Men's Basketball
Allen Caveness
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Caveness.Allen@csulb.edu
Allen Caveness enters his second season as an assistant coach with Long Beach State. Within the coaching staff, Caveness serves as the defensive coordinator with an emphasis in coaching the team’s rebounding.
In his first season with Long Beach State, he helped the program reduce conference opponent scoring by 9.7 points per game. Other improvements saw the team climb to second place in total rebounding as well as moving from 10th in offensive rebounding in 2020-21 to second in Big West action at 10.1 offensive boards per game. Those efforts helped the Long Beach State coaching staff lead an improvement that helped the Beach finish with a 20-13 overall record as well as winning the outright Big West Championship and advancing to the NIT.
In addition to his work with recruiting, scouting and sports performance, Caveness is the coaching staff’s academic liaison. In his first season with the program, the team recorded its highest team GPA in 10 years. Caveness is also responsible for securing housing for the program’s student-athletes.
Caveness is no stranger to Long Beach basketball, coaching at St. Anthony High School for seven years. During that period, Caveness has led the Saints to their greatest success in recent history, winning three straight Camino Real league championships from 2016-18.
He then finished lifting the program all the way to the Open Division in 2020, winning the Del Rey League Championship in the process. 2022 Big West Defensive Player of the Year Jadon Jones was a leader on that team, and the two have been reunited at Long Beach State.
Prior to coaching at St. Anthony, Caveness spent two seasons at the Division II level with Cal State Dominguez Hills, and got his start professionally at the junior college level as the head coach in stints at El Camino College, Fullerton College and Mt. San Antonio College.
Since 2007 Caveness has served as a coach and board member with the Drew League. Caveness was a Division I Student-Athlete, earning All-WCC honors at Saint Mary’s in the early 90s.
Caveness is also a member of the Black Coaches Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the growth and development of ethnic minorities at all levels of sports both nationally and internationally.
In his first season with Long Beach State, he helped the program reduce conference opponent scoring by 9.7 points per game. Other improvements saw the team climb to second place in total rebounding as well as moving from 10th in offensive rebounding in 2020-21 to second in Big West action at 10.1 offensive boards per game. Those efforts helped the Long Beach State coaching staff lead an improvement that helped the Beach finish with a 20-13 overall record as well as winning the outright Big West Championship and advancing to the NIT.
In addition to his work with recruiting, scouting and sports performance, Caveness is the coaching staff’s academic liaison. In his first season with the program, the team recorded its highest team GPA in 10 years. Caveness is also responsible for securing housing for the program’s student-athletes.
Caveness is no stranger to Long Beach basketball, coaching at St. Anthony High School for seven years. During that period, Caveness has led the Saints to their greatest success in recent history, winning three straight Camino Real league championships from 2016-18.
He then finished lifting the program all the way to the Open Division in 2020, winning the Del Rey League Championship in the process. 2022 Big West Defensive Player of the Year Jadon Jones was a leader on that team, and the two have been reunited at Long Beach State.
Prior to coaching at St. Anthony, Caveness spent two seasons at the Division II level with Cal State Dominguez Hills, and got his start professionally at the junior college level as the head coach in stints at El Camino College, Fullerton College and Mt. San Antonio College.
Since 2007 Caveness has served as a coach and board member with the Drew League. Caveness was a Division I Student-Athlete, earning All-WCC honors at Saint Mary’s in the early 90s.
Caveness is also a member of the Black Coaches Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the growth and development of ethnic minorities at all levels of sports both nationally and internationally.
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