Nate Oats has added another assistant: as was expected when Ryan Pannone took an analytics position and was released from the toxic mess the Pelicans, Pannone didn’t stay in the film room long.
Just two months later, he got the green light to join the bench:
“I am extremely honored to join The University of Alabama and Coach Oats’ staff,” said Pannone in the official press release. “The chance to join a legendary school with a basketball program that is among the best in the country is a privilege. Coach Oats leads a team that competes with NBA-style ball and runs NBA sets, so to have the opportunity to leverage my NBA experience to mentor and raise up student athletes was a rare and rewarding offer I couldn’t pass up.