SMU works with ex-USC coach Enfield to change Lanier

• Jeff Borzello, ESPN

  • Personnel WriterApr 1, 2024, 12:48 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting expert.
  • Joined ESPN in 2014.
  • Graduate of University of Delaware.SMU has actually employed USC’s Andy Enfield

  as its new guys’s basketball coach, the school revealed Monday.ESPN reported last week that Enfield had ended up being the focus

  of the Mustangs ‘training search.”I am so fired up to join the SMU family,”Enfield said.

  “It is an extraordinary time for the university as we enter the ACC. The investments SMU has actually made in sports, the support and positioning from leadership– President Turner, Rick Hart, David Miller and others– in addition to the enthusiasm of the SMU fan base and neighborhood made this an extremely appealing chance. We will make Mustang fans and the city of Dallas proud and can not wait to start.” Editor’s Picks 1 Associated SMU fired Rob Lanier last month after just two seasons at the helm, including this previous campaign when the

Mustangs went 20-13. It quickly ended up being clear that athletic director Rick Hart wished to make a splashy hire with the school going into the ACC this summer.The school’s selling points included its funds, centers and its area in the talent-rich Dallas area.”We are thrilled to announce Andy Enfield as Head Men

‘s Basketball Coach at SMU,”Hart said in a statement.”Coach Enfield is enthusiastic about joining the Mustang household and the ACC

. He has a strong track record of building winning groups on the court and in the class and pursuing championships with stability. Our company believe he is a game changer for SMU Men’s Basketball.”Enfield had actually been at USC for 11 seasons, leading the Trojans to 5 NCAA tournament appearances. They went to the Elite Eight in 2021, the outermost the program had advanced considering that 2001. He also consistently landed NBA skill in his last a number of years at USC, with Evan Mobley and Onyeka Okongwu both getting prepared in the top 10 and No. 1 hire Isaiah Collier betting the Trojans this previous season.Prior to USC

, Enfield was the head coach at Florida Gulf Coast for two seasons. In 2013, he led the Eagles on a sensational Sweet 16 run as a 15-seed, disturbing No. 2 seed Georgetown and No. 7 seed San Diego State– with his team being called

“Dunk City”along the way.