- ICYMI – Ed Cooley Hires Jeff Battle as Assistant Coach
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Cooley finally gets his man as Battle joins Friar coaching staff
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Providence Hires Jeff Battle
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Ed Cooley Hires Jeff Battle as Assistant Coach
Ed Cooley called upon a close friend to replace former associate head coach Bob Simon by reaching out to Jeff Battle. Simon took the associate head coach position at Alabama under newly hired head coach Avery Johnson on April 19th. Battle was out of coaching this past year after being at Wake Forest for 13 years as the associate head coach for 3 different head coaches. Battle joins associate head coach Andre LaFleur and assistant coach Brian Blaney to make up Cooley’s 3 recruiting assistant coaches. The terms of Battle’s contract with Providence were not released.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 4/21/15
- ICYMI – Providence to Host Illinois for Inaugural 2015 Gavitt Tipoff Games
- ICYMI – Potential Candidates to Replace Bob Simon
- ICYMI – Providence Recruits to Play in 2015 Mary Kline Classic
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Cooley, PC With Great Options
- NWTimes.com – Jim Peters – Marquette Catholic’s Fazekas named to the Indiana All-Star team
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Potential Candidates to Replace Bob Simon
With associate head coach Bob Simon leaving Providence to join newly hired Avery Johnson’s coaching staff at Alabama there is now an open spot on Ed Cooley’s staff. That open spot is a big one as Simon was a tireless recruiter for Cooley and a very good X & O coach. I’m a little disappointed Simon left Providence for a lateral title and not to be a head coach but being the associate head coach for an SEC school will likely help his head coaching prospects. Simon also probably got a nice pay increase from that football money and that money will go farther down in Alabama than it would in Rhode Island.
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