Temple University Athletics
Men's Basketball
Wyatt, Khalif
Khalif Wyatt
- Title:
- Director of Player Development
- Email:
- khalif.wyatt@temple.edu
Khalif Wyatt, who scored over 1,500 points and earned conference and Big 5 Player of the Year honors during his Temple men’s basketball career (2009-13), joined Owls’ head coach Adam Fisher’s staff as the program’s Director of Player Development in July 2023. He enters his third season on staff in 2025-26.
The Owls made significant progress in the second season under Fisher's staff, improving their regular-season win total by five and adding four additional victories in AAC play. Temple's offense shined, setting a new program record of 78.8 points per game. Defending the Liacouras Center with pride, the Owls boasted a 12-2 record on North Broad Street, defeating No. 18 Memphis and North Texas. Temple became the only AAC team to beat the top two seeded conference teams in the regular season.
In 2023-24, Temple became the first team in American Athletic Conference history to win four games in four days at the conference tournament and helped guide Temple to its first appearance in the AAC championship game. TU finished second in program history with 296 made three-pointers and were 31st nationally with just 9.9 turnovers per game. The Owls also came away with 7.4 steals an outing, a jump of more than two per game from the previous season and their highest total since 2018-19.
Wyatt, who served as an assistant coach on the West Chester men’s basketball staff in 2022-23, is the only player in Temple history to earn conference Sixth Man of the Year and Player of the Year accolades in his career. The Norristown, Pa. native had a stellar career, scoring 1,576 points, 295 assists and 273 rebounds.
As a senior, Wyatt scored 697 points (20.5 ppg), to lead both the Atlantic 10 Conference and Philadelphia Big 5 and rank eighth on Temple’s single-season points list. Named Player of the Year for both leagues in ’12-13, he would break the Owls’ record for most free throws made (204) and attempted (244) for a single season, surpassing marks set by the legendary Hal Lear (189 and 241) during the 1955-56 campaign. A prolific scorer, Wyatt also tied Lynn Greer’s school record (2001-02) for most 30-point games in a single season (7). He is also one of only three Temple men’s basketball players to score more than 30 points in two NCAA Tournament games, joining Lear (three times, 1956) and Mark Macon (twice, 1990, 1991).
Following his Temple career, Wyatt played professionally overseas with stops in China (2013-14), Israel (2014-19) and the Philippines (2019-20). He was a two-time First Team all-Israeli League (2015, 2016) and a two-time Israeli League all-Star (2016, 2018).
The Owls made significant progress in the second season under Fisher's staff, improving their regular-season win total by five and adding four additional victories in AAC play. Temple's offense shined, setting a new program record of 78.8 points per game. Defending the Liacouras Center with pride, the Owls boasted a 12-2 record on North Broad Street, defeating No. 18 Memphis and North Texas. Temple became the only AAC team to beat the top two seeded conference teams in the regular season.
In 2023-24, Temple became the first team in American Athletic Conference history to win four games in four days at the conference tournament and helped guide Temple to its first appearance in the AAC championship game. TU finished second in program history with 296 made three-pointers and were 31st nationally with just 9.9 turnovers per game. The Owls also came away with 7.4 steals an outing, a jump of more than two per game from the previous season and their highest total since 2018-19.
Wyatt, who served as an assistant coach on the West Chester men’s basketball staff in 2022-23, is the only player in Temple history to earn conference Sixth Man of the Year and Player of the Year accolades in his career. The Norristown, Pa. native had a stellar career, scoring 1,576 points, 295 assists and 273 rebounds.
As a senior, Wyatt scored 697 points (20.5 ppg), to lead both the Atlantic 10 Conference and Philadelphia Big 5 and rank eighth on Temple’s single-season points list. Named Player of the Year for both leagues in ’12-13, he would break the Owls’ record for most free throws made (204) and attempted (244) for a single season, surpassing marks set by the legendary Hal Lear (189 and 241) during the 1955-56 campaign. A prolific scorer, Wyatt also tied Lynn Greer’s school record (2001-02) for most 30-point games in a single season (7). He is also one of only three Temple men’s basketball players to score more than 30 points in two NCAA Tournament games, joining Lear (three times, 1956) and Mark Macon (twice, 1990, 1991).
Following his Temple career, Wyatt played professionally overseas with stops in China (2013-14), Israel (2014-19) and the Philippines (2019-20). He was a two-time First Team all-Israeli League (2015, 2016) and a two-time Israeli League all-Star (2016, 2018).
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