Report: Former North Texas Coach Tony Benford To Join LSU's Basketball Staff

I've never loved the optics of hiring somebody who just got fired, even if it's for a lesser position. I worry the players may not have as much respect for them initially. I'm sure my worry is no bug deal irl, though. And honestly, you can't hire an assistant who used to be a head coach without him having been fired. Otherwise, he'd still be a head coach. Forgetting his UNT stint, he has a really nice resume as an assistant and looks to be a very nice hire.

NO MORE NORTH TEXAS REJECTS! He needed to hire a power 5 assistant that can recruit!

Wade hired him as an assistant. Settle down pansies. He's a top assistant and had been for quite some time. Now he's going to be an assistant here. so spare us the drama and quit acting like you anything about the guy other than what Larry the great just posted

First, I thought folks where trolling on here. After the 7th post, I only have one question: why does an assistant coaches' head coaching record matter?

Does anyone know of any possible recruits that could be in play with him? I can't think of any other reason Wade may want him. Coaches from UNT scare me. :(

Tony Benford was a legit assistant coach before UNT. Just because he didn't have success as a head coach doesn't mean he won't be a solid AC.

So the pinnacle of North Texas basketball is 8-8, and 9-7 in conference play? Jones was there for 12 years, and won the conference once. There wasn't much to live up to, although this guy didn't even live up to those mediocre standards.

Dear God. Why?

I'm gonna act like I didn't see this.

Out of the places for basketball coaches, LSU is obsessed with North Texas??

Have we not learned from our mistakes thus far?

Someone tell Coach Wade that UNT is not a proven LSU coaching feeder program.

Here we go again...