Cody Toppert, who has extensive coaching experience on both the professional and collegiate levels, joined Head Coach Matt McMahon’s first staff at LSU as an assistant coach in April of 2022.

Toppert, 39, comes to LSU after three seasons as an assistant coach at Memphis.

At Memphis, Toppert played a large role in game planning and created and managed the team’s analytics program which was among the most advanced in college basketball. In addition to scouting and analytics.

Toppert also put together an NBA pre-draft program that has produced 12 NBA Draft picks. During which time he worked with three of the four highest paid undrafted players in NBA history (Tyler Johnson, Royce O’Neale, and Robert Covington).