College of Charleston hires John Groce as next men’s basketball coach

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Not even a full week after Chris Mack left for a job at South Florida, the College of Charleston is predicted to rent John Groce as its next men’s basketball coach.

A supply near the state of affairs informed News 4 that Groce can be launched in Charleston on Wednesday afternoon.

Groce, 54, has led the Akron Zips to 3 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and gone dancing 4 of the final 5 seasons. He is changing Mack, who left on March 25, after back-to-back 20-win seasons with the Cougars.

Gorce boasts Power 4 expertise, teaching Illinois from 2012 to 2017 earlier than taking on Akron. He obtained his first break as a head coach with Ohio University, the place he led the staff from 2008 to 2012. Before that, Gorce was an assistant coach at Taylor, NC State, Butler, Xavier and Ohio State.

He boasts a document of 377–225 and has gone 4-7 within the NCAA Tournament. Gorce’s Akron staff not too long ago misplaced to Texas Tech within the opening spherical of the NCAA Tournament.

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