Peru State men’s basketball program announces the addition of Chris "C.J." Killin to the coaching staff. Working alongside Peru State’s recently-hired head coach Eric Behrens, Killin joins the team as the new graduate assistant coach. Killin enters his first season with the Bobcats’ men’s basketball program after spending last season as an assistant coach at Central Community College in Columbus.

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In his one year at Central Community College, Killin assisted head coach Marty Levinson where they took the program to new heights by finishing third in the nation at the NJCAA D2 National Tournament. Killin was involved with all aspects of the program and played a key role in developing multiple NCAA DI players. Among them was NJCAA D2 Player of the Year Tyron Criswell, now playing at the University of Nevada.

Prior to Central Community College, Killin worked as an assistant coach under current Hastings College head coach Bill Gavers at Grand Island Central Catholic while completing his student teaching.

A 2007 graduate from Central City high school, Killin studied at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. There he assisted Dr. Tom Kropp and Coach Kevin Lofton, co-head Loper coaches, while earning his degree in social studies education.

Killin will also be working in the Residence Life Department at Peru State.

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