Abilene Christian University men’s basketball coach Joe Golding announced Tuesday that he has added Patrice Days to his staff as an assistant coach.
"i’m very excited to be able to add Patrice to our coaching staff," Golding said. "He’s one of the top up-and-coming young stars in our business. He has great ties outside of the state of Texas, and we’ll need to tap into those in order to get our program to where it needs to be at the NCAA Division I level. I feel strongly about Patrice and his ability to go get players who can make a difference at ACU."
Days joins the ACU staff after spending last year as an assistant coach at Arlington Country Day School in Jacksonville, Fla., where he worked under legendary prep coach Rex Morgan. Days helped Country Day – one of the top prep schools in the country – to a 30-4 record in 2012-13.
Last season at Country Day, Buford coached Dante Buford, one of the most highly sought-after players in the country.
Prior to coaching at Country Day, Days spent the 2011-12 season as an assistant coach at Vermont Academy and before that (2010-11) he was the director of player development at North Carolina-Charlotte, and before that (2009-10) he was a graduate assistant at New Orleans.
"I appreciate the opportunity to work for Rex Morgan at Country Day; he help me tremendously in my growth as a coach," Days said. "I’m honored to be here at ACU with Joe Golding and the rest of the guys on our staff. We have a great opportunity here, and I’m excited by that. I believe ACU is a very special place with a lot of potential."
As a player, Days played at Piney Woods High School in Piney Woods, Miss., where he averaged 9 points and 6 rebounds per game as a senior in 2001-02. He spent a year at Southern (La.) University before an injury forced him to miss the rest of the season. He went on to play one season (2006-07) at Caldwell (N.C.) Community College before returning to Louisiana. He graduated from New Orleans in 2010 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies with a double minor in business and education.
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