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Freedom Basketball: McKay Hires Rob Jones As Associate Head Coach

Freedom men's ball lead trainer Ritchie McKay declared staff refreshes for the program, featured by the recruiting of Rob Jones as partner lead trainer.
Jones joins the Flames in the wake of expenditure the last 17 seasons with the Richmond Spiders. 메이저사이트

"I'm truly amped up for the expansion of Coach Jones to our ball program and to our grounds," McKay said. "I have known Rob for quite a long time and I truly appreciate not just the ball astuteness that he brings to a program however considerably more dazzled with the individual he is. To have the option to get a person of Rob's type from a spot that he has served so well in a spot that has seen such a lot of achievement says a lot to Liberty University and the sort of individuals we can draw in here. I realize he will increase the value of our players' lives and our loved ones."

During his 17 seasons at Richmond, Jones helped guide the Spiders to seven 20-win seasons, nine postseason appearances and last public rankings of No. 24 out of 2009-10 and negative. 21 out of 2010-11, following the group's raced to the Sweet 16. Jones was liable for player improvement, on-court instructing, enlisting, adversary exploring, and game arrangement. He likewise screens the scholarly advancement of the understudy competitors.

During the COVID-abbreviated 2020-21 season, Jones and the Spiders positioned as high as nineteenth in the AP Top 25 survey following the group's initial season upset of tenth positioned Kentucky at Rupp Arena, the principal street win versus an AP top-10 group in program history. In the postseason, Richmond progressed to the NIT quarterfinals notwithstanding playing without its main two driving scorers from the ordinary season, who were sidelined by wounds.

The Spiders completed at 14-9, the twelfth time UR has posted a record of .500 or better in the last 14 seasons.

"I'm thankful to Coach McKay for the potential chance to join his instructing staff and to work with this capable gathering," Jones said. "I have known and regarded Coach McKay for a long while, and in the wake of having the honor of getting to know him on an additional individual level throughout the course of recent years, I have fostered a considerably more prominent appreciation for him as a man and pioneer. The Liberty Basketball program's solid groundwork is apparent. I'm eager to be a piece of what's on the horizon and anxious to get to work, with the day to day quest for greatness both on and off the court."