Georgia Tech names Stoudamire new head coach
12:22 PM ET Pete Thamel Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Author Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of
University of Delaware.Boston Celtics assistant Damon Stoudamire has been called Georgia Tech’s brand-new head coach. The 2 sides consented to a five-year agreement, according to sources.He brings a blend
of college and NBA coaching experience together with a strong playing profile, a mix Tech authorities are confident can resuscitate the importance of a program that has faded in current years.Stoudamire proved a solid head coach at Pacific, a stint that included a 23-10 season in 2019-20 when he earned the West Coast Conference Coach of the Year award. He went 32-19 his last two years and 71-77 general at Pacific, leaving the job to sign up with Ime Udoka on the Celtics’personnel before last season.Stoudamire has also operated in college at Rice, Memphis(twice) and Arizona as an assistant coach, providing him more than a decade overall of college coaching experience.Editor’s Picks Stoudamire changes Josh Pastner, who went to just one NCAA competition in his seven seasons at Georgia Tech.
Pastner went 109-114,
with the only NCAA look following winning the ACC competition in 2021. Georgia Tech hasn’t reached the NCAA tournament in successive seasons given that 2004 and 2005, a sign of the lack of sustained success.
Stoudamire’s obstacle will be to reenergize Atlanta and the location’s abundant recruiting scene to make Georgia Tech a location again.Stoudamire became a valued member of the Celtics staff in the wake of Udoka’s departure before this season. He has actually been an essential assistant for first-year coach Joe Mazzulla as the Celtics have actually played to the second-best record in the Eastern Conference(47-21)and the group’s personnel earned the right to work at the NBA All-Star Video Game. Mazzulla’s performance earned the elimination of his interim tag prior to the All-Star break this season.Selected with the No. 7 total pick in the 1995 draft, Stoudamire was called Novice of the Year and played 13 seasons in the NBA. He balanced 13.4 points across stints with the Raptors, Trail Sports Jackets, Grizzlies and Spurs.Stoudamire is the 2nd high-profile hire for J Batt considering that the first-year athletic director began in October. Batt promoted Brent Key to head football coach from his interim spot and sources told ESPN that the school hopes to follow the plan for success
at Tech that Batt saw Nate Oats perform at Alabama in constructing the Tide into the NCAA competition’s leading overall seed this year.Batt’s background remains in fundraising, and there is anticipated to be a strong NIL push to assist strengthen and bolster Tech’s roster to support Stoudamire.