By: Scott Venci
GREEN BAY – University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball coach Doug Gottlieb spent the offseason reconstructing his roster, signing five players out of the NCAA transfer portal and welcoming two incoming freshmen.
But his work also involved his coaching staff.
With Jordan McCabe and Damon Archibald departing, Gottlieb has added both youth and experience to go with holdovers Aerick Sanders and Jerry Smith.
Along with the hiring of Andy Ground earlier in the offseason as the assistant to the head coach and defensive coordinator and promoting Kaden LeCapitaine to director of operations, the Phoenix is set to add longtime coach Kerry Rupp and former UWGB student assistant Keil Ganz to the bench.
Gottlieb also landed a noteworthy name as the program’s general manager with the hiring of UWGB legend Keifer Sykes.
“I don’t want people to read a quote about a new staff and take it to mean something negative about the old staff,” Gottlieb said. “Jordan McCabe was awesome. (Former director of operations) Dennis Harrington taught me a lot about some of the game-play things, when to call a timeout, things to run. Ways of teaching things.
“Damon Archibald, we tell everybody, we don’t have (former guard) Anthony Roy if not for Arch. He brought energy every day to practice.
“But, I’m really excited about the staff.”
Here’s a quick look at the new staff members with the season a few months away…
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