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The Hawaii men’s basketball team is taking names for a new assistant coach.
A job posting went up Tuesday advertising the position on the “Work at UH” section of the university’s website.
The listing came as a surprise Wednesday morning, as no personnel moves for Eran Ganot’s staff have been announced. However, sources said assistant coach Chris Acker is being considered for an assistant position at Boise State of the Mountain West Conference.
Acker couldn’t be reached for comment on Wednesday. A UH spokesman had no comment other than to say there’s been no official staff movement yet.
The job posting states “Pending programmatic needs and position clearance” as a hiring condition. It says a review of applications will begin Tuesday afternoon but there is no listed closing date. One year of college coaching is listed as a minimum qualification.
There’s been no changes among the program’s three full assistant positions since Norm Parrish left for a small-college head job in Utah in August 2015, just three months after then-new coach Ganot hired him to Manoa.
Associate head coach Adam Jacobsen and assistants Acker and John Montgomery have been at UH since April, May and September of 2015, respectively. Only the director of basketball operations position has changed in the last year, from Jamie Smith to Todd Okeson.
Acker has taken the lead in the team’s defensive schemes and in player development, especially for the team’s big men. The former Chaminade guard previously coached at West Los Angeles College and Citrus College.
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