Georgia Tech Officially Announces Additions To Basketball Staff

Damon Stoudamire is bringing three assistants to the staff

Jackson Caudell | May 5, 2023

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The moves have been reported for weeks now, but Georgia Tech officially has hired three assistants to Damon Stoudamire's first staff with the Yellow Jackets.

Karl Hobbs, Terry Parker Jr, and Pershin Williams are going to be on the staff and hope to bring the Yellow Jackets back to winning sooner rather than later.

Hobbs directed George Washington to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances as a head coach, captured two national titles as an assistant at Connecticut, and helped Rutgers to three post-season appearances in his most recent stop (Per Georgia Tech PR).

Hobbs has 36 seasons of Division I coaching experience and 21 post-season appearances on his resume and comes to The Flats following seven seasons as associate head coach at Rutgers. He helped guide the Scarlet Knights to post-season appearances each of the past three seasons, including back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 2021 and 2022, marking the first time RU made the big dance in consecutive seasons since 1976 (Per Georgia Tech PR).

Karl Hobbs will be an important addition to the Georgia Tech staff this season / Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports

Parker helped lead UAB to 78 victories and trips to the NCAA Tournament and NIT during the last three seasons. The Decatur, Ga., native brings 13 years of Division I coaching experience to the Yellow Jackets’ program after stops at UAB, Indiana State, Utah Valley University, and Nicholls State (Per Georgia Tech PR).

Parker was a part of Blazer teams that won 29 games and reached the NIT finals in 2022-23, which followed a 27-8 season and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2021-22. UAB went 22-7 his first season in 2020-21. Five Blazers earned all-Conference USA honors during his time in Birmingham, including 2002 C-USA Player of the Year Jordan “Jelly” Walker (Per Georgia Tech PR).

A former graduate assistant with the Georgia Tech men’s basketball program, Williams brings 12 years of full-time college coaching experience after helping head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim build Kennesaw State’s program into a championship team in the Atlantic Sun Conference and an NCAA Tournament team in 2023. KSU went 26-9 last season, 15-3 in the A-Sun, and three Owls earned all-conference recognition after being picked to finish eighth in the pre-season conference poll (Per Georgia Tech PR).

Here is what Stoudamire had to say about the hires:

"This staff is a good mixture of younger and experienced coaches, a good blend,” said Stoudamire. “The college basketball landscape is changing, and I wanted to align myself with coaches who can relate on both levels. Pershin and Terry have grinded their way to where they are today. Coach Hobbs has had high major experience, and has been a head coach before.

“Their strengths are in relationships. They have great ability to connect with people in all shapes and sizes. They have a shared vision for what I and the Georgia Tech program want to put out there. They are strong in the development of players, both on the court and as young men. They’re high-character guys who exude the morals and principles of what I look for, and what Georgia Tech stands for.

“They’ve all been with programs that have had recent success, which has value and was taken into consideration. The success is still fresh for them, especially for Terry and Pershin where they came from. Coach Hobbs is a no-brainer to have here, but I’m very excited for Pershin and Terry to have this opportunity at such a great institution. These are guys who are hungry to be successful. They’ll roll up their sleeves and work to get this program back, brick by brick.” (Per Georgia Tech PR).

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