Kavin Gilder-Tilbury enters his third season as an assistant coach (player development) for the Louisiana Tech men's basketball program.

In his second year with the Bulldogs, he was part of a 20-win campaign that included a scorching 7-0 start to the season, the program's best in 40 years. The non-conference slate included the capture of the Gulf Coast Showcase championship, earning victories over Southern Illinois, Richmond, and Eastern Kentucky, as well as a marquee win against WAC Tournament champion Grand Canyon in the WAC/CUSA Challenge.

Three Bulldogs would earn All-CUSA honors, highlighted by Daniel Batcho who was also the recipient of the CUSA Defensive Player of the Year award after ranking top 30 in the country in total blocks. 

Gilder-Tilbury was part of a 22-win season with the Bulldogs in year one, including a 12-4 CUSA record finishing second in the league. He worked with Isaiah Crawford who was voted CUSA Player of the Year and CUSA Defensive Player of the Year as well as Batcho who was selected as the CUSA Newcomer of the Year. Crawford and Batcho were joined by Tahlik Chavez and Sean Newman Jr. as All-CUSA honorees, the most in program history since 1985.  

Gilder-Tilbury came to Ruston from Lubbock, Texas where he was a graduate assistant for the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team.

Prior to getting into coaching, he played professionally for four years, including the NBA G League and in Germany where he was a member of Karlsruhe PS.

He was a four-year letter winner at Texas State where he became the first Bobcat in program history to reach 1,000+ career points, 500+ career rebounds, 100+ career assists, and 50+ career steals.

His senior year in 2016-17, he was a First Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection and Second Team NABC All-District 24 honoree. He played and started in all 36 games, averaging 15.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game. He led the team in field goal percentage (49.4) and three-point percentage (38.0). He was also a Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team member and was the 2016 Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic Most Outstanding Player. 

He finished his career at Texas State with 1,385 points, sixth most in program history. He is also the Texas State all-time leader in games played (128) and three-point attempts (451) and is tied for first with 99 career starts.

He attended Cypress Falls High School in Houston, Texas.