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Coppin State Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #363 · 7–24 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Baltimore, MD

Coppin State finished 7–24 (MEAC 8th, KenPom #363) in 2025–26. 16 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 6 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster16 players
New this season6
Transfer additions5
Clearest projected openingForwards and Centers · 2027
Most common home statePA (6)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards and Centers: open from 2027 — 5 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2028.

2027
Gbalanced9 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2028
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2029
Gopening3 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2030
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Daveyon Lydner6′4″So
Brendan Johnson6′4″RS-So
Baasil Saunders6′4″Sr
Hussain Williams6′5″Sr
Sven Djopmo6′2″Jr
Malik Shackleford6′4″Fr
Josiah Brown6′6″Jr
Jamari Piercy6′5″Sr
Camaren Sparrow6′4″Sr
Forwards in that room (6)
Elijah Taylor6′9″Sr
Tafara Gapare6′9″—
Levi Lawal6′5″Sr
Tyler Koenig6′9″Sr
Nelson Lamizana6′9″So
Allen Myers6′8″Jr
Centers in that room (1)
Favour Aire6′11″RS-Sr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Coppin State

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G balanced (9 ahead), F opening (5 ahead), C open (1 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 6 arrivals, 1 came straight from high school and 5 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from PA, MD, GA.

2 of 16 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 2 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

51% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 16 players

Guards 9 of 16

Josiah Brown6′6″Jr1.7 PPG
Hussain Williams6′5″Sr · final yr7.3 PPG
Jamari Piercy6′5″Sr · final yr6.8 PPG
Daveyon Lydner6′4″So2.3 PPG
Brendan Johnson6′4″RS-So
Baasil Saunders6′4″Sr · final yr3.2 PPG
Malik Shackleford6′4″Fr
Camaren Sparrow6′4″Sr · final yr5.7 PPG
Sven Djopmo6′2″Jr

Frontcourt 7 of 16 · forwards + centers

Favour Aire6′11″RS-Sr · C · final yr2.8 PPG
Elijah Taylor6′9″Sr · F · final yr
Tafara Gapare6′9″F
Tyler Koenig6′9″Sr · F · final yr5.3 PPG
Nelson Lamizana6′9″So · F6.6 PPG
Allen Myers6′8″Jr · F
Levi Lawal6′5″Sr · F · final yr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

51%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Hussain Williams7.3 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Jamari Piercy6.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Nelson Lamizana6.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 15 of 17 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

1from high school5via the portal

11 of 16 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

2 of 16

2 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Favour Aire #119.

Where from

PA 6 · MD 5 · GA 2 · NJ 2 · DE 1 · FL 1

4 international: Ekpoma, Nigeria; Wellington, New Zealand; Washington, D.C.; Reims, France

High schools: Imhotep Charter ×2; Keystone Academy; New Town HS and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Brendan Johnson
→Tafara Gapare
→Sven Djopmo
→Levi Lawal
→Allen Myers

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Khali Horton

How this roster compares

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (8 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureCoppin StateConference
Average guard height6′4″6′3″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′9″
Roster size1615+1
Freshman share6%13%−7pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#3202021–22#3402022–23#3612023–24#3632024–25#3632025–26
9–23 · MEAC 6th9–23 · MEAC 6th2–27 · MEAC 8th6–24 · MEAC 8th7–24 · MEAC 8th

Coaching staff

Larry StewartHead coach
Sidney RaikesAssociate head coach
Stephen StewartAssociate head coach
Chad Andrews-FultonAssistant coach
Victoria JohnsonAssistant coach
Staff changes5 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 3 before 2023–24, 2 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate46%
SAT midpoint920

How this page is made: Rosters: official Coppin State rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Coppin State's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Ratings: KenPom, five seasons; conference finish computed among same-conference teams by rating · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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