Tevin Baskin was added to the App State men's basketball staff in May 2022.

A member of the Mountaineers' basketball team from 2012-14, Baskin returns to the High Country as the program's director of recruiting.
 
Baskin will oversee the program's recruiting efforts and assist the coaching staff with selecting and developing student-athletes. He spent last season as the director of scouting and analytics at Mississippi State and has specialized in player development as well as opponent scouting throughout his professional career.

Prior to returning to Boone, Baskin spent the 2021-22 season at Mississippi State as the director of scouting and analytics. Before that, he was an assistant coach at Saint Michael's College in Vermont. He also has experience at the Division III level, serving as an assistant coach at Bridgewater College in Virginia.  

The first stop in Baskin's coaching career was at Northwest Florida State College. In his first year of coaching at NWFSC, the Raiders won the Panhandle Conference championship and also made it to the NJCAA Final Four.
 
A native of Connecticut, he was a standout player at Trinity Catholic High School. He helped lead his team to a combined 102-12 record over his four years. He finished his high school career with just under the marks of 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. He was a three-time All-State selection and was rated as a top-50 small forward by ESPN.com. Following his senior year, he was selected to play in the Jordan Brand Classic Regional All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden.
 
Baskin's playing career began with a pair of one-season stops at Quinnipiac and Chipola College. While at Chipola, he helped lead the team to a 26-3 record. He then completed his college career at App State where he played in 56 games during his two seasons. As a junior, he played in all 31 contests and posted 18 double-digit scoring efforts. His final year was highlighted by a 24-point performance against in-state foe NC State.

The former small forward played in 94 games throughout his collegiate career. Over the course of his two years at App State, he started 16 of the 56 games he played in. He scored 514 points and posted 221 boards. He also recorded 23 assists, 48 blocks and 46 steals.


Baskin graduated from App State in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in communication studies with a minor in sociology before earning his master's degree in workforce education leadership from Mississippi State in 2020.