New Mexico State men’s basketball head coach Marvin Menzies has announced the hiring of Josh Daeche as video coordinator and Preston Laird as graduate assistant.

Daeche arrived in Las Cruces following a stint at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi as video coordinator and academic coordinator. He spent three years at Memphis as the video coordinator. Daeche helped the Tigers to three postseason appearances including two NCAA Tournaments (2011 and 2012) and one NIT berth (2010).

Prior to Memphis, he was an assistant coach at The Patterson School in Lenior, N.C. for the 2008-09 season. He helped the Bulldogs to a 34-3 record and a No. 1 national ranking for the majority of the season. Daeche worked at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass., for three years, 2005-08, as an assistant coach. He helped direct the Crusaders to a pair of prep national titles in 2006-07 and 2007-08.

Laird joined the Aggies after a four-year playing career at Memphis from 2008-12. The Memphis, Tenn., native played under John Calipari and Josh Pastner, and he was a member of Tiger teams that played in three NCAA Tournaments in 2009, 2011 and 2012 with a Sweet 16 appearance in 2009. Laird and the Tigers also made one NIT appearance in 2010. He was a part of three Conference USA Tournament Championships and two C-USA regular season titles.

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