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Illinois has promoted from within to find its new assistant coach.
Friday, the basketball team announced that it has promoted Geoff Alexander to be an assistant coach on Brad Underwood’s staff. He had spent the four previous seasons as the assistant to the head coach.
In his previous role, Alexander took on multiple responsibilities. He assisted with scouting, practice preparations, game preparations, video study and analysis and player development planning, as well as other tasks.
It’s Official! @Alexander_Geoff has been elevated to an Assistant Coach! #Illini | #EveryDayGuys pic.twitter.com/6hMHYRCnDn
— Illinois Men's Basketball (@IlliniMBB) May 21, 2021
“Geoff has more than earned this opportunity; he has been an integral part of the everyday operation of our program these past four years during a period of tremendous growth and success,” Underwood said in a statement. “He has countless connections throughout his home state of Illinois and extensive recruiting experience across the country and internationally from his previous stops. I’ve always said that Geoff is a student of the game. That love and passion he has for basketball comes through in his coaching. He has great relationships with our players and familiarity with our systems, making this a very smooth transition.”
Alexander arrived at Illinois in 2017 after spending five seasons as an assistant coach at Evansville.
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