Georgia hires former UIC coach Steve McClain as assistant

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former Illinois-Chicago basketball coach Steve McClain has reunited with Tom Crean at Ga.

Crean, who has struggled in his initial two seasons as the Bulldogs coach, on Tuesday announced the hiring of McClain as an assistant. He labored for Crean at Indiana from 2010-fifteen right before having around as UIC’s head coach.

McClain was fired by the Flames in March right after heading 76-93 in 5 seasons, such as a forty two-48 record in the Horizon League. UIC has not been to the NCAA Tournament considering the fact that 2004.

McClain also was a head coach for 9 many years at Wyoming and three seasons at Hutchinson Community College or university in Kansas.

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