Asa Duvall joined the EKU men’s basketball program as director of player personnel in the summer of 2023.
In his first season, Duvall was part of a staff that helped EKU capture the 2023-24 Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Championship. It was the first regular season conference title for the Colonels in 45 years (1979). The Colonels won their first seven conference games, which tied the best start to conference play in program history. No squad had started the league schedule with seven straight wins since 1959-60.
The team set a new program mark for blocks in a game with 13 against Troy on Nov. 27 and blocks in a season with 190. EKU was fifth in the nation in blocks per game, 14th in rebounds per game (40.13), 17th in offensive rebounds per game (13.23) and 29th in scoring (80.8/game).
Isaiah Cozart was chosen as the 2024 ASUN Player of the Year, the ASUN Defensive Player of the Year, First Team All-ASUN, First Team NABC All-District and played in the Reese’s Division I All-Star Game in Phoenix during the Final Four. Following the season, Cozart was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Year Award and the 2024 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year Award. Leland Walker earned First Team All-ASUN honors and Second Team NABC All-District recognition. Devontae Blanton earned Third Team All-ASUN honors.
Duvall, who played at fellow ASUN Conference member Lipscomb University from 2014 to 2018, served as a graduate assistant at the University of Pikeville during the 2022-23 season. He served as the travel coordinator, assisted with individual workouts and skill development, and was the head coach of the junior varsity team.
From December 2019 to June of 2022, Duvall was the video coordinator at Tennessee State University. He was responsible for scouting reports, highlight tapes and recruiting videos, while assisting with recruiting visits, summer camps and fundraising.
Duvall earned a bachelor’s in business administration with an emphasis in corporate management at Lipscomb in May of 2018. He played in 64 games over his four-year career with the Bisons.
The Brentwood, Tennessee native spent the 2013-14 season playing on the postgraduate team at Hargrave Military Academy, averaging 17 points and five assists per game for a squad that went 32-8 and ranked No. 2 in the nation. Duvall was the 15th-ranked player in the state of Virginia and rated as the No. 74 shooting guard in the nation.
