News and notes from around the college basketball coaching world… Will Wade will not be on the sidelines today when LSU takes on Sam Houston State because of COVID-19 and contact tracing issues. Assistant Coach Bill Armstrong will lead the Tigers in Wade’s absence. More HERE. Alabama’s Nate Oats issued an apology to Duke’s Mike
Auburn imposes 2020-21 post-season ban for Men’s Basketball
Auburn and head coach Bruce Pearl have released the following statement surrounding self-imposed penalties involving the men’s basketball program that the university has enacted. The Auburn men’s basketball program will forgo postseason competition for the upcoming 2020-2021 season. The NCAA and the SEC have been notified. The athletics department and university administration, in conjunction with
Kentucky Basketball Staff Update: Barbee, Lucas switch roles
Kentucky head coach John Calipari has shaken up his staff, promoting Jai Lucas to assistant coach, while Tony Barbee will now assume the title of Associate to the Head Coach (a non-coaching role). Lucas was hired this past summer in an administrative position after spending the past seven seasons at Texas. Barbee served the previous
Steele Named Men’s Basketball Video Coordinator at South Carolina
University of South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced on Monday that former Gamecock Brian Steele has returned to the program as the team’s video coordinator. Steele joins the staff after serving the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Queens University in Charlotte. “Having Brian Steele back around our program is going
Hamilton joins LSU Basketball Staff as Assistant to the Head Coach
Vernon Hamilton has joined the LSU basketball staff for the 2020-21 season in the Assistant to the Head Coach position. Hamilton will assist Coach Wade and the coaching staff in planning and projects during the course of the 2020-21 season in an off-floor role. Prior to coming to LSU, Hamilton served the last two years
Lucas Joins Kentucky Basketball Staff in Administrative Role
A former McDonald’s High School All American and now a highly-respected coach, Jai Lucas has joined the Kentucky men’s basketball staff as the special assistant to the head coach and recruiting coordinator. “For our team to add a young but established and accomplished coach to our staff was an opportunity we were thrilled to have,” UK
REPORT: LSU’s Wade involved with ‘impermissible payments’ to players
According to an ESPN report, LSU head coach Will Wade “arranged for, offered and/or provided impermissible payments, including cash payments, to at least 11 men’s basketball prospective student-athletes, their family members, individuals associated with the prospects and/or nonscholastic coaches in exchange for the prospects’ enrollment at LSU.” Wade is already under investigation by the NCAA
OFFICIAL: Flint joins Kentucky Basketball Staff
The Kentucky men’s basketball program has added James “Bruiser” Flint – a former John Calipari assistant with more than 30 years of coaching experience – to the staff as an assistant coach. Flint will fill an opening created earlier this month when associate head coach Kenny Payne accepted an offer to join the New York
REPORT: Bruiser to reunite with Calipari; Will join UK staff
With the departure of Kenny Payne to the Knicks, it seems that John Calipari has worked quickly to find his replacement. According to a Tweet by Jon Rothstein, Cal will hire Indiana assistant Bruiser Flint. Flint worked for Calipari at UMass from 1989-96, and took over after Calipari departed for the NBA. He spent five
Kentucky associate head coach Kenny Payne headed to the Knicks
Kentucky men’s basketball associate head coach Kenny Payne, regarded as one of the top assistants in the country, is leaving the college basketball ranks to join the NBA. Payne has accepted an assistant coaching position with the New York Knicks, the organization announced Tuesday. Payne’s departure ends a memorable 10-year run that included 295 wins, the
Patrick resigns as head coach at UC Riverside; Joins Arkansas staff
David Patrick, a finalist for two National Coach of the Year Awards this past season as head coach at UC Riverside, has been named associate head coach for men’s basketball at the University of Arkansas, Razorback head coach Eric Musselman announced. “I have known Coach Patrick both professionally and personally for many years,” Musselman said.
Martin adds Bailey to Gamecocks Basketball Staff
University of South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced on Wednesday the hiring of Will Bailey as an assistant coach for the Gamecocks. Bailey arrives in Columbia after spending the past four seasons in the same position at Saint Louis. “I’m excited to add Will Bailey to our staff; he is a perfect fit,”