Georgia State head coach Jonas Hayes is expected to hire former Winton Woods High School standout and Xavier graduate assistant Allen Payne as an assistant on his Panthers' basketball coaching staff, according to a report Thursday via Twitter from CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein.
Payne has been an assistant coach at Elon for the past three seasons. He was an assistant at Indiana University of Pennsylvania the previous two seasons, and worked as an XU grad assistant for two seasons before that.
The Cincinnati native, a three-year starter as a player for the Auburn Tigers, earned All-State, All-City and Conference Player of the Year honors as a high school senior at Winton Woods.