Coach Matthew Graves |
South Alabama has hired Butler assistant Matthew Graves
and held a press conference on yesterday to introduce Graves. South Alabama
head coach Ronnie Arrow retired at the beginning of the season, after only 10
games. Assistant Jeff Price took over the program as interim head coach, and
did a great job to close out the Jags season with a 17-13 record.
Matthew Graves brings experience to South Alabama, having
served on Butler MBB staff as an assistant. Coach Graves has helped Butler to
two NCAA finals in recent years.
Welcome to South Alabama and the Sun Belt Conference.
Coach Phil Cunningham |
Troy hires Western
Kentucky Cunningham:
Troy has hired Phil Cunningham from rival Western Kentucky. Coach
Cunningham was introduced in a news conference Tuesday at Trojan Arena to
replace Don Maestri, who retired at the Sun Belt tournament after 31 seasons
and 500 wins.
Cunningham spent five years as an assistant under Lefty
Driesell at James Madison and Georgia State and worked for 12 seasons at
Mississippi State. He spent one season at Western Kentucky.
Welcome to Troy Coach Cunningham.