Mark Vanderslice

Biography

Mark Vanderslice begins his 11th year as the head men's basketball coach at USC Aiken. His 2024-25 team won the PBC Tournament, marking the first time for the program since the 2013-14 campaign. The 2023-24 squad picked up a PBC regular-season championship. The 2022-23 team reached new heights, making a run to the NCAA Sweet 16 after defeating Catawba and top-seeded Augusta in the NCAA Southeast Regional. During the 2018-19 season, Vanderslice guided the Pacers to their first national ranking since the 2013-14 season and to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since that same year. Vanderslice came to USC Aiken after spending five years as the head coach at Louisburg Junior College, where he guided his team to a 152-20 record. Prior to Louisburg, he was an assistant coach at Furman and Toledo, and held positions at Heidelberg and UNC Asheville. Known as a strong recruiter and tough defensive-minded coach, Vanderslice sports a 346-142 overall record as a head coach (72.5 percent). He earned his bachelor of science in business administration from UNC Asheville and his MBA from Heidelberg in 2004.