Just over one month after announcing it had parted ways with a championship-winning coach, HBCU Lincoln University has issued another statement.
The Pennsylvania-based HBCU parted ways with Jason Armstrong less than 90 days after he led the program to its first-ever CIAA Tournament title. It issued another statement on Monday regarding the move.
“In the weeks since Jason Armstrong’s departure as Lincoln University’s Men’s Basketball Coach, questions have arisen about the nature of his departure. The University retracts its earlier statement that Coach Armstrong voluntarily resigned. His departure was a decision by the University to end his employment. The University thanks Coach Armstrong for his dedication in leading the team to its first CIAA basketball title and raising academic standards for his players. We wish him the best in his future coaching career.”
Jason Armstrong was named interim head coach at Lincoln for the 2022-23 season and later named head coach for the 2023-24 season. In 2022-23, during the interim head coaching season for Armstrong, the team amassed a 17-15 record and fell short in the CIAA Tournament Championship to Winston-Salem State University. In 2023-24 the Men’s Basketball Team won the CIAA Northern Division and Tournament Championship for the first time in school history.
Keyshawn McMahon, a 2019 graduate of Sterling College, has been named interim head basketball coach at the HBCU.