Jay Spoonhour, the son of legendary Bears head men's basketball coach Charlie Spoonhour, will be hired as an assistant coach under Dana Ford at Missouri State.
Multiple sources confirmed numerous reports of Spoonhour's hiring that was first broken by longtime News-Leader Missouri State beat reporter Lyndal Scranton on social media.
Spoonhour, 52, was most previously the head coach at Eastern Illinois where he spent nine years and finished with a 119-157 record before being let go following the 2020-21 season.
Spoonhour will replace former associate head coach Jase Herl who left the Bears to become an assistant at North Texas.