Former NBA level guard Mike Bibby is the brand new head coach of a Division I school basketball workforce.
Bibby agreed to a deal on Monday to change into the brand new males’s head basketball coach at Sacramento State, in accordance with a report from ESPN’s Shams Charania.
The gig is Bibby’s first as a coach on the collegiate degree. He beforehand coached at Shadow Mountain Excessive College in Phoenix, Arizona, from 2013-19, first as an assistant and the pinnacle coach. He led the college, which is his alma mater, to 4 state championships. Bibby led Shadow Mountain to their first-ever state title when he performed for the college in 1996.
Bibby additionally had a short stint as the pinnacle coach at Hillcrest Prep Academy in Phoenix in 2019.
Charania notes that Sacramento State is ready to open a brand new basketball facility on campus subsequent fall. The Hornets are dedicated to rising their athletic applications, and including a recognizable identify like Bibby ought to support in undertaking that purpose.
Bibby spent 14 seasons within the NBA, the majority of which have been with the Sacramento Kings. The 46-year-old was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Group in 1999. He completed his profession with averages of 14.7 factors, 5.5 assists and three.1 rebounds per recreation.
Sacramento State went 7-25 and completed tenth within the Large Sky Convention final season. The college has by no means made an NCAA Match or NIT look.
