First, it has been known for several days now that the second of two assistants hired to Coach Earl's staff will be Chris Kreider.
— Chris Kreider (@CoachKreider) June 1, 2015
Kreider comes from George Mason, where he spent the past four seasons working under head coach Paul Hewitt. Kreider was not retained when Hewitt was fired last March. His connections with Hewitt date even earlier than that, as he spent time with Georgia Tech as a volunteer assistant. Between Tech and Mason, he was an assistant at Georgia Southern for two years, so he has some experience with the Southern Conference. Kreider played college basketball as a small forward for three colleges: Mansfield Univ., Grove City College, and Lebanon Valley College, all in Pennsylvania. He graduated the latter in 2003.In a surprising turn of events, HoopDirt.com reported last Monday that Ben Thompson, our other assistant and the only holdover from the Duggar era, will not be retained next season. Instead, according to the report , Coach Earl will hire Jason Slay, who was an assistant at ETSU this past season.
— Jason Slay (@CoachSlay3) June 1, 2015
Brief bio on Slay: he was formerly the Director of Basketball Operations at Georgia Southern (making two former Eagles on this staff), and a former assistant coach at Hargrave Military Academy (making two former Tigers on this staff). He played college ball at West Virginia State, and has a deep heritage of basketball in his family.I was not at all anticipating at all that Thompson would leave; he was a fervent recruiter and seemed to be very active in the VMI community. I cannot tell if it was a mutual decision, or if Thompson decided this wasn't the gig for him. Or, most likely, Coach Earl decided to go full rebuild-mode, which I completely understand. With all three assistants now determined I anticipate an official announcement by the school within the next several days.
It is truly a fresh start for Keydet basketball.
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