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UCLA hires Michael Lewis as assistant basketball coach

May. 23, 2019 03:18 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA coach Mick Cronin has hired Michael Lewis as an assistant on his new staff. Lewis spent the last three seasons in the same role...

Former Bruin Rod Palmer joins Mick Cronin's staff at UCLA

May. 02, 2019 11:25 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coach Mick Cronin has hired Rod Palmer as an assistant at UCLA, where he played for two years in the mid-1980s. Palmer was an...

FILE -- In this March 28, 2019, file photo, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes calls a play during the first half of a men's NCAA tournament college basketball South Regional semifinal against Purdue in Louisville, Ky. Barnes believes he'd be settling in as UCLA's coach right about now if buyout negotiations hadn't broken down. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Vols' Barnes to get $26 million over next 5 seasons

By Steve Megargee Apr. 26, 2019 05:46 PM EDT

Cronin hires Darren Savino for his UCLA coaching staff

Apr. 18, 2019 09:08 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Darren Savino is joining UCLA coach Mick Cronin in Westwood as the Bruins' associate head coach. He most recently worked under...

Barnes says buyout likely kept him from taking UCLA job

By Steve Megargee Apr. 16, 2019 02:44 PM EDT

John Brannen speaks during a news conference to formally announce his hiring as Cincinnati's men's basketball coach after leading Northern Kentucky to two NCAA Tournament appearances in the last three years, Monday, April 15, 2019, in Cincinnati. Brannen replaces Mick Cronin, who left Cincinnati for the UCLA job. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Cincinnati stays in its backyard for next basketball coach

By Joe Kay Apr. 15, 2019 04:46 PM EDT

New Nevada men's basketball coach Steve Alford answers a question at a news conference in Reno, Nev., Friday, April 12, 2019, where he was introduced as the successor to Eric Musselman, who left to become coach at Arkansas. The former coach at Iowa, New Mexico and UCLA says he's excited to be back in the Mountain West Conference and that his new 10-year contract shows he's "in it for the long haul." (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Steve Alford says he's in Nevada for the long haul

By Scott Sonner Apr. 12, 2019 06:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2017, file photo, UCLA coach Steve Alford gestures during the team's NCAA college basketball game against Washington in Los Angeles. Nevada hired former UCLA coach Alford on Thursday April 11, 2019, four days after Eric Musselman left for Arkansas. Alford is expected to be introduced at a Friday news conference. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Nevada quickly hires Alford to replace Musselman

By John Marshall Apr. 11, 2019 09:09 PM EDT

Mick Cronin, right, and athletic director Dan Guerrero pose as Cronin is introduced as UCLA's new head basketball coach at a news conference on the campus in Los Angeles Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Cronin was hired as UCLA's basketball coach Tuesday, ending a bumpy, months-long search to find a replacement for the fired Steve Alford. The university said Cronin agreed to a $24 million, six-year deal. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Mick Cronin honored to be coaching 'John Wooden's program'

By Beth Harris Apr. 10, 2019 04:48 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 17, 2019, file photo, Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin high-fives one of his players at the trophy ceremony after Cincinnati beat Houston in the championship game of the American Athletic Conference men's tournament, in Memphis, Tenn. Cronin has been hired as UCLA’s basketball coach, ending a months-long search to find a replacement for the fired Steve Alford. The university says Cronin agreed to a $24 million, six-year deal on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Troy Glasgow, File)

UCLA hires Cincinnati's Mick Cronin as basketball coach

By Beth Harris Apr. 09, 2019 12:37 PM EDT

UCLA's Kris Wilkes hires agent, declares for NBA draft

Mar. 29, 2019 04:52 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Wilkes won't be around to play under UCLA's new basketball coach. The sophomore forward from Indianapolis has hired an agent...