Men's Basketball
Edney, Tyus
Tyus Edney
- Title:
- Director of Operations
Tyus Edney has spent the past nine seasons on the UCLA men’s basketball staff. He served as an assistant coach with the Bruins in 2017-18 and 2018-19 after having spent the previous seven seasons as the program’s Director of Operations.
Named an assistant coach at UCLA in April 2017, Edney helped UCLA post a 17-16 record in 2018-19 and a 21-12 overall mark in 2017-18. The Bruins concluded their 2017-18 season having advanced to the Pac-12 Tournament’s semifinal round before playing in the NCAA Tournament’s “First Four.” Aaron Holiday earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2018 after becoming the first Bruin to lead the league in scoring since Reggie Miller in 1985-86.
During those two seasons, Holiday (2018) and Jaylen Hands (2019) improved as the primary point guards on their respective UCLA teams. Holiday led the Pac-12 in scoring (20.3 ppg) and ranked second in assists per game (5.8 apg) as a junior in 2017-18. Hands finished his sophomore season as the Pac-12 leader in assists per game (6.1) and total assists (201) in 2018-19, securing second-team All-Pac-12 acclaim.
Edney returned to his alma mater as the Director of Operations in August of 2010. In that role, he was primarily responsible for multiple day-to-day operations of the program and served as a liaison to the athletic administration and other university officials.
As the program’s Director of Operations, UCLA made five trips to the NCAA Tournament in seven seasons, including three Sweet 16 appearances under the direction of head coach Steve Alford (2014, 2015 and 2017). The Bruins won the Pac-12 regular-season title in 2013 and secured the Pac-12 Tournament crown in 2014.
Edney was a four-year basketball letterwinner at UCLA, serving as a three-year starter on the Bruins’ 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95 teams. He helped lead UCLA to its 11th NCAA basketball national championship in 1995. The former standout at Long Beach Poly High School was named the Most Outstanding Player in the West Regional (1995). He earned a spot in NCAA Tournament lore after his full-court dash with 4.8 seconds left to score the game-winning layup in a second-round showdown against Missouri. Edney’s basket propelled No. 1-seed UCLA to a 75-74 victory and into the Sweet 16.
Edney is still ranked on numerous top-10 career record lists at UCLA. The former point guard ranks second in assists (652, 5.2 assists per game), third in steals (224, 1.8 steals per game), third in free throws made (450), seventh in free throws attempted (559) and 21st in scoring with 1,515 points (12.1 ppg).
A three-time first team All-Pac-10 selection (1993-95), Edney still owns the UCLA single-game record for steals with 11 against George Mason on Dec. 22, 1994. He secured the 1995 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, bestowed annual upon the nation’s premier player at 6-feet and under.
Edney was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 1995 NBA Draft (No. 47 overall selection). He played two seasons with the Kings (1995-97) and spent two more seasons in the NBA with the Boston Celtics (1997-98) and Indiana Pacers (2000-01). Between those seasons, Edney played for Euroleague winner BC Zalgiris, earning the Euroleague Final Four MVP title. He also played in Italy for Benetton Treviso in 1999-2000, losing in the Italian League finals and winning the Italian Cup.
Following his departure from the NBA in 2001, Edney played for several more European teams, including another stint with Benetton Treviso from 2001-04. His team won the Italian League in 2002 and 2003, the Italian Cup in 2003 and 2004, and the Italian Supercup in 2002 and 2003. Benetton Treviso played in the Euroleague final in 2003. In addition, Edney played for Lottomatica Virtus Roma in Italy in 2004-05 and then moved to Greece to play for Olympiacos in 2005-06.
During the 2006-07 season, Edney returned to Italy and compete for Fortitudo Bologna. He started the 2008-09 season with Cajasol Sevilla in Spain before moving to Turów Zgorzelec (Jan. 2009), where he ended his playing career.
