On July 14th, Jason A. Armstrong was named the 23rd Head Coach of Lincoln University. Last season Armstrong served as the Interim Head Coach and led the team to the First time EVER to the CIAA Conference Final 4 and Championship Game and made history!
Armstrong comes to LU after serving as an assistant coach and director of recruiting at Division II Dominican College for seven seasons. During his tenure at Dominican, the Chargers reached four consecutive Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) championship games, while claiming back-to-back CACC championships 2019 & 2020.
Armstrong began his coaching career guiding the Riverside Church Hawks AAU Program (Senior Team 18 and under) in Harlem, New York from 2006-2011. His teams won numerous tournaments on the AAU circuit, including Elmcor Summer Tournament, Stop the Violence - Memorial Day Tournament, Atlantic City Showcase, NY Blaze Invitational, and the Holcombe Rucker Tournament. Armstrong has also coached at the high school level, serving as the head junior varsity and an assistant varsity coach at La Salle Academy High School (2007-09) before taking the head JV, varsity coach, and Athletic Director jobs at Uncommon Charter High School in Brooklyn, NY.
He moved to the college ranks for two seasons as an assistant coach at Bloomfield College, where he helped the Deacons claimed back-to-back CACC championships 2012 & 2013. He then moved on to Dominican also in the CACC Conference for seven years. At Dominican College, Coach Armstrong's coaching skills flourished, as he served as the director of recruiting, helped with the scouting of opponents, was the academic liaison, and handled player development.
During the summer, Armstrong works at Basketball City Basketball Camp, NBPA (National Basketball Player Association) Basketball Camp, NBPA/Five Star Elite Basketball Camp, Hoop Mountain Elite Camp, Scout Focus Elite Camp and has served as an Assistant Director of the New York Knicks Summer Basketball Camp. Every season is dedicated to my mom; Gracie Massenburg, Mike Coffey (Dominican College) and Alton "Craig" Swift (435 Family).
In 2020, Coach Armstrong was ranked #6 of the Top 10 D2 Black Assistant Coaches in the Country by Minority Coaches Association.
A 1995 graduate of LaSalle Academy High School in New York City, Armstrong played alongside a pair of McDonald's All-Americans - Shammgod Wells aka God Shammgod (1995), and Ron Artest (1997) - during his standout high school career. His collegiate basketball career began Dominican College, where he played two seasons – including playing a part of the 1995-96 regular season championship team.
He finished his career at The University of the District of Columbia, where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Communications (television/radio) in 2000. Upon graduation, Armstrong accepted a position at Black Entertainment Television (BET), working at the network on the show Rap City Tha Basement from 2000-2005 before beginning his basketball coaching career.
