University of Maryland Athletics

2026 Spring Men's Basketball Roster

8 David Coit

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position G
  • Major Management Studies
  • Hometown Columbus, NJ
  • High School Scotland (Pa.) Campus Sports
  • Prev School Atlantic Cape CC/Northern Illinois/Kansas
  • Instagram diggycoit
  • Twitter diggycoit11

Biography


 
 
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Career Summary: 
Played in 125 career games with 74 starts averaging 13.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists … Averaged 5.1 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in 34 games last season at Kansas … In two seasons at Northern Illinois, he scored 1,051 points (18.1 ppg) and made 175 threes (3.5 per game) ... Best career season came in 2023-24 where he averaged 20.8 points, 3.4 assists, and 3.2 rebounds per game … For his career, had 30 total 20-point games including five at Maryland ... Posted two of Maryland's top all-time single-game scoring performances with 43 and 41 points during the 2025-26 season.
 
Career Honors:
All-MAC Third Team (2024)
NABC All-District 14 Second Team (2024)
All-MAC Third Team (2023)
NABC All-District 14 Second Team (2023)
Garden State Athletic Conference Player of the Year (2022 at Atlantic Cape CC)

2025-26 (GRADUATE STUDENT AT MARYLAND) 
Played in all 33 games with 16 starts … Averaged 13.5 points with a team-high 446 total points for the year … Also led the Terps with 71 made three pointers and 91 assists … Averaged 2.8 assists and 1.8 rebounds for the year … Had 20 steals … Shot .412 from the field (149-362), .324 from beyond the arc (71-219) and .856 at the free throw line (77-90) … Two-time Big Ten Player of the Week (11/24, 1/19) ... USBWA National Player of the Week (11/25, 1/21) ... AP National Player of the Week (1/20) ... Had a career-high and XFINITY Center all-time record 43 points in the win over Penn State - scored 30 in the first half alone to outscore the Nittany Lions 30-26 by himself ... Hit a career-high nine three pointers in the Penn State game to tie Maryland's single-game and XFINITY Center records ... Marked his 10th career 30-plus point game which are the most among active NCAA Division I players ... Notched 13 points, four rebounds, four assists, and two steals in the season-opening win against Coppin State (11/3) ... Contributed 10 points, one rebound, and one steal against Georgetown (11/7) ... Added nine points, five rebounds, three assists, and one steal in a win over Alcorn State (11/11) ... Scored a season-high 19 points (4-7 3FG) with five assists in win at Marquette (11/15) ... Scored 41 points in overtime win against Mount St. Mary's (11/19) ... Coit scored 16 of Maryland's final 19 points in regulation to force overtime and was 11-of-17 (8-of-10 3FG, 11-of-11 FT) from the field ... Posted his second 30-plus point game of the season with 31 against No. 2 Michigan (12/13) - was 10-of-20 from the floor including 8-of-12 from three-point range to tie his career-high for made threes ... Also added six rebounds and three assists against the Wolverines ... Had his third 30-plus point game of the season with 30 (9-18 FG) at USC including 19 in the first half ... Recorded 15 points, five assists, and two rebounds against #11 Illinois (1/21) ... Dropped his fifth 25-plus point performance of the season with 29 points on 9-13 shooting, along with two rebounds, two assists, and one block in a win over Minnesota (2/8) ... Posted his 15th double-digit scoring outing, totaling 19 points, five assists, and two rebounds in a win at home against Iowa (2/11).

2024-25 (SENIOR AT KANSAS)
Played in 34 games (three starts) where he averaged 5.1 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game … Shot a career-best 38.7 percent from three-point range … Also added 16 steals for the season … Had six double-figure scoring games including a season-high 15 points (5-of-9 3FG) against Oklahoma State (2/22) … Scored 14 points in a pair of games at Missouri (12/8) and at Houston (3/3) … Had 12 games with multiple made threes.

2023-24 (JUNIOR AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS)
Earned All-MAC Third Team and NABC All-District 14 Second Team honors … Started all 29 games and averaged 20.8 points per game, which ranked second in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and 24th nationally ... Also averaged 3.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds per contest ... Made 94 threes and his 3.3 three-point field goals made per game ranked 10th nationally ... Shot 88.5 percent from the free throw line (108-of-122), which was 28th in the nation … Had a 1.4 assist/turnover ratio, which was seventh-best in the MAC … Averaged 37.0 minutes per game, which ranked ninth nationally … Scored in double figures 28 times including 16 20-plus point games and four 30-plus point games … Led NIU in scoring 16 times, in assists 19 times and in steals 12 times … Named MAC Player of the Week on March 4 after averaging 31.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game against Akron and Toledo … Recorded a double-double at Western Michigan (1/9) with 32 points and 10 assists … Scored a season-high 37 points at Buffalo (3/8) … Grabbed a season-best eight rebounds against Little Rock (11/18). 

2022-23 (SOPHOMORE AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS)
Started 26 of 29 games played and averaged 15.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game ... His 15.5 ppg ranked 11th in the MAC … Shot 42.9 percent from the field, including 37.7 percent from three-point range where he was 81-of-215 from beyond the arc ... Averaged 2.8 three-pointers per game, which was third-best in the MAC and 45th nationally …  Scored in double figures 22 times, including nine games with 20-plus points … Led NIU in scoring 11 times, in steals 10 times and in assists seven times … Scored a season-high 32 points against Kent State (1/24) … Had a season-best eight rebounds at Western Michigan (1/31) … Dished out a season-best six assists twice: vs. Kent State (1/24) and at Ball State (2/14) … Recorded a season-high five steals at Buffalo (1/7). 

2021-22 (FRESHMAN AT ATLANTIC CAPE CC)
Led NJCAA Division III in scoring after averaging 30.6 points per game … Also recorded 5.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game … Was named the 2021-22 Garden State Athletic Conference Player of the Year in his lone season at Atlantic Cape.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played his final prep season at Scotland (Pa.) Campus Sports.
 
PERSONAL
A liberal arts and sciences major who is expected to graduate from Kansas in May 2025... The Barbara Quinn Men's Basketball Endowed Scholarship recipient... Fastbreakers Men's Basketball Scholarship recipient.

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    2025-26Graduate Student

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    2026-27Graduate Student

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    5'11" 180 lbs
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