New Assistant Coach and updates

[oldrunner]

Leonard Perry, most recently the head coach at UOP, is now a Wildcat. This is a great hire for our program.

Weber State hires veteran coach Leonard Perry to men’s basketball staff

Weber State men’s basketball head coach Eric Duft has completed his coaching staff with the hire of Leonard Perry, a former Division I head coach and Big Sky player with 30 years of coaching experience. Perry was recently the head coach at Pacific for three seasons; he was relieved of his duties...

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[BigWaldO]

Good for Duft to hire someone that has more Head coaching experience than he does. I could see the players respecting Perry more than Duft at times but a win percentage of .322 as a head coach doesn’t make Perry look any more capable of running a successful program

 

[BigWaldO]

I know of atleast 4 candidates that turned down the job offer. It’s hard to find an assistant coach that’s willing to come to a job with an uncertain future. Tough to leave even a decent situation for a possible one year gig. Easy for Perry to take it being the Father-in-law of Assistant Coach Dan Russell. Have to wonder how many fellow coaches really think highly of Duft to not want to take a chance on him in his final year on contract