Flanigan completes first coaching staff

Mitch Cole, new assistant basketball coach at UALRWes Flanigan's staff is set.

The newly hired UALR men's basketball coach has hired Mitch Cole to fill out his three-person coaching staff, Flanigan told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Tuesday.

Cole comes to UALR after spending the past five seasons as a special assistant at Texas A&M. At UALR, Cole will join already announced assistants Kwanza Johnson and Solomon Bozeman.

"We've been fortunate because this job is a little bit better of a job one year after Chris Beard leaves," Flanigan said. "I've got a really good salary pool for our league, and I was able to track down some really good guys. I'm really excited about it."

Flanigan's three…