Radford men’s basketball head coach Darris Nichols announced the addition of the final two men’s basketball assistant coaches on Thursday as James Haring and Timothy Peete join the staff.
James Haring spent time with the Dayton men’s hoops staff as Director of Basketball Operations in July, 2019. Haring joined to the Flyer staff from Jacksonville State where he was Coordinator of Basketball Operations since 2017.
Prior to his stints at UD and JSU, Haring spent the 2016-17 season at the University of Illinois as head coach John Groce’s director of basketball operations. He also served two seasons as a graduate assistant with the Fighting Illini.
Haring is a summa cum laude graduate of West Virginia University where he was a four-year team manager for Bob Huggins’ Mountaineer basketball program. Haring was head manager as a senior.
A native of New Lenox, Illinois, Haring earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from West Virginia in 2014 and his master’s degree in educational policy studies from Illinois in 2016.
Timothy Peete joins the Highlander staff after one season as an assistant coach at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Mo. Coaching under Will Martin, he helped the Griffons go 14-11 with a 13-9 mark in Mid-America Intercollegiate play – earning an at-large berth into the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in 11 years. Peete developed four All-MIAA standouts last season.
The 2019-20 season featured Peete in a director of player development role at UNC Greensboro under head coach Wes Miller. The Spartans went 23-9 that year, including an impressive 13-5 league record while leading the country in turnover margin (+6.4) and ranking in the top-six nationally in steals per game (9.3). UNC Greensboro boasted the Southern Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in Isaiah Miller as well as the SoCon Freshman of the Year Keyshaun Langley.
Peete was an assistant coach at Chipola College in 2018-19, joining Brendan Foley’s staff at one of the perennial powerhouse NJCAA programs in the nation. The Indians were responsible for a 27-5 record in Peete’s only season in Marianna, Fla., ranking in the top-25 of the national polls for a majority of the season. Chipola College generated six all-conference honorees and made it to the state semifinals.
Peete was also a high school coach at Arlington High School and skills trainer in Memphis, Tennessee where he worked with athletes from all levels, including Ian Clark, DJ Stephens and Mardracus Wade.
The Memphis, Tenn. native spent two years of a first stint at UNCG from 2016-18, serving as a graduate assistant under Miller. Peete experienced 52 victories in that two-year span, a pair of SoCon regular season championships and the 2018 SoCon Tournament title. That led to the school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in 17 years, a slim 68-64 setback at the hands of Gonzaga. That came after the program qualified for the National Invitation Tournament in 2016-17, winning a school record 25 games. He worked closely with five All-SoCon student-athletes, including 2017-18 Defensive Player of the Year James Dickey as Miller garnered SoCon Coach of the Year status in 2017-18.
Peete started his coaching career with a gig as an assistant boy’s basketball coach at Arlington High School in Tennessee in 2015-16. He also worked as a professional skills trainer in Memphis, working with notable clients such as Ian Clark, DJ Stephens and Mardracus Wade.
A four-year letterwinner at the University of Tulsa, Peete played 129 career games under head coaches Doug Wojcik and Danny Manning. During his senior campaign, he started all but one game as the Hurricane swept the Conference USA regular season and tournament championships and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. He was bestowed with the Conference USA Spirit of Service Award during the 2013-14 season, honoring him for significant community service endeavors, good academic standing and participation in their sport.
Peete graduated from Tulsa in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. He later achieved his Master’s degree in applied arts and sciences in 2018 from UNC Greensboro.
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