Georgia 明言する/公表する 雇うs Lanier as coach
Georgia 明言する/公表する 発表するd Friday that it has 雇うd 略奪する Lanier as the school's new coach.
The 50-year-old Lanier spent the past four seasons as an assistant at Tennessee. He also has a four-year stint as 長,率いる coach of Siena in his background.
"We are 極端に pleased to welcome 略奪する and his family to the Panther Family," 運動競技の director Charlie Cobb said in a 声明. "We believe that under his leadership, our program will continue to rise as one of the 首相 programs in the country. He understands the 核心 values we have at Georgia 明言する/公表する and will help our student-競技者s 後継する both on the 法廷,裁判所 and in the classroom."
Lanier 取って代わるs Ron Hunter, who 出発/死d to take the Tulane 職業.
Hunter guided Georgia 明言する/公表する to three NCAA Tournaments in the past five seasons. In 2015, the 14th-seeded Panthers stunned third-seeded Baylor in their 開始 game before losing to Xavier two days later.
Georgia 明言する/公表する lost to Cincinnati in the first 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of the 2018 tourney and Houston in this season's first 一連の会議、交渉/完成する.
"This is a time of 広大な/多数の/重要な 変形 at Georgia 明言する/公表する and I look 今後 to continuing to build on the 評判 that our men's basketball program has 設立するd 国家的に," Lanier said in a 声明. "I am excited to begin building 関係s with the young men in this program."
Lanier went 58-70 in his time at Siena from 2001-05. The Saints made one NCAA Tournament during his 任期 but he was 解雇する/砲火/射撃d after a 6-24 示す in 2004-05.
Lanier is the cousin of Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer (頭が)ひょいと動く Lanier.
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