Prior to accepting the job at Georgia, White was the head coach of the Florida Gators from 2015 to 2022 and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs from 2011 to 2015.

In 1995, White began his four-year collegiate career as a freshman guard for the Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team.

[1] After earning his bachelor's degree at Ole Miss, White joined the men's basketball coaching staff at Jacksonville State in 2000.

These efforts paid off as the men's basketball team achieved its greatest success since moving up to the Division I ranks, and five Jacksonville State recruits were named all-conference players during White's four-year stint.

A finalist for the 2009 Coaches Award presented by BasketballScoop.com – honoring the top assistants in the college game – White was instrumental in the Rebels' rise to prominence in the Southeastern Conference as he helped lead the program to four postseason berths and a pair of SEC West titles in the past five years.

[3] On March 30, 2011, White was named by Louisiana Tech as the 17th head coach of the Bulldogs basketball team.

[4] In his first season, White led the program to their first appearance in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament Championship Game.

In the 2013–14 season, the Bulldogs defeated Iona (home) and Georgia (away) before falling in the NIT quarterfinals by three at Florida State.

White's first Gators team managed to secure an invitation to the NIT after being on the NCAA Tournament bubble for much of the season.

After a brief stint playing basketball professionally, White returned to Ole Miss and graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2000.