Dillon Elder serves as Assistant Men's Basketball Coach for Mississippi State University's Men's Basketball program in Starkville, Mississippi. Elder was elevated to assistant coach starting in 2024-25 after he spent two seasons as State’s director of scouting and analytics. Elder has been part of a State program that dialed up back-to-back-to-back NCAA Tournament trips fueled by a trio of 21-win campaigns from 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Dillon Elder wrapped up his second season as an assistant coach and finished his fourth season on Chris Jans' coaching staff at Mississippi State in 2025-26. State was ranked among the Associated Press Top 25 during each of Elder’s first three seasons with the program and rose to as high as No. The Bulldogs captured 10 wins over AP Top 25 squads during those three seasons which is a program record over a three-year span.
