Fresno State Athletics
Men's Basketball
Felton, Tarvish
Tarvish Felton
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- tfelton@mail.fresnostate.edu
- Phone:
- 559-278-2748
Last Updated: March 1, 2021
Tarvish Felton is in his third season on Justin Hutson's coaching staff and first as associate head coach. Prior to his promotion in 2020, Felton served as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs for two seasons from 2018-20.
Felton helped lead Fresno State to a 23-9 record and rank ninth nationally in 3-point field goals per game (10.7), 16th in total 3-point field goals and 24th nationally in both 3-point field goal percentage defense (225-735, 30.6 percent) and 3-point field goal percentage offense (342-897, 38.1 percent).  The Bulldogs’ defense also led the MW in steals (228, 7.1 steals per game) and turnovers forced (13.7 per game).  Three Bulldogs earned All-MW honors and senior guard/forward Sam Bittner earned the program’s first Academic All-American recognition.  Fresno State was also one of two MW teams to go 7-2 on the road in conference play, which tied for the second-most MW road wins by a team in 20 seasons of MW basketball.
Felton has 20 years of coaching experience, including 10 seasons at Utah State working for Stew Morrill and Tim Duryea. For USU, he was primarily responsible for offense, post player development, recruiting, academics, opposing team scouts, game preparation, player development and scheduling.
During his 10 seasons with the Aggies, Felton coached 20 all-conference selections, including two Players of the Year (Gary Wilkinson in 2009 and Tai Wesley in 2011) and 2017 Mountain West Freshman of the Year Koby McEwen, who recently transferred from USU to Marquette.Â
This past season, Utah State reached the MW semifinals and regularly frustrated opposing defenses with its efficient offensive execution and detailed game plans.  The Aggies' offense led the MW during the 2016-17 season, as USU shot a league-best 46.1 percent (790-of-1,713) from the floor and finished second behind the 3-point line, shooting 37.9 percent (234-of-618). Utah State improved dramatically on the boards in 2015-16, averaging more than four rebounds per game (35.7) than the previous year (31.5) and out rebounding opponents overall, 35.7 to 34.5.
Under Felton's tutelage in 2013-14, Utah State led the MW and ranked 18th in the NCAA in rebound margin (+5.8). Individually, Jarred Shaw was 35th in defensive rebounds per game (6.33) and 73rd in overall rebounds per game (8.3), along with eighth in the Mountain West in rebounding (8.3). Shaw earned honorable mention all-Mountain West honors in 2013-14, and appeared on the Charlotte Hornets Summer League roster in 2014. In 2012-13, USU led the Western Athletic Conference and ranked third in the NCAA in rebounding margin (+9.1), while also leading the conference in rebounding defense (28.4 rpg).
Felton began his coaching career as an assistant at Southern Utah during the 1999-2000 season, before spending two years at Cal State Los Angeles. He then spent the 2002-03 academic year starting the Texas A&M-International program and served as its head coach for three seasons, followed by another one-year stint as an assistant at Southern Utah before moving on to Sacramento State for the 2007-08 season. In those first nine seasons of his career, he coached 11 players who earned all-conference honors before moving on to USU.
A 1999 graduate of Southern Utah with a bachelor's degree in physical education, Felton was a two-time IHC Health Plans state player of the year as a junior and senior. At the conclusion of the 1999 season, he received all-Mid-Continent Conference honors and was named Southern Utah's Male Athlete of the Year, Men's Basketball Academic Athlete of the Year and team MVP. All-time, Felton ranks fourth in Southern Utah history in blocked shots (68), fifth in steals (139) and seventh in rebounding (505), leading SUU in rebounding in 1998 with 7.6 rebounds per game.
Felton, who is a native of Perry, Ga., played his freshman season at Northeast College in Norfolk, Neb.
Felton and his wife, Jana Doggett, have a daughter, DeAubrey Ann Bowers, and a son, Deekan G. Felton.
Tarvish Felton is in his third season on Justin Hutson's coaching staff and first as associate head coach. Prior to his promotion in 2020, Felton served as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs for two seasons from 2018-20.
Felton helped lead Fresno State to a 23-9 record and rank ninth nationally in 3-point field goals per game (10.7), 16th in total 3-point field goals and 24th nationally in both 3-point field goal percentage defense (225-735, 30.6 percent) and 3-point field goal percentage offense (342-897, 38.1 percent).  The Bulldogs’ defense also led the MW in steals (228, 7.1 steals per game) and turnovers forced (13.7 per game).  Three Bulldogs earned All-MW honors and senior guard/forward Sam Bittner earned the program’s first Academic All-American recognition.  Fresno State was also one of two MW teams to go 7-2 on the road in conference play, which tied for the second-most MW road wins by a team in 20 seasons of MW basketball.
Felton has 20 years of coaching experience, including 10 seasons at Utah State working for Stew Morrill and Tim Duryea. For USU, he was primarily responsible for offense, post player development, recruiting, academics, opposing team scouts, game preparation, player development and scheduling.
During his 10 seasons with the Aggies, Felton coached 20 all-conference selections, including two Players of the Year (Gary Wilkinson in 2009 and Tai Wesley in 2011) and 2017 Mountain West Freshman of the Year Koby McEwen, who recently transferred from USU to Marquette.Â
This past season, Utah State reached the MW semifinals and regularly frustrated opposing defenses with its efficient offensive execution and detailed game plans.  The Aggies' offense led the MW during the 2016-17 season, as USU shot a league-best 46.1 percent (790-of-1,713) from the floor and finished second behind the 3-point line, shooting 37.9 percent (234-of-618). Utah State improved dramatically on the boards in 2015-16, averaging more than four rebounds per game (35.7) than the previous year (31.5) and out rebounding opponents overall, 35.7 to 34.5.
Under Felton's tutelage in 2013-14, Utah State led the MW and ranked 18th in the NCAA in rebound margin (+5.8). Individually, Jarred Shaw was 35th in defensive rebounds per game (6.33) and 73rd in overall rebounds per game (8.3), along with eighth in the Mountain West in rebounding (8.3). Shaw earned honorable mention all-Mountain West honors in 2013-14, and appeared on the Charlotte Hornets Summer League roster in 2014. In 2012-13, USU led the Western Athletic Conference and ranked third in the NCAA in rebounding margin (+9.1), while also leading the conference in rebounding defense (28.4 rpg).
Felton began his coaching career as an assistant at Southern Utah during the 1999-2000 season, before spending two years at Cal State Los Angeles. He then spent the 2002-03 academic year starting the Texas A&M-International program and served as its head coach for three seasons, followed by another one-year stint as an assistant at Southern Utah before moving on to Sacramento State for the 2007-08 season. In those first nine seasons of his career, he coached 11 players who earned all-conference honors before moving on to USU.
A 1999 graduate of Southern Utah with a bachelor's degree in physical education, Felton was a two-time IHC Health Plans state player of the year as a junior and senior. At the conclusion of the 1999 season, he received all-Mid-Continent Conference honors and was named Southern Utah's Male Athlete of the Year, Men's Basketball Academic Athlete of the Year and team MVP. All-time, Felton ranks fourth in Southern Utah history in blocked shots (68), fifth in steals (139) and seventh in rebounding (505), leading SUU in rebounding in 1998 with 7.6 rebounds per game.
Felton, who is a native of Perry, Ga., played his freshman season at Northeast College in Norfolk, Neb.
Felton and his wife, Jana Doggett, have a daughter, DeAubrey Ann Bowers, and a son, Deekan G. Felton.
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