I mentioned this one in the DAILY DIRT on Monday – it’s now been made official. NJCAA Gaston College has elevated Jamie Rosser to head coach, replacing Dickey Nutt who departed for Missouri.
Rosser was an assistant on Nutt’s staff last season.
A standout player from Memphis, Tenn., Overton High, Rosser played college basketball at Northwest Community College in Senatobia, Miss., and Arkansas State before playing two years of professional basketball in Lithuania.
After Rosser’s pro career ended, he returned to his hometown to coach high school girls basketball and cross country and Memphis’ Melrose, Overton, Kingsbury and White Haven high schools. He also coached the AAU boys basketball championship-winning Memphis Magic.
