Mark Few's latest Gonzaga basketball hire has Puyallup roots, wild coaching journey

R-Jay Barsh has coached at nearly every level of amateur basketball - high school, junior college, NAIA and various NCAA divisions

Puyallup's R-Jay Barsh said every new job he's been hired for in college basketball takes him back to the same place: Running the summer league at Tacoma Community College.

Now, he will be part of one of the most consistent NCAA Division I programs in the country at Gonzaga University.

Barsh, 40, was hired last month as longtime coach Mark Few's newest assistant, replacing Roger Powell Jr., who took the head job at Valparaiso.

It's the next stop in Barsh's whirlwind journey, which has seen him coach at TCC (Juco), University of Puget Sound (D3), Southeastern University (NAIA), Boise State, Florida State and now the Zags (D1).

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(Featured photo courtesy of Florida State University athletics)