Tide Makes Adjustments to Basketball Staff
6/4/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
TUSCALOOSA- University of Alabama Basketball Coach Mark Gottfried has named Jeff Dunlap Director of Basketball Operations and has promoted Kobie Baker to assistant coach along with giving more responsibilities to assistant coaches Philip Pearson and
Baker has been the Director of Operations on
“I’m excited for Kobie,” said Gottfried. “He’s earned the right to have this promotion. He’s done a very good job. He’s very familiar with our program having been involved in the past. He brings an energy and great recruiting abilities to our staff, and he has a great future in this profession.”
Baker, 32, a
“I’m obviously very excited about this opportunity to continue to be a part of this great basketball program and staff,” said Baker. “I’m looking forward to getting back on the floor and contributing as an assistant coach. This is an exceptional institution, and it’s extra special for me, as a
Dunlap is a 1986 UCLA graduate who lettered three seasons for the Bruins. He leaves Western Michigan where he was an assistant coach since 2004 to join the
“I’m very excited to add Jeff to our staff,” said Gottfried. “Jeff is someone I have known for 20 years. He’s very familiar with our system and will be involved with a number of different aspects of our program. He brings great organizational skills and a great knowledge of the game as well.”
Gottfried said in addition to these hirings, the roles of assistant coaches Philip Pearson and
“This is a great staff as a group. Philip and James are extremely talented and very good in many areas. Both are in position to be head coaches soon. Both will take on greater responsibilities,” said Gottfried whose former assistants Johnny Jones at North Texas and Tevester Anderson at Jackson State both led, as head coaches, their respective teams to the 2007 NCAA tournament, and a third former assistant, Orlando Early, was named the 2007 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year for his season as head coach at Louisiana Monroe. “I think Philip and James are in a position to follow in those same footsteps and not only become head coaches but have the kind of success Johnny, Orlando and Tevester are all experiencing as head coaches.”
