He was the first African American named head coach of a varsity sports team in any Western New York suburban school district.

[3] Witherspoon served one season as an assistant at Alabama under head coach Anthony Grant.

[6] In the 2017–18 season, the Golden Griffins finished tied for a share of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season title and qualified for the 2018 College Basketball Invitational.

Conference tournament champion [8] * Hired as interim coach after Tim Cohane resigned after 5 games

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