Sam Houston State hires Mike Ekanem as an assistant

Arkansas director of player development Mike Ekanem has been hired as an assistant coach at Sam Houston State.

He is the second Arkansas support staff member to be hired as an assistant coach this offseason.

Former director of scouting and analytics Hays Myers joined the staff of David Patrick at Sacramento State on April 28.

Ekanem, who worked on Musselman’s staff at Nevada, spent the last previous two seasons as the director of scouting for Texas A&M men’s basketball.

He spent the 2018-19 season at Nevada as a multimedia specialist. Prior to his time at with the Wolf Pack, he was at Memphis as a special assistant for two seasons before serving as the video coordinator and recruiting assistant.

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