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DePaul closes out their staff with Garrett

Thursday, 14 May 2009 09:29 Written by Administrator

Billy GarrettFormer Providence St Mel head coach Billy Garrett returns to Chicago, as he accepted an assistant coaching position with the DePaul Blue Demons. Garrett has prior Big East experience, as he spent five years as an assistant coach at Seton Hall, from 2001 to 2006. He then spent one year with Steve Alford at Iowa before spending the past two years, as the associate head coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

“I have known Billy since his tenure as a high school coach at Providence St. Mel’s,” stated DePaul head coach Jerry Wainwright. “He is a quality professional and person and he brings great experience to our staff.” 

Garrett got his start as a college basketball assistant back in 2000, when he took a position with Siena. The following year, Siena head coach Louis Orr was at Seton Hall, and he took Garrett with him. During their five years at Seton Hall, the Pirates went to two NCAA tournaments and one NIT tournament.

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Former DePaul star named assistant coach

Wednesday, 13 May 2009 06:47 Written by DePaul Sports Information

 

CHICAGO – DePaul men’s basketball coach Jerry Wainwright announced today that former Blue Demon standout David Booth has joined the staff as an assistant coach. Booth returns to his alma mater after playing professionally around the world and scouting in the NBA.

“David’s experience as a player and scout at the professional level makes him a great fit for our basketball program,” said Wainwright. “David is a great role model and mentor for our players and we all look forward to him joining the program.”

Booth was inducted into the DePaul Athletics Hall of Fame in February as one of the program’s all-time basketball greats. Over his career from 1988-92, Booth totaled 1,933 points for second all-time while leading the Blue Demons to a pair of NCAA Tournaments and one NIT appearance. Overall, he’s ranked among the program’s all-time best in scoring, scoring average, rebounding, blocked shots, steals, field goals and free throws. Following the 2008-09 season, he still ranks in the top 10 all-time in scoring (2nd), field goals (3rd), steals (5th), free throws (5th) and blocked shots (6th). After graduating from DePaul as the first player in school history with 1,500 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 blocks, he spent 14 years playing professionally around the world. Booth made stops in France, Greece, Italy, Japan and South America.

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So Long Dar Tucker

Tuesday, 14 April 2009 15:24 Written by DePaul Sports Information Department

CHICAGO – DePaul sophomore Dar Tucker announced today that he will submit his name for the 2009 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-5, 215-pound guard/forward from Saginaw, Mich., will not return to the men’s basketball program for the 2009-10 season and has indicated that he will hire an agent.

In 61 career games over two seasons, Tucker totaled 986 points for a 16.2 career scoring average. His 986 points rank third in DePaul history for freshmen and sophomores behind Mark Aguirre (1,516 – 1978-80) and Quentin Richardson (1,147 – 1998-00). Overall, he is among the program’s all-time leaders in three-point field goals (13th – 103 3pt. FG’s), scoring average (14th – 16.2 ppg) and scoring (47th – 986 pts.). Tucker totaled 50 career games in double-figures and racked up 17 games of at least 20 points in his career including two games of at least 30 points.

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DePaul hires Tracy Webster for assistant coach position

Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:41 Written by DePaul Sports Information

Tracy Webster's PhotoCHICAGO – DePaul men’s basketball coach Jerry Wainwright announced today that Tracy Webster has joined the program as an assistant coach. The native of Harvey, Ill., comes to DePaul following stints over the last eight seasons as an assistant coach at Kentucky, Illinois, Purdue and Ball State.

“I have known Tracy since he was a player and I have always admired his passion for the game,” said Wainwright. “He is an outstanding young professional who brings great experience and knowledge to our program.”

Webster spent the last two years at Kentucky where he helped lead the Wildcats to a pair of postseason appearances. A year ago, Kentucky went 22-14 and reached the NIT Quarterfinals following a NCAA Tournament appearance in 2007-08. Before moving to Lexington, he was an assistant coach at Illinois from 2004-07 and an assistant at Purdue during the 2003-04 season. The Illini made NCAA Tournament appearances in each of Webster’s three seasons in Champaign, including a trip to the NCAA Championship game in 2005. Webster’s one season at Purdue saw the Boilermakers make the NIT.

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Dar Tucker to test the NBA waters??

Thursday, 05 March 2009 20:52 Written by Administrator

Per the Chicago Tribune's Shannon Ryan, DePaul sophomore wing Dar Tucker is strongly considering putting his name into the NBA draft. If the Saginaw native tests the NBA waters, he could possibly return to the university if he withdraws from the draft prior to the deadline of April 26th and does not hire the services of an agent. Should he retain an agent, Blue Demons Nation expects the agency to be CGL Sports, which currently represents former Blue Demon Wilson Chandler, as well as fellow Saginaw native, Anthony Roberson, and has strong ties to Tucker's former AAU program, the Michigan Hurricanes.

Tucker leads the Blue Demons in scoring with 18.5 points per game, but has struggled finding a consistent shot, as he has made 39.4% of his field goal attempts.

Currently, Tucker's name can not be found on most respectable mock draft lists, and is on the bottom part of ESPN's Chad Ford's list of NBA prospects.

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