NEWARK, NJ – FEBRUARY 14: Marquette Golden Eagles associate head coach Dwayne Killings during the … [+]
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Albany University is expected to name associate head coach Marquette Dwayne Killings as its new head coach, sources confirmed.
The news was previously reported by multiple retailers, including WNYT sports director Rodger Wyland, the play-by-play announcer for Albany basketball.
Will Brown replaces Will Brown, released on March 1st after winning five East American titles in 20 years.
Killings, which is 40 in April, is one of the top recruiters in the Middle East and the country. He spent three full seasons at Marquette, followed by two seasons at UConn, five at Temple and one at Boston University. Marquette went 13-14 this season under head coach Steve Wojciechowski, who was Duke’s point guard.
“It’s a great connection in so many ways,” said former Temple coach Fran Dunphy in 2020. “It’s not just in the hiring process, it’s always helpful. … It is extremely valuable. ”
Killings hired sophomore guard Symir Torrence and forward forward Justin Lewis to Marquette and got the Golden Eagles in the last four for Archbishop Stepinac (NY) guard RJ Davis before he chose Carolina North.
“Hiring is a multi-faceted process, and sometimes it’s about being able to create the best pitch and get people who everyone else wants,” said ESPN recruitment analyst Adam Finkelstein last year. “Sometimes it’s about identifying boys who can’t be imagined by other boys. “
Killings has served on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Ethics Consortium and also helped establish Coaches For Action, a group of 21 small helpers from the Far East who worked to shed light imposed social injustice following the murder of George Floyd at the hands. of Minneapolis police on May 25 and the upcoming Black Lives Matter protests.
“We have a responsibility to take our partnership with the Big East and then from there, there will be opportunities for others at other conferences to do what is best for their conference, ”Killings told me last June. “But our first and highest priority is to ensure that this partnership with the Great East takes place in the right way.”