Rod Strickland is back in the college game, landing his first head coaching job.
The former Kentucky assistant is leaving his role as the NBA G-League Ignite’s program manager to take over as the head coach at LIU Brooklyn, which fired former coach Derek Kellogg.
Kellogg wasn’t awful at LIU Brooklyn, as the Sharks never finished worse than .500 in league play during Kellogg’s five seasons, going 74-74 (49-41 NEC) during his tenure and reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2018.
There are some questions now about the future of Brad Calipari, who joined the LIU staff earlier this year.