Corridor of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to turn out to be the overall supervisor of the lads’s basketball program at Sacramento State beneath new coach Mike Bibby.
An individual aware of the scenario stated Monday that O’Neal will take the voluntary job for this system that his son, Shaqir, not too long ago joined as a participant. The individual spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of the college hadn’t made an announcement.
ESPN first reported the information.
Bibby, the previous NBA star for the Sacramento Kings, was employed as head coach for the Hornets final month as the college tries to lift its profile in collegiate athletics.
One of many first additions Bibby made was signing Shaqir O’Neal as a switch from Florida A&M. Now Bibby has O’Neal’s father concerned in this system.
O’Neal is the most recent high-profile athlete to tackle a normal supervisor position at a school program. Stephen Curry was not too long ago introduced because the assistant normal supervisor at Davidson and Trae Younger has that very same position at Oklahoma.
O’Neal received 4 NBA titles, three NBA Finals MVPs and a league MVP throughout his 19-year profession within the NBA. He’s at the moment an analyst on TNT’s “Contained in the NBA” present. He additionally served as a minority proprietor of the Sacramento Kings from 2013-22.
Sacramento State went 7-25 this season beneath interim coach Michael Czepil, who was promoted final spring after David Patrick left to take a job as affiliate head coach at LSU.
The Hornets had gone 28-42 in two seasons beneath Patrick and this system has by no means made an NCAA Event since shifting as much as Division I in 1991-92. The Hornets have had a profitable report solely twice since then, going 16-14 in 2019-20 and 21-12 in 2014-15.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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