Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

Bio

Isaac Fontenot-Amedee comes to Midland after spending the last three seasons as the basketball and track coach at Family Christian Academy in Baton Rouge, LA. Fontenot-Amedee led the flames to two LHSAA State Championships and a State Runner-Up. He was named LHSAA 2022 Class C State Coach of the Year.

Fontenot-Amedee spent the 2020-2021 season at the University of Louisiana at Monroe where he was responsible for signing 64% of the team’s scoring output and two Sun Belt All-Conference players. Prior to ULM, Fontenot-Amedee had a five-year stint as head coach at Clarendon (Texas) College where he compiled a 92-62 record (.597), including three-straight Region V playoff appearances for the first time in school history. In 2019-20, he led Clarendon College to its best record in school history (29-3) and highest-ever national ranking (No. 3) while winning both the Western Junior College Athletic Conference (14-2) and NJCAA Region V Championships while qualifying for its first-ever appearance in the NJCAA National Tournament before COVID-19 forced its cancellation. For his efforts, Fontenot-Amedee was selected Coach of the Year by the WJCAC and Region V Coach of the Year as well as Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Junior College Coach of the Year.

During Fontenot-Amedee's tenure at Clarendon College, 11 different players signed National Letters of Intent with NCAA Division I programs, including 6-foot-7 forward Russ Harrison and 5-10 guard Elijah Gonzales who signed with ULM. Harrison was named NJCAA Division I All-American, WJCAC Newcomer of the Year and Player of the Year, NJCAA Region V Player of the Year as well as TABC Junior College Player of the Year after leading the Bulldogs in both scoring (18.3 points per game) and rebounding (8.2 pg.) last season.
 
Fontenot-Amedee previously spent four years (2013-15; 2018) as the head coach and coordinator for the Louisiana D1 Ambassadors traveling team, with 10 of his players signing National Letters of Intent with NCAA Division I programs including two players who reached the NBA, in Jarrell Brantley (Utah Jazz, 2019-20 roster) and Jemerrio Jones (Los Angeles Lakers, 2018-19; NBA G League's Wisconsin Herd, 2019-20).
 
He served as an assistant coach at Hill College in Hillsboro, Texas, for two years as the Rebels posted a combined record of 58-12 (.829), including the 2014 Region V Championship and a third-place finish in the 2015 NJCAA National Tournament.
 
From 2010-12, Fontenot-Amedee worked for two seasons as an assistant coach at Dodge City (Kansas) Community College.
 
A native of Baton Rouge, La., Fontenot-Amedee earned a Bachelor of Science in health and physical education from Nicholls State in 2007.