Edney, 46, helped lead Long Beach Poly to the 1990 CIF Southern Section Championship during his junior season in high school. He was raised in Long Beach, Calif., and was a three-year varsity letterwinner at Long Beach Poly under former Long Beach State head coach Ron Palmer.
Named an assistant coach at UCLA in April 2017, Edney helped UCLA post a 17-16 record in 2018-19 and a 21-12 overall mark in 2017-18. The Bruins concluded their 2017-18 season having advanced to the Pac-12 Tournament’s semifinal round before playing in the NCAA Tournament’s “First Four.” Aaron Holiday earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2018 after becoming the first Bruin to lead the league in scoring since Reggie Miller in 1985-86.
During those two seasons, Holiday (2018) and Jaylen Hands (2019) improved as the primary point guards on their respective UCLA teams. Holiday led the Pac-12 in scoring (20.3 ppg) and ranked second in assists per game (5.8 apg) as a junior in 2017-18. Hands finished his sophomore season as the Pac-12 leader in assists per game (6.1) and total assists (201) in 2018-19, securing second-team All-Pac-12 acclaim.
Edney returned to his alma mater as the Director of Operations in August of 2010. In that role, he was primarily responsible for multiple day-to-day operations of the program and served as a liaison to the athletic administration and other university officials.
As the program’s Director of Operations, UCLA made five trips to the NCAA Tournament in seven seasons, including three Sweet 16 appearances under the direction of head coach Steve Alford (2014, 2015 and 2017). The Bruins won the Pac-12 regular-season title in 2013 and secured the Pac-12 Tournament crown in 2014.
Edney was a four-year basketball letterwinner at UCLA, serving as a three-year starter on the Bruins’ 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95 teams. He helped lead UCLA to its 11th NCAA basketball national championship in 1995. The former standout at Long Beach Poly High School was named the Most Outstanding Player in the West Regional (1995). He earned a spot in NCAA Tournament lore after his full-court dash with 4.8 seconds left to score the game-winning layup in a second-round showdown against Missouri. Edney’s basket propelled No. 1-seed UCLA to a 75-74 victory and into the Sweet 16.
Edney is still ranked on numerous top-10 career record lists at UCLA. The former point guard ranks second in assists (652, 5.2 assists per game), third in steals (224, 1.8 steals per game), third in free throws made (450), seventh in free throws attempted (559) and 21st in scoring with 1,515 points (12.1 ppg).
A three-time first team All-Pac-10 selection (1993-95), Edney still owns the UCLA single-game record for steals with 11 against George Mason on Dec. 22, 1994. He secured the 1995 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, bestowed annual upon the nation’s premier player at 6-feet and under.
Edney was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 1995 NBA Draft (No. 47 overall selection). He played two seasons with the Kings (1995-97) and spent two more seasons in the NBA with the Boston Celtics (1997-98) and Indiana Pacers (2000-01). Between those seasons, Edney played for Euroleague winner BC Zalgiris, earning the Euroleague Final Four MVP title. He also played in Italy for Benetton Treviso in 1999-2000, losing in the Italian League finals and winning the Italian Cup.
Following his departure from the NBA in 2001, Edney played for several more European teams, including another stint with Benetton Treviso from 2001-04. His team won the Italian League in 2002 and 2003, the Italian Cup in 2003 and 2004, and the Italian Supercup in 2002 and 2003. Benetton Treviso played in the Euroleague final in 2003. In addition, Edney played for Lottomatica Virtus Roma in Italy in 2004-05 and then moved to Greece to play for Olympiacos in 2005-06.
During the 2006-07 season, Edney returned to Italy and compete for Fortitudo Bologna. He started the 2008-09 season with Cajasol Sevilla in Spain before moving to Turów Zgorzelec (Jan. 2009), where he ended his playing career.
Edney, 46, helped lead Long Beach Poly to the 1990 CIF Southern Section Championship during his junior season in high school. He was raised in Long Beach, Calif., and was a three-year varsity letterwinner at Long Beach Poly under former Long Beach State head coach Ron Palmer.
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