Heath Schroyer is bringing one of his co-workers with him from Fresno, Calif., and he’s keeping Shaun Vandiver.
Less than two weeks after he took over as Wyoming’s basketball coach, Schroyer announced Wednesday he’d filled out his staff by hiring Fred Langley and Anthony Stewart and keeping Vandiver.
Langley and Schroyer have a long history of coaching together. Both were assistant coaches at Fresno City College in the mid-1990s under Steve Cleveland, and Langley was an assistant under Schroyer during the 2004-05 season at Portland State. For the past two seasons, they’ve both worked as assistants under Cleveland at Fresno State. Langley will be associate head coach.
Vandiver, the only holdover from Steve McClain’s staff, was a graduate assistant at Wyoming during the 2002-03 season and returned as an assistant coach in 2005. In between, he was an assistant for one year each at Bowling Green and Northern Colorado.
“I’ve been really impressed with Shaun over the years, seeing him out on the road recruiting,” Schroyer said of the former University of Colorado star. “His loyalty to the University of Wyoming and to the players in this program has been very, very apparent to me.”
Stewart was an assistant at Long Beach State from 2004-06, then took last year off to complete his master’s degree in business administration.
Butler: Assistant Brad Stevens will be named to replace coach Todd Lickliter, who left to take the vacant coaching position at Iowa.
Stevens was an assistant for six years at Butler under Lickliter and predecessor Thad Matta, now the coach at NCAA runner-up Ohio State. During that time, the Bulldogs have gone 131-61.
Bowling Green: Louis Orr was named coach, a job the former Seton Hall coach called “the perfect situation.”
Orr, fired last year after five seasons at Seton Hall, takes over a team that failed to reach the NCAA Tournament in 10 seasons under Dan Dakich.
Orr had an 80-69 record at Seton Hall.
The Falcons finished 13-18 this season, but return 10 of their top 12 scorers next season.
California: Guard Omar Wilkes said he will not return to the Golden Bears for his senior season. Wilkes, on target to graduate this year, averaged 9.9 points and 2.2 rebounds.
Indiana: Forward Xavier Keeling, who averaged 1.8 points as a freshman, is leaving, and redshirt freshman guard Joey Shaw is considering a move to another school.
Purdue: Guard Chris Lutz and center Johnathan Uchendu will transfer to schools closer to their hometowns.
Lutz averaged 6.1 points while leading the Big Ten in 3-point shooting at 47 percent.
Uchendu, a 6-foot-11 freshman, averaged 1.8 points.
