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Former Pitt G Ashton Gibbs Joining Atlanta Hawks

The former Pitt basketball great is moving up the coaching ranks.

Stephen Thompson

Former Pitt G Ashton Gibbs Joining Atlanta Hawks
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PITTSBURGH -- Ashton Gibbs is one of the best Pitt Panthers guards of all time. He was a major contributor during the very peak of that program's power in the late 2000's and early 2010's. Now he is moving up the coaching ranks in his post-playing days. Gibbs announced on his Instagram that he had accepted an assisstant coaching job with the Atlanta Hawk's G-League affiliate.

"Excited to announce I will be joining the Atlanta Hawks Organization as an Assistant coach on the College Park Skyhawks," Gibbs wrote. "Let's work!"

Gibbs averaged 15.7 points per game over more than 36 minutes per game. He earned multiple All-Big East Honors and helped pilot the Panthers to multiple top-25 finishes and an Elite Eight berth. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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