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Wisconsin welcoming former player to coaching staff
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There will be a familiar face on Greg Gard’s staff for the upcoming college basketball season.
On Friday, Wisconsin announced that Sharif Chambliss has been hired as an assistant coach. He comes back to his alma mater after serving as an assistant coach at Wright State from 2016-21.
Chambliss played at Wisconsin for one season (2004-05), transferring in from Penn State (2000-04). He scored 1,107 points during his college career and averaged 7.5 points, 2.8 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game in his lone year with the Badgers.
“We are extremely excited to welcome Coach Chambliss and his family to our staff,” Gard said. “This search and interview process was extensive and spanned a wide scope of excellent candidates. Sharif’s energy, passion, loyalty and experience were evident from the start of our search. Knowing that Coach Howard Moore would not be able to return to his position and having to replace him is difficult for all of us who love him and know everything he has done for our program.
“Sharif brings 15 years of college basketball coaching experience to our program and has a proven track record of success as a coach and as an effective, established recruiter. As we evaluated the landscape of potential coaches, Coach Chambliss was highly regarded and recommended by both his past colleagues that he’s worked with and his peers across college basketball.
“Sharif brings to our staff what I wanted. Someone with experience at a variety of other institutions, a proven track record as a coach and recruiter, and a committed, red-hot burning desire to be at the University of Wisconsin and help our program going forward.”
Wisconsin finished the 2020-21 season with an 18-13 record and defeated North Carolina in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The Badgers fell to Baylor in the Round of 32.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB