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Khalif Wyatt Returns To Temple As The Owls' New Director of Player Development

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Khalif Wyatt, who scored over 1,500 points and earned conference and Big 5 Player of the Year honors during his Temple men's basketball career (2009-13), will join Owls' head coach Adam Fisher's staff as the program's Director of Player Development.

"Today is a great day for Temple Basketball," said Fisher. "It is so great to bring Khalif and his family back to Temple and be a part of our coaching staff. Khalif is going to be a great role model for our student-athletes on and off the court. He understands the pride it takes to wear the Cherry and White and brings a winning mentality to our program.

Khalif knows what it takes to be a student-athlete at Temple and his nine-year professional career will really give our players great perspective on what it takes to become a pro."

"I am super excited to be back on North Broad working with Temple Basketball," said Wyatt. "I am looking forward to being a part of Coach Fisher's staff and helping Temple get back to the NCAA Tournament."

Wyatt, who served as an assistant coach on the West Chester men's basketball staff last season, is the only player in Temple history to earn conference Sixth Man of the Year and Player of the Year accolades in his career. The Norristown, Pa. native had a stellar career, scoring 1,576 points, 295 assists and 273 rebounds.
As a senior, Wyatt scored 697 points (20.5 ppg), to lead both the Atlantic 10 Conference and Philadelphia Big 5 and rank eighth on Temple's single-season points list. Named Player of the Year for both leagues in '12-13, he would break the Owls' record for most free throws made (204) and attempted (244) for a single season, surpassing marks set by the legendary Hal Lear (189 and 241) during the 1955-56 campaign. A prolific scorer, Wyatt also tied Lynn Greer's school record (2001-02) for most 30-point games in a single season (7). He is also one of only three Temple men's basketball players to score more than 30 points in two NCAA Tournament games, joining Lear (three times, 1956) and Mark Macon (twice, 1990, 1991).

Following his Temple career, Wyatt played professionally overseas with stops in China (2013-14), Israel (2014-19) and the Philippines (2019-20). He was a two-time First Team all-Israeli League (2015, 2016) and a two-time Israeli League all-Star (2016, 2018).