Kevin Noon has joined the Rider University men’s basketball staff, head coach Kevin Baggett announced, as the new Director of Basketball Operations.

Noon, a 2012 Rider graduate and former member of the Bronc basketball team, comes back to his alma mater after working at University of Maryland Baltimore County and at the University of Miami.

“I’m happy to welcome back Kevin Noon in our basketball operations role,” Baggett said. “Kevin did a great job for us in both of his previous roles, first as a team manager and then as a player.”

Noon served as the Director of Basketball Operations at UMBC, helping the Retrievers have their finest season in five years. Upon graduation from Rider, Noon was a graduate assistant coach with the University of Miami Hurricanes, helping that team experience its most successful season ever as ACC Regular Season and Tournament Champions.

“Since leaving Rider, Kevin went on to be successful at both Miami and UMBC,” Baggett said. “We look forward to having him back at Rider, along with his experiences, to enhance our coaching staff and players.”

At Miami Noon worked under National Coach of the Year Jim Larranaga, where his duties including opponent scouting. Miami defeated #1 Duke, #13 Michigan State and the Hurricanes defeated North Carolina three times.

At Rider Noon made the Rider varsity as a walk-on, earned MAAC All-Academic team honors and was presented the team’s Bubacz Award for Leadership, Sportsmanship and Scholarship.

Along with his duties with the Broncs, Noon is currently on the Board of Directors for Rising Coaches Elite Organization.

Noon is a graduate of Cherry Hill (NJ) High School West, where he won the South Jersey “Unsung hero” Award, serving three years as team captain in basketball while also captaining the varsity baseball and soccer teams.

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