KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 20, 2024) – After arranging one of the top turnarounds in college basketball and leading the University of South Florida men's basketball team to its first-ever regular season conference title, Bulls head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim was named the NABC District 24 Coach of the Year. Senior guard Chris Youngblood was named to the All-District First Team.
 
The All-District honors are voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I and were announced on Wednesday.
 
A unanimous choice for American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, Abdur-Rahim has led USF to a 25-7 (16-2, AAC) record and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament as the Bulls claimed the program's first-ever regular season conference title with a two-game cushion. He is a National Semifinalist for the Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year. He is a finalist for the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year and the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year.
 
Youngblood earned his second NABC All-District honor, first as a player at USF. Earlier this year, he was named the AAC Co-Player of the Year, becoming the first Bull to earn such an honor since USF Hall of Famer Charlie Bradley in 1983. Youngblood also became the program's first all-conference first-team selection since Dominique Jones in 2010. He is currently averaging 14.9 points a game with 2.4 rebounds per game. He has 68 assists, 19 steals, and 19 blocks. He produced a career-high 29 points in the win against Tulane on March 3.
 
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About USF Men's Basketball
The South Florida men's basketball team is led by Amir Abdur-Rahim, who was named the 11th head coach in program history on March 29, 2023. Abdur-Rahim was named the 2023 Mid-Major Coach of the Year (Hugh Durham Award) after leading Kennesaw State to its first-ever Division I NCAA Tournament berth in 2022-23. Abdur-Rahim's Kennesaw State team set an NCAA record as the fastest team to ever reach the NCAA Tournament after a one-win campaign, accomplishing the feat in a span of just three seasons. He was also named the 2022-23 NABC District 3 and ASUN Coach of the Year after leading Kennesaw State to both the regular season and tournament titles, and a school-record 26 wins.
 
USF has retired three numbers in its history: Chucky Atkins (12), Charlie Bradley (30), and Radenko Dobras (31). The Bulls have earned three NCAA tournament bids, appeared in the NIT eight times, and won the 2019 College Basketball Invitational.
 
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