NM St coach: 'They made a 声明 by 雇うing a guy like me'
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico 明言する／公表する's new coach said Sunday his 焦点（を合わせる） is on 再構築するing the culture of a program that was shut 負かす／撃墜する in midseason after 支援する-to-支援する スキャンダルs.
"I think they made a 声明 when they 雇うd a guy like me," said Jason Hooten, who （機の）カム from Sam Houston 明言する／公表する and was introduced in a pep 決起大会／結集させる setting at the Aggies' 円形競技場.
側面に位置するd by 運動競技の director Mario Moccia and （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 Dan Arvizu, Hooten said the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to leave Sam Houston after 13 years and 261 勝利，勝つs was a difficult one. It was certainly made more challenging given the 状況／情勢 he 相続するs. The Aggies are 推定する／予想するd to lose up to half a roster from a team that was 9-15 when Arvizu shut things 負かす／撃墜する after 煙霧ing 主張s （機の）カム on the heels of a 致命的な 狙撃 of a University of New Mexico student by an Aggies player during a road trip to Albuquerque.
The school is 行為／行うing an 調査 into a player´s 告訴，告発 in February that three チーム仲間s ギャング（団）d up on him 多重の times in 煙霧ing episodes.
"No 事柄 when you take over, or what the 状況／情勢 is, you have an 適切な時期 to build a culture," Hooten said. "This is a culture time. A new culture needs to be built, and a new start and a new beginning."
Hooten is 予定するd to make $425,000 his first season and $475,00 0 by his fourth year. の中で the incentives in the 契約 are $2,500 for 正規の／正選手-season 勝利，勝つs over 競争相手 New Mexico and $10,000 for winning a first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する game at the NCAA Tournament.
の中で those in 出席 to see Hooten become the school's 28th basketball coach was Mary Henson. Her late husband, Lou Henson, took the Aggies to their 孤独な Final Four in 1970 and won 308 games over two long stints in Las Cruces.
The program, which is moving from the Western 運動競技の 会議／協議会 to 会議／協議会 USA next season, has been to 10 NCAA Tournaments since 2007. The new coach said he was hoping to 回復する the Aggies to that level.
Moccia was asked a handful of questions about the 騒動 his 運動競技の program is in. He said he hoped to be part of a 仕事 軍隊 that was recommended by an outside 法律 会社／堅い that looked into circumstances surrounding 今後 マイク 頂点（に達する）. 頂点（に達する） has not been 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d in the 致命的な 狙撃 of UNM student Brandon Travis because 頂点（に達する） appeared to be 事実上の／代理 in self-弁護 when he pulled a gun after 存在 直面するd by Travis at a dorm コンビナート／複合体 in Albuquerque.
"Whatever the 仕事 軍隊 is made (of), and what comes out of that, we will certainly 活発に follow," Moccia said. "We can always get better."
He also defended the 運動競技の department's 記録，記録的な／記録する of producing hundreds of players with 3.0 or better grade-point 普通の／平均（する）s and who logged more than 6,000 hours of community service per year before the pandemic.
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