Canisius College men’s basketball coach Jim Baron announced today that Pat Clarke, Fred Dupree and Mike Mennenga have been hired to the Golden Griffins men’s basketball coaching staff.

Clarke was on Baron’s staff at St. Bonaventure and at Rhode Island, while Dupree returns to his alma mater after spending the last six years on Bobby Cremins’ staff at the College of Charleston. Mennenga comes to Canisius after most recently serving as an assistant coach at the University of Illinois-Chicago during the 2010-11 season. Last year, he was the co-director of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball program in Toronto and also provided his talents as a color analyst for Time Warner Cable SportsNet in Buffalo.

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