015
Coach Team5:BYU (DBO)
Coach Years6:2015–2019
Coach Team6:Utah Valley (assistant)
Coach Years7:2019–2024
Coach Team7:BYU (assistant)
Coach Years8:2024–present
Coach Team8:Kentucky (assistant)
Championships:As assistant coach

Cody William Fueger is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the University of Kentucky. Fueger previously served as an assistant at BYU starting in 2019 before following Head Coach Mark Pope to Kentucky in 2024.[1]

Career

Fueger began his career at Utah while he was still a student. He served as video coordinator and student assistant under Head Coach Rick Majerus. Utah would go on to become MWC regular season champions in 2003 and 2005, as well as winning a MWC tournament championship in 2004.[2]

In 2007, Fueger became Director of Basketball Operations at Louisiana Tech.[3] After four seasons, Fueger left for UC Riverside.[4] The next season he arrived at Utah State.[5] At the end of the season, he would move on to BYU where he would serve alongside assistant coach Mark Pope.

In 2015, Pope took the head coaching job at Utah Valley and brought Fueger on as an assistant.[6] Pope and Fueger returned to BYU in 2019 as head coach and assistant.[7] In 2024, Mark Pope became the head coach at the University of Kentucky. Soon after, Cody Fueger was named an assistant coach.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kentucky Men's Basketball Adds Cody Fueger as Assistant Coach. UK Athletics. April 25, 2024. April 22, 2024.
  2. Web site: 2003-04 Utah Utes Men's Roster and Stats. April 29, 2024.
  3. Web site: Cody Fueger, Director of Basketball Operations. Louisiana Tech Athletics. April 25, 2024.
  4. Web site: Cody Fueger, Director of Basketball Operations (2011–12). UC Riverside Athletics. April 25, 2024.
  5. Web site: Cody Fueger Named Utah State Men's Basketball Director of Operations. Utah State Athletics. April 25, 2024. August 16, 2012.
  6. Web site: Cody Fueger, assistant coach. Utah Valley Athletics. April 25, 2024.
  7. Web site: Pope Hires Burgess, Fueger and Robinson as Assistant Coaches. BYU Athletics. April 25, 2024. April 24, 2019.
  8. Web site: Kentucky officially adds Cody Fueger as assistant coach. April 29, 2024.