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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