LAWRENCE, Kan. – Guard David Coit, a transfer from Northern Illinois, has joined the Kansas men’s basketball team, KU head coach Bill Self announced today. Coit will be a senior at Kansas for the upcoming 2024-25 season.
“David can shoot; he has range,” Self said. “He’s a player who can score the basketball. He averaged 21 points this past year at Northern Illinois. I see him as a guy that gives us a whole different dimension that we may not have had he not signed with us.”
A native of Columbus, New Jersey, Coit (5-foot-11, 175 pounds) is a two-time All-MAC selection in 2022-23 and 2023-24, earning third-team honors both seasons. Coit was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 14 Second Team each of the last two seasons.
In 2023-24, Coit started all 29 games at Northern Illinois and averaged 20.8 points per game, which ranked second in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and 24thnationally. His also averaged 3.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds per contest. Coit made 94 threes last season and his 3.24 three-point field goals made per game ranked 10th nationally. Coit shot 88.5 percent from the free throw line (108-of-122), which was 28th in the nation and posted two double-doubles on the season.
As a sophomore in 2022-23, Coit started 26 of 29 games played at NIU and averaged 15.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. He shot 42.9 percent from the field, including 37.7 percent from three-point range where he was 81-of-215 from beyond the arc.
In two seasons at NIU, Coit scored 1,051 points and made 175 threes, which averages out to 3.5 made per game. He also brings 175 career assists, 63 steals and an 87.9 free throw percentage (160-of-182) to Kansas.
Following a prep career at Scotland (Pa.) Campus Sports, Coit attended Atlantic Cape (N.J.) Community College, where he led NJCAA Division III in scoring averaging 30.6 points per game in 2021-22. Coit was named the 2021-22 Garden State Athletic Conference Player of the Year in his lone season at Atlantic Cape.
“David can shoot; he has range,” Self said. “He’s a player who can score the basketball. He averaged 21 points this past year at Northern Illinois. I see him as a guy that gives us a whole different dimension that we may not have had he not signed with us.”
A native of Columbus, New Jersey, Coit (5-foot-11, 175 pounds) is a two-time All-MAC selection in 2022-23 and 2023-24, earning third-team honors both seasons. Coit was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 14 Second Team each of the last two seasons.
In 2023-24, Coit started all 29 games at Northern Illinois and averaged 20.8 points per game, which ranked second in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and 24thnationally. His also averaged 3.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds per contest. Coit made 94 threes last season and his 3.24 three-point field goals made per game ranked 10th nationally. Coit shot 88.5 percent from the free throw line (108-of-122), which was 28th in the nation and posted two double-doubles on the season.
As a sophomore in 2022-23, Coit started 26 of 29 games played at NIU and averaged 15.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. He shot 42.9 percent from the field, including 37.7 percent from three-point range where he was 81-of-215 from beyond the arc.
In two seasons at NIU, Coit scored 1,051 points and made 175 threes, which averages out to 3.5 made per game. He also brings 175 career assists, 63 steals and an 87.9 free throw percentage (160-of-182) to Kansas.
Following a prep career at Scotland (Pa.) Campus Sports, Coit attended Atlantic Cape (N.J.) Community College, where he led NJCAA Division III in scoring averaging 30.6 points per game in 2021-22. Coit was named the 2021-22 Garden State Athletic Conference Player of the Year in his lone season at Atlantic Cape.
