Four new assistant coaches have joined 正规博彩十大网站 from around the United States and Canada to work with head coach 戴夫聪明 他开创了男子篮球的新纪元.

聪明的, widely regarded as the most successful Canadian college basketball coach of all time, 在三月份被任命为总教练. 此后，他宣布聘用克莱•威尔逊(粘土威尔逊), 克雷格Beaucamp, 加勒特·布里奇斯和麦基·肖尔担任助理教练.

粘土威尔逊

聪明的 spent last season as assistant coach at Texas Tech where he worked closely with Wilson, 谁担任过玩家开发总监. The two were tasked with concentrating on the offense and helped the Red Raiders advance to the NCAA Tournament with a 23-11 record.

“Coach 聪明的 and I got to know each other well at Texas Tech with all the hours we spent working on offensive principles and scouting other teams,威尔逊说. “我们的办公室紧挨着, and we spent so much time together that we joked about knocking the wall down between us.”

在斯马特接受了主教练的职位之后, 威尔逊立即被太平洋公司吸引, not only for the opportunity to continue coaching alongside 聪明的 but also for the Ivy League feel.

“这个校园让我想起了我的母校普林斯顿. 我们学校的颜色是一样的，橙色和黑色, the same mascot with the Tigers and the campus itself has brick buildings and shade with the trees,威尔逊说.

“两者有相似之处。, 当我妈妈和哥哥来看我的时候, 他们说的其实是一样的. Even some of the facilities like the softball field look almost identical to Princeton’s.”

克雷格Beaucamp

Beaucamp, 同为加拿大教练, 也与聪明的有着密切的关系, 和他一起训练，也和他一起训练. He has spent the last 21 seasons as coach of the basketball program at the University of Victoria.

“在我执教的80多场对阵他的比赛中, 我们一直保持着密切的业务关系, and we always held a high level of respect toward each other,博坎普说. “I’ve gotten to know his family well over the many years, and he’s gotten to know my family as well.

“There were times when I’d stay at his house for weeks when we were coaching together on Team Canada. We were very like-minded and always enjoyed the time we had together.”

Like Wilson, Beaucamp saw an immediate appeal for himself at Pacific when 聪明的 joined the Tigers.

“Coaching together in America was something Coach 聪明的 and I talked about years ago. 我们不知道这是否会发生, but we always wanted to coach at the highest level of college basketball, 没有比NCAA一级联赛更高的了. 这是世界上最好的大学篮球,博坎普说, 他补充说，地处西海岸也是一个很大的吸引力.

“我可以坐90分钟的飞机去温哥华, remain in the same time zone and stay close to my family, 现在还在维多利亚,他说. “I wouldn’t have just gone anywhere in the country to coach, 但太平洋对我来说是个绝佳的机会.”

加勒特桥

Bridges comes to Pacific from North Carolina where he spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach at North Carolina Central University. Prior to that he served as a graduate assistant at the University of Houston.

来自休斯顿的布里奇斯的导师(助理教练K.C. 比尔德帮助他与斯玛特建立了联系.

“在今年的四强之前, I got a call from Coach Beard saying a good friend of his got the head coaching job at Pacific and he could help me at least have a conversation with him,布里奇斯说. “I ended up meeting Coach 聪明的 and Coach Wilson at the Final Four and had great talks with them.”

After learning more about 聪明的 from Beard and University of Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson, 布里奇斯说他不能错过这个机会.

“他们谈论他的方式, and the trust that I had in my own mentors made it an easy decision for me,布里奇斯说. “I’m excited about working at Pacific on this beautiful campus and coaching in the West Coast Conference. It’s a multi-bid league into the NCAA Tournament and it’s only getting stronger, especially with Washington State and Oregon State coming in.”

Myke肖勒

Similar to Bridges, 肖勒 met 聪明的 and Wilson at the Final Four. 肖勒, 萨克拉门托本地人, spent the last 16 seasons coaching Division I basketball in California with the last 10 at Long Beach State and the previous six at Loyola Marymount University.

“I’ve always been very familiar with Pacific and had a lot of friends from high school who attended here. 我的好朋友威利·塔图姆在这里打篮球, and I crossed paths with Pacific in the Big West and West Coast Conferences as a former student-athlete at Sacramento State. I also coached against Pacific when I was at LMU,肖尔说.

2023-24赛季之后, 肖勒 received offers from other schools and had an NBA opportunity but wanted to stay in California. 与斯玛特共事的机会是一个关键原因.

“When Coach 聪明的 was looking for someone for my position, he was looking for a California guy and his contacts referred him to me,肖尔说. “和我聊过的每个人都对斯玛特教练赞不绝口, 和他一起工作了一两个月之后, 我知道为什么. His creativity and knowledge of the game made this a no-brainer.”

肖勒 said the basketball staff has already created a strong bond.

“这不是‘各走各的路’的员工. 我们一直都在一起, we’ve eaten nearly every meal together and we’re staying together until the job gets done,肖尔说. “We’re here to win ball games, and we’re all very excited for the upcoming season.”

球队将在亚历克斯G球场举办赛季揭幕战. 11月11日星期一斯帕诺斯中心. 下午7点4分.m.