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Tony Benford Named Men's Hoops Assistant Coach
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:11 pm
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BATON ROUGE – LSU head men’s basketball coach Will Wade has named veteran coach Tony Benford as the first member of his coaching staff for the 2017-18 season.
Benford, who will serve as assistant coach, comes to LSU after five years as the head coach at the University of North Texas and a career of over 25 years in NCAA Division I basketball.
The hiring is subject to the usual background check and approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors.
“I am excited to have Tony Benford join our staff,” said Coach Wade. “Tony is the next step in our efforts to build a winning basketball program that all LSU fans can be proud of. His experience as both a head coach and long-time assistant on the recruiting trail will help us in our stated mission to recruit the best players that want to come to LSU and make LSU a consistent winner. Tony is also a fine on-court coach and his track record shows that he is able to develop players that can live out their dreams once they have finished at LSU.”
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Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:15 pm to emanresu
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This post was edited on 3/28/17 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:25 pm to emanresu
Solid hire on paper.
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:32 pm to emanresu
Apparently he was seen as a top assistant before he was hired as a head coach. He's also a great Houston area recruiter. Solid hire imo, especially since Wade is know as an X's and O's guy.
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:32 pm to emanresu
Great assistant no so great HC so I'll gladly take it
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:36 pm to emanresu
Gives us a nice plug to Texas recruits. Nice
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:47 pm to cfish140
Having had his chance as HC, he more likely stays for a relatively long tenure with Wade. His connections in Houston is a major plus for me.
Posted on 3/28/17 at 7:09 pm to Good Times
Got a feeling Butch Pierre will be next
Posted on 3/28/17 at 7:18 pm to lil tiger22
quote:would be a great move imo
Got a feeling Butch Pierre will be next
Posted on 3/28/17 at 8:10 pm to bugafor6
Yea he brought a couple Houston croots up to Marquette a few years back.
Posted on 3/28/17 at 8:28 pm to emanresu
The last coach from North Texas didn't turn out so good.
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