Joined Ole Miss Staff 2024 as player development. He worked with Malik Dia, Jaemyn Brakefield , Javon Benson and Juju Murray. He was also a part of an SEC that had one of its best years ever, with 14 teams making the NCAA Tournament; made a run to the Sweet 16 ultimately losing to Michigan State.
Yarbrough joined the FMU family as associate head men's basketball coach in summer of 2023. During his time at FMU he recruited numerous All Americans and All Sun Conference student athletes. All Americans: Latavious Mitchell (Conference MVP) All-Sun Conference: Latavious Mitchell, Calvin Payton, Darius Ward, Felix Uadiale, Mohamed Diallo, Teton Hamilton, Evan Busby. In his only year at FMU they were 23-8, Sun Conference Champs, and a #2 seed in the National Tournament.
Yarbrough served as an assistant coach for the men's basketball program at Cumberland (Tenn.) for five seasons upon his graduation from the institution in 2012, while also serving as the program's interim head coach with the Phoenix during the second half of 2017-18 season graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Cumberland.
Prior to his time at CU, Yarbrough attended College Heights Christian Academy in Gallatin, Tenn. before transferring to Hunters Lane High School in the northern part of Nashville.
From the start, Yarbrough made his presence felt on the hardwood. At College Heights, Yarbrough obtained back-to-back state championships as a freshman and sophomore in high school before transferring to Hunters Lane for his final two seasons of varsity competition. While there, Yarbrough helped lead the Warriors to a 27-6 overall record and a Tennessee High School Athletic Association (THSAA) Class AAA State Tournament appearance as a senior in 2005-06 thanks to the help of Billy Stone and Yarbrough's siblings.
After playing for former Middle Tennessee State and current Ole Miss head coach Kermit Davis at Middle Tennessee State, Yarbrough transferred to Cumberland in January 2010, where the 6'1 guard became an integral part of the starting lineup at CU. He averaged 8.2
points, 4.3 assists, and 1.6 steals per bout in the 16 games that he participated in during the 2009-10 season, then came back and averaged seven points and 2. 9 assists per contest in the 2010-11 campaign as a senior.
Since finishing his playing days at Cumberland, Yarbrough has successfully pursued a career in coaching. At CU, Yarbrough landed players such as Cameron Johnson, Telvin Wilkerson, and Trenton Perry during his time at Cumberland while coaching Ty'Sean Powell a two-time Second-Team All-Mid South Conference honoree. Yarbrough also coached up Diondrey Holt, Jr., who developed into a two-time First-Team A~I-Mi~ South Conference and two-time NAIA Honorable Mention All-American player while with the Phoenix. Yarbrough finished up his five-year stint at Cumberland as the program's interim head coach when the institution's head coach, Lonnie Thompson, stepped away after 16 seasons with the Phoenix.
At Shawnee State, Yarbrough was the point man on several key recruitments that ultimately helped SSU notch an 87-40 overall record during his four seasons as the top assistant to then SSU head coach Delano Thomas. The pair ultimately led the Bears to the program's first-ever regular season and conference tournament titles while also guiding the program to its first five victories in the national tournament en route to the program's first-ever National Championship in 2021 -- a 7 4-68 victory over Lewis-Clark State.
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