SMU Head Coach Tim Jankovich announced his staff organization today. Jay Duncan was named as an assistant coach, Sean Stout becomes the director of operations and Jerry Hobbie takes over as the director of recruiting.
Duncan is in his fifth season at SMU, most recently serving as the director of basketball operations.
“Jay has an impressive background, and has been an incredibly valuable part of our program the past four seasons,” says Jankovich. “Before arriving at SMU with Coach (Larry) Brown and myself, he played for Rollie Massimino and worked for Jay Wright. I am excited for him and for us that he is moving into this position with our team.”
In his time at SMU, the Mustangs have become a perennial top-25 team, being ranked most of the past three seasons. SMU won the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles, reached the 2015 NCAA Tournament, claimed the 2015-16 Las Vegas Classic championship and reached the title game of the 2014 NIT.
In the summer of 2015, Duncan was the head coach for a Global Sports Academy U.S. team. The squad went 5-0 on the tour with games in Belgium, Germany, England and the Netherlands.
Prior to SMU, Duncan spent two seasons (2010-12) as a graduate assistant coach on Jay Wright’s staff at Villanova. During his time at Villanova, he was part of a 21-win season and a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Before beginning his coaching career, Duncan spent two seasons (2008-10) as a starter and team captain for legendary Coach Rollie Massimino at Northwood University in West Palm Beach, Fla. His teams posted a 54-13 record in two years, making consecutive NAIA National Tournaments. In 2009-10 Duncan was selected as Student-Athlete of the Year after leading the Sun Conference in 3-point shooting percentage and finishing second in three-point field goals made. He was also a two-time NAIA Champion of Character honoree.
He played his first two collegiate seasons at Southeast Community College in Nebraska, where he was a two-year starter. Duncan was selected All-Region IX first team and was named an NJCAA Academic All-American, while leading his team to the NJCAA National Tournament.
Duncan graduated from Northwood University cum laude in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in business. He also received a master’s in education from Villanova in 2012; graduating with distinction while earning a 3.8 GPA. In 2015, Duncan was admitted to the SMU Cox School of Business and is working toward an MBA.
Sean Stout is in his fifth season (2016-17) at SMU, his first as Director of Operations. He was the Director of Recruiting (2015-16) after serving two seasons as the Video Coordinator (2013-15). He started as an intern at SMU in 2012-13 after two seasons (2010-12) as the Director of Basketball Operations at Coastal Carolina.
Prior to Coastal Carolina, Stout was a four-year student-manager (2006-10) for Coach Roy Williams at North Carolina. In his final season at UNC, he was the head manager, supervising a staff of 15 managers.
Stout has also worked as a coach or counselor at several basketball camps, including a four-time counselor at the Roy Williams Basketball Camp (2006-09) and a coach at the Jim Calhoun Basketball Camp (2008). He was also a coach at the 2007 YUBAC Basketball Camp in Kopaonik, Serbia; a counselor at the 2005 Nike All-Asia Basketball Camp in Beijing, China; and a video coordinator at the 2006 Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis.
He graduated from North Carolina in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science with a concentration in sport administration. He also earned a minor in history. He completed the master of liberal studies program at SMU in December 2014. He is married to former Katie Cunningham of Southern Pines, N.C.
Jerry Hobbie is in his seventh season at SMU (2016-17), his first as the Director of Recruiting. He was an assistant coach under Larry Brown (2015-16) after serving as Special Assistant to the Head Coach (2013-15). He was also the Director of Basketball Operations (2012-13) after an earlier stint as assistant coach (2010-12).
He came to SMU after three consecutive postseason campaigns as an assistant coach at Houston, including the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Hobbie previously spent eight years at Fairfield and a season at Fordham, his alma mater. His teams have made the postseason in nine times at the collegiate level as a player and coach.
In 2009-10, Hobbie helped the Cougars win the Conference USA Tournament Championship. In 2008-09, the Cougars went 21-12 and finished fourth in C-USA and earned a second straight College Basketball Invitational berth. During his first season with the UH program in 2007-08, Hobbie helped the Cougars to a 24-10 record, the team’s highest single-season win total in nearly two decades.
In 2006-07, he was as an assistant coach for Wilmington (NC) of the ABA, helping the Sea Dawgs to a 22-9 record and the league semifinals.
Prior to Wilmington, Hobbie served eight seasons on the basketball staff at Fairfield University. He served three seasons as an associate head coach and was an assistant coach for five seasons before his promotion in 2003-04. In 2002-03, Fairfield finished 19-12 and earned a NIT berth. The Stags featured four MAAC Defensive Players of the Year, while Darren Phillip was the national rebounding leader in 2000 and Deng Gai led the nation in blocked shots in 2005 before he played with the Philadelphia 76ers.
After his collegiate and professional playing days, he began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Fordham in 1986-87.
From there, he headed to Wall Street, working as a U.S. government securities bond broker for 10 years in New York City. During his last four years in private business, he also served as an assistant coach at St. Patrick’s High in Elizabeth, N.J. In 1998, Hobbie helped the team to a top-five national ranking by USA Today and the New Jersey state championship. While there, he worked with current NBA players Al Harrington and Samuel Dalembert.
Hobbie played professionally with the USBL’s West Chester Golden Apples in 1985 and spent two seasons in Europe with Nottingham of the English Basketball Association in 1985 and 1986. He was a member of Nottingham’s 1986 EBL Division II Championship team.
Hobbie played at Fordham for Tom Penders from 1981-85. There he set season records in free throw percentage and steals while setting single-game marks in assists and steals. During his collegiate career, the Rams won the MAAC championship in 1983 and earned four NIT berths from 1982-85. Hobbie was inducted into Fordham’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005-06.
His father Ernie Hobbie is a renowned shooting coach and the original “Shot Doctor,” consulting many NBA and collegiate players for more than five decades.
Hobbie received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fordham in 1985. A native of Elizabeth, N.J., he and his wife, Paula, have two daughters, Joanna and Lea.
