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Rutgers hoops assistant coach hired by ACC program, per report
By Ethan Stone
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Rutgers associate head coach Karl Hobbs is set to accept the same position at Georgia Tech under new head coach Damon Stoudamire. The move was first reported by Stadium’s Jeff Goodman.
Assistant and associate head coaches are often overlooked for their importance to the college game, but this is a huge loss for the Scarlet Knights. Hobbs has been coaching for over 35 years and has been with Steve Pikiell since he was hired in 2016-17.
Georgia Tech head coach Damon Stoudamire will hire Karl Hobbs as his associate head coach, source told @Stadium.
Hobbs has been at Rutgers with Steve Pikiell.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) April 12, 2023
Hobbs has been coaching since 1987. He was an assistant at UConn before accepting the HC role at George Washington in 2001. He kept that until 2011 until he headed back to UConn, finally landing with Pikiell at Rutgers in 2016.
Ethan Stone was an editor for his student newspaper at the University of Tennessee and is now a News Manager for Saturday Tradition.