Exciting Developments for USF Men’s Basketball

As personnel goes, USF males’s basketball has loved a affluent week. Five days after his new six-year deal was introduced, USF males’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim introduced that St. Petersburg’s Marreese Speights, who received an NCAA title (with the University of Florida) and NBA crown (with Golden State), has been employed because the Bulls’ new director of participant growth. Speights, 36, spent the earlier two seasons as an assistant at Georgia Southern. His glistening enjoying resume seemingly will precede him at USF.

Marreese Speights: A Basketball Standout

A former standout at Gibbs and Admiral Farragut, Speights is one in every of 47 gamers in males’s hoops historical past to win an NCAA title and NBA championship. He was a seldom-used 6-foot-10 freshman for the Gators’ 2007 nationwide title staff, however averaged almost a double double (14.5 factors, 8.1 rebounds) the next season. He declared for the 2008 NBA draft, and was taken with the sixteenth general decide by the 76ers.

Though he by no means averaged greater than 10.4 factors or 22.4 minutes in an NBA season, he hung across the league for 11 years (with six totally different groups), posting strong numbers (10.4 factors, 4.3 rebounds) as a sixth man for the Warriors’ 2014-15 membership that received the NBA title.

Conclusion

The addition of Marreese Speights to the USF males’s basketball program brings a wealth of expertise and experience that’s certain to profit the staff. With his background in each school {and professional} basketball, Speights is well-equipped to assist develop the gamers and contribute to the success of the Bulls.

FAQs

1. Who is Marreese Speights?

A former basketball standout who has received each an NCAA title and an NBA championship.

2. What is Speights’ position at USF?

He has been employed because the director of participant growth for the boys’s basketball staff.

3. What achievements has Speights had in his basketball profession?

He was a part of the University of Florida’s nationwide title staff in 2007 and received an NBA title with the Golden State Warriors in 2015.