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Postby CA Mustang » Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:32 am

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Re: Veteran asst. coach added to staff

Postby PonyPride » Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:47 am

You beat me to it :D

From SMUMustangs.com:

Cliff Warren was named an assistant coach by Head Coach Rob Lanier in April of 2022. Warren brings more than 25 years of coaching experience to the Hilltop, including nine seasons as a head coach. He spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach for Lanier at Georgia State.

In his three seasons at Georgia State, the Panthers went 53-30, winning the Sun Belt Tournament in 2022 and advancing to the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers also made the Sun Belt Tournament final in 2021. Additionally, he led GSU to a victory over Georgia Tech, the program’s first win over an ACC opponent. The Panthers also claimed the 2019-20 2K Empire Classic Riverside Regional.

Warren joined the Georgia State staff in after two years as associate head coach at Massachusetts (2017-19). Prior to his stint at UMass, Warren was on the staff for three years at Maryland (2014-17). Warren helped the Terrapins collect 79 victories and earn three NCAA Tournament berths. Maryland was 38-16 (.704) in its first three seasons in the Big Ten and had five All-Big Ten performers, including all-American guard Melo Trimble.

The all-time winningest head coach in Jacksonville University men’s basketball history, Warren spent nine seasons (2005-14) as the Dolphins’ program leader. Warren accounted for 126 victories and led the Dolphins to a pair of Atlantic Sun Championships in 2009 and 2010. He was also named Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year after the 2008-09 season.

Warren spent five seasons as an assistant to Paul Hewitt at Georgia Tech. There he helped the Yellow Jackets win 96 games and make three NCAA Tournament appearances, including the school’s first-ever trip to the NCAA National Championship game in 2004.

Warren also served three successful years at Siena College under Hewitt, when the Saints went 66- 27, collected two postseason berths and made three straight appearances in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Championship Game.

Warren began his coaching career at his alma mater, Mount St. Mary’s, under legendary program leader Jim Phelan. The Mountaineers reached their first-ever NCAA Tournament in 1995 during Warren’s tenure as an assistant coach and followed with a Northeast Conference regular season title and NIT berth in 1996.

A native of Silver Spring, Maryland, Warren earned his bachelors of science degree in business finance from Mount St. Mary’s in 1990. He then worked with the Mountaineers as a graduate assistant coach and earned a master of business administration in 1993. He was a two-year starter at Mount St. Mary’s and capped his collegiate playing days ranked in the top five in program history for assists.

Warren is married to the former Jennifer Love. The two have a pair of boys, J.C. and Clark.
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Re: Veteran asst. coach added to staff

Postby PonyPride » Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:03 pm

Also from SMUMustangs.com:

Josten Crow was named an assistant coach by Head Coach Rob Lanier in April of 2022. Crow joins the Mustangs after being an assistant coach for a 24-10 season at Louisiana Tech.

In his lone season with Louisiana Tech (2021-22), Crow helped the Bulldogs finish with a 24-10 record while advancing to the Conference USA championship game. He helped coach two All-C-USA selections in Kenneth Lofton, Jr. (First Team) and Cobe Williams (Honorable Mention) as well as Kaleb Stewart who was voted to the C-USA All-Freshman Team.

Crow previously worked at University of Louisiana from 2015-21, first as the Director of Student-Athlete Development for one year then as an assistant coach for five seasons. Crow was part of five winning seasons at UL under head coach Bob Marlin. He played a key role in the development of nine All-Sun Belt honorees. The 2016-17 Ragin’ Cajuns went 27-7, won the Sun Belt regular season title and earned an NIT bid.

Crow also served as a graduate assistant at ULL in 2011-12 before playing professionally overseas for three years. He played in the top two levels of professional basketball in Germany for the Crailsheim Merlins, spending two years in the ProA (second-level) league before competing in 2014-15 in the BBL (highest level).

During that time, he spent the summers as Head of Athletics for the Greatness Factory - an individual and team training center based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Crow was a four-year letterwinner at Sam Houston State (2007-11), playing for Bob Marlin. He helped lead the Bearkats to both the Southland Conference regular season and tournament titles as a junior in 2010, along with an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. As a senior, Crow ranked second on the team in both scoring (12.7) and rebounds (5.3) while dishing out 3.5 assists. He was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-Region team.

A native of Houston, Crow earned his bachelor’s degree in three years from Sam Houston State, obtaining a degree in Business in 2010. He earned his MBA from SHSU in 2012.
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Re: Assistant coaches hired

Postby PonyPride » Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:04 pm

CA Mustang wrote:https://admin.smumustangs.com/staff-directory/cliff-warren/4838

Not to step on your toes, CA Mustang, but I changed your subject line, now that Lanier has announced multiple assistant coaching hires
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Re: Assistant coaches hired

Postby CA Mustang » Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:09 pm

PonyPride wrote:
CA Mustang wrote:https://admin.smumustangs.com/staff-directory/cliff-warren/4838

Not to step on your toes, CA Mustang, but I changed your subject line, now that Lanier has announced multiple assistant coaching hires

Not a problem! :D
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