{"id":4781,"date":"2023-03-14T12:03:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2023-03-14T12:06:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:06:50","slug":"damon-stoudamire-hired-as-georgia-techs-head-mens-basketball-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/damon-stoudamire-hired-as-georgia-techs-head-mens-basketball-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Damon Stoudamire Hired As Georgia Tech&#8217;s Head Men&#8217;s Basketball Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, former NBA Rookie of the Year Damon Stoudamire returned to college, this time as the new head coach of Georgia Tech&#8217;s men&#8217;s basketball team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please welcome the 15th head coach in Georgia Tech men\u2019s basketball history, Damon Stoudamire\u203c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TogetherWeSwarm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TogetherWeSwarm<\/a> \ud83d\udc1d | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a8zXZhuWOJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/a8zXZhuWOJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FGdwWMKAwU\">pic.twitter.com\/FGdwWMKAwU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Georgia Tech Men\u2019s Basketball (@GTMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GTMBB\/status\/1635356248983105537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stoudamire was hired after the program fired Josh Pastner and he&#8217;s now the 15th head coach in program history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are thrilled that Damon Stoudamire will be the head coach of our storied men\u2019s basketball program,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/stoudamire-named-georgia-tech-mens-basketball-head-coach\/\">said Georgia Tech director of athletics J Batt.<\/a> \u201cCoach Stoudamire\u2019s success and credibility as a player and coach at both the collegiate and professional levels make him a great fit to lead our program. He will serve as an outstanding mentor on and off the court and will attract talented student-athletes to The Flats. We could not be happier to welcome Coach Stoudamire to the Georgia Tech family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stoudamire, the first-ever pick by the Toronto Raptors in the 1995 NBA Draft which they hosted, arrives at Georgia Tech after spending a little under two seasons as an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to his time in Boston, Stoudamire spent ten years (2011-21) coaching at the collegiate level for programs such as Pacific, Memphis and his Alma mater, Arizona. He also spent two years with the Grizzlies (2009-11) and one year with Rice University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Arizona Wildcats star point guard was an All-American and finalist for the College Player of the Year. The seventh overall pick, Stoudamire played for the Raptors, Trailblazers, Grizzlies and Spurs, spending over 12 years in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After finishing his NBA career, he returned to Arizona in 2008 and earned his bachelor&#8217;s degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, after more than a decade as an assistant coach, Stoudamire gets to helm his own team.<\/p><div id=\"first-1322709709\" class=\"first-content first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream2 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am humbled and honored to be the head coach at Georgia Tech,\u201d Stoudamire said. \u201cIt is an incredible honor to be entrusted with leading such a tradition-rich program. I am excited to get to work with the goal of consistently having our team compete at the championship level that we all know we can and should compete at. I\u2019m proud to represent Georgia Tech and can\u2019t wait to walk out of the tunnel and onto the floor at the Thrillerdome in front of our fans. Go Jackets!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congrats coach Stoudamire!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, former NBA Rookie of the Year Damon Stoudamire returned to college, this time as the new head coach of Georgia Tech&#8217;s men&#8217;s basketball team. 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