Well I can’t believe another school year is already beginning! I am very excited about the 2011-2012 Buff Basketball team that will represent our University this year. All of our players have made it in and are already in classes. Friday, August 26th, we had our entire team at the 2011 Buffalo Club Golf Classic. A special thanks goes to Jimmy Fincher, as he sponsored our hole at the classic. This is a big weekend for our fall sports, and we are very excited to go out and support them, starting with our football team tomorrow!
We have also made a new addition to our staff for the upcoming year. Kolby Huseman has joined our staff as a graduate assistant. He is coming to us after spending the past year at Texas Tech University in a similar position. We are very excited about what Kolby will bring to our staff. K. C. Beard, who was our graduate assistant for the past two years, graduated with his Master’s Degree in Business Administration. He will join Tim Cleary’s staff at Pacific University, which is located in Portland, Oregon. I know that K. C. is very excited to move back closer to his family, and also join a longtime friend in coaching. We are really going to miss him. Vinay Patel is back for another year! I can’t believe that he is starting his 7th year with me on the coaching staff. He has done a great job helping us put together this year’s team. Wayne Parker is coming back for his 3rd year as my student assistant. I can’t begin to explain how much Wayne has meant to this program. We are very fortunate to have him back this year.
We had a great recruiting class, and combined with the experience we have back, it should make for an exciting year! I will go more into detail about the players we have added, and our schedule in my next blog. We are very anxious to get started with our preseason workouts and begin efficiently using the time we have from now until our first official practice on October 15th to improve as a basketball team!
