MOBILE, Ala. – After helping Nicholls to its first regular-season Southland Conference championship since 1998 this year, Richie Riley was announced on Thursday as the new University of South Alabama head men's basketball coach by Jaguar Director of Athletics Dr. Joel Erdmann.
Riley, 35, becomes the 10th head coach in the history of the program, which just completed its 50th anniversary campaign. He will be formally introduced on Friday at a 2 p.m. (CDT) press conference at the Waterman Globe in the Mitchell Center, with the event free and open to the general public.
"We conducted a rigorous national search looking for specific experience, skills and traits that are the best fit for our men's basketball program today and moving forward," Erdmann said.