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Arizona assistant Rem Bakamus posts goodbye note as he's hired by Texas Tech

Arizona assistant basketball coach Rem Bakamus posted his gratitude to Tommy Lloyd, the staff, players, managers and fans in a social media post after it was announced earlier on Friday he was leaving to accept a job with Texas Tech.

Texas Tech made the hiring official on Friday. Bakamus was originally hired by Lloyd as the Arizona Director of Player Development for the 2021-22 season and became a full-time assistant coach before the 2024-25 season. Bakamus was a Gonzaga walk-on from 2017-21 when Lloyd was an assistant coach there.

Bakamus returns to Texas, where he was a graduate assistant at Baylor and was on the staff when the Bears won the 2021 national championship.