WSSU set to hire new basketball coach, sources indicate

July 8, 2024

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Winston-Salem State College (WSSU) seems to be near naming its new head coach.

A number of sources point out that Corey Thompson, a former WSSU ahead and present highschool coach, is predicted to be the brand new head coach. Shaw College assistant and WSSU alumnus WyKevin Bazemore, a finalist for the job, has been knowledgeable that he won’t be employed as the pinnacle coach.

WSSU officers declined to touch upon the matter, however did point out {that a} press convention was imminent.

Thompson is at present the pinnacle coach at St. Pauls Excessive College in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He has held that place since 2016. Thompson was beforehand a candidate within the 2018 search that in the end noticed Cleo Hill Jr. get the job.

Thompson was a star large man at Winston-Salem State within the late Nineties and early 2000s. Enjoying below Rick Duckett, he helped lead WSSU to a 97-25 total document and back-to-back CIAA convention titles.

He was a member of the UNC Pembroke teaching employees for 5 years from 2006-11. Thompson helped lead his large males to the seventh-best rebounding margin (+8.0) within the nation in the course of the 2010-11 marketing campaign, in addition to the highest spot within the Peach Belt Convention in the identical class. UNC Pembroke additionally completed the season thirty sixth within the nation in each field-goal proportion protection (40.9) and blocked photographs per recreation (4.2). He then spent three seasons as affiliate head coach at Fayetteville State earlier than taking on at St. Pauls in 2016.

If Thompson is the selection, he has a tricky act to observe. Cleo Hill Jr. received 90 video games in 5 seasons at Winston-Salem State College, bringing the CIAA crown again to Winston-Salem in 2020 and 2023 earlier than taking a job at Maryland Japanese Shore. His assistant, Ricky Wilson, was the interim coach and a candidate for the job as properly.