According to Jeff Goodman, Radford is set to hire hire SMU chief strategist Zach Chu as their next head men’s basketball coach.
Chu was hired by Head Coach Andy Enfield in September 2024. A Dallas native, Chu has nine years of NBA experience, most recently serving as Manager of Game Strategy and Analytics for the Indiana Pacers, helping them reach the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2014. Before Indiana, he was an assistant coach for the Texas Legends, then the Analytics Liaison to Rick Carlisle with the Dallas Mavericks. Chu began his NBA career as a player development intern with the Los Angeles Clippers and has also been involved in Nike’s grassroots basketball initiatives. A University of Richmond graduate, he earned four varsity letters in basketball and was a 2015 Scholar Student-Athlete while earning a B.S. in Finance.
