Jon Ekey was named director of men’s basketball operations and analytics at Akron.
We tend to look at transfer decisions based on playing time or quality of new team (and sometimes quality of grad program/degree), but sometimes just building new relationships can be important. According to Jeremy Werner article, after playing professionally in Japan, Ekey spent 6 years on SMU