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Clemson Basketball Wastes No Time in Finding New Coaches

Brad Brownell To Hire Billy Donlon and Sean Dixon as New Assistants

Will Vandervort

Clemson Basketball Wastes No Time in Finding New Coaches
Clemson Basketball Wastes No Time in Finding New Coaches /

CLEMSON, S.C. -- Though Brad Brownell said he was going to take his time finding a replacement for Antonio Reynolds Dean, he did not take too long.

In fact, it did not take the Clemson men's basketball coach too long to replace Kareem Richardson, either. Richardson was announced as NC State's new assistant coach on Thursday.

Three hours later, All Clemson confirmed a Jon Rothstein tweet that Brownell plans to hire Billy Donlon and Sean Dixon as his new assistant coaches.

Donlon comes to Clemson from Kansas City, where he was the head coach from 2019-'22. He was also the head coach at Wright State for six years from 2010-'16.

In between, he was an assistant coach at Michigan (2016-'17) and Northwestern (2017-'19).

This is not the first time Donlon has worked for Brownell. He was on Brownell's coaching staffs at UNC-Wilmington (2001-'06) and Wright State (2006-'10) previously.

He replaced Brownell as head coach at Wright State when Brownell decided to come to Clemson.

Donlon posted a 46-39 overall record as the head coach at Kansas City the last three years. Another report on Thursday from the Stadium's Jeff Goodman said Donlon and Kansas City mutually agreed to part ways.

Dixon is an up-and-coming young coach. He has coached at Presbyterian, his alma-mater, and had stints at UNC-Ashville and Middle Tennessee, where he has spent the last four seasons.

This past year, Dixon helped Middle Tennessee to a 26-11 record, while advancing to the championship game of the CBI Tournament.

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Will Vandervort
WILL VANDERVORT

Vandervort brings nearly 25 years of experience as a sportswriter and editor to the All Clemson team. He has worked in the industry since 1997, covering all kinds of sports from the high school ranks to the professional level. The South Carolina native spent the first 12 years of his career in the newspaper industry before moving over to the online side of things in 2009. Vandervort is an award-winning sportswriter and editor and has been a published author three times. His latest book, “Hidden History of Clemson Football” was ranked by Book Authority as one the top 10 college football books for 2021.