The Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to grow to be the overall supervisor of the boys’s basketball program within the state of sacrament underneath the brand new coach Mike Bibby.
An individual who’s accustomed to the scenario mentioned on Monday that O’Neal will take voluntary work for this system that his son, Shaqir, has just lately joined the participant. The particular person spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of the varsity had not made an announcement.
Espn reported the information for the primary time.
Bibby, a former NBA star for the Kings sacrament, was employed because the supervisor for the Hornets final month whereas the varsity tries to extend his profile in collegiate athletics.
One of the primary additions made by Bibby was the signature of 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 final excessive profile athlete to tackle a task of common supervisor in a college program. Stephen Curry has just lately been introduced as assistant General Manager of Davidson and Tree Young has the identical position in Oklahoma.
O’Neal gained 4 NBA titles, three MVPs of the NBA and an MVP of the League throughout his 19 -year profession within the NBA. He is at present an analyst of the “Inside the NBA” present by TNT. He additionally labored as a minority proprietor of the Kings sacrament since 2013-22.
Sacramento State went 7-25 this season underneath the interim coach Michael Czepil, who was promoted final spring after David Patrick left to do a job because the coach head related to LSU.
The Hornets had gone 28-42 in two seasons underneath Patrick and this system has by no means completed a NCAA match since he moved to Division I in 1991-92. The Hornets had a successful file solely twice since then, going 16-14 in 2019-20 and 21-12 in 2014-15.
Reporting by the Associated Press.
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