Corridor of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to turn out to be the overall supervisor of the boys’s basketball program at Sacramento State underneath new coach Mike Bibby.
An individual conversant in the state of affairs stated Monday that O’Neal will take the voluntary job for this system that his son, Shaqir, lately joined as a participant. The particular person spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of the college hadn’t made an announcement.
Bibby, the previous NBA star for the Sacramento Kings, was employed as head coach for the Hornets final month as the college tries to boost 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 newest high-profile athlete to tackle a basic supervisor function at a school program. Stephen Curry was lately introduced because the assistant basic supervisor at Davidson and Trae Younger has that very same function at Oklahoma.
O’Neal gained 4 NBA titles, three NBA Finals MVPs and a league MVP throughout his 19-year profession within the NBA. He’s at present an analyst on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” present. He additionally served as a minority proprietor of the Sacramento Kings from 2013-22.
Sacramento State went 7-25 this season underneath 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 underneath Patrick and this system has by no means made an NCAA Match 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.
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