Basketball is in assistant coach Barone’s blood

There was a nice profile in the Green Bay Press-Gazette Thursday (May 6) of new UW-Green Bay assistant coach Brian Barone. It seems Barone already has one up on his father, Tony, who is the director of personnel for the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies. Apparently father once applied for a coaching position at UW-Green Bay, but lost out to Dick Bennett. “They certainly chose the right guy,” the father cheerfully admits. Read more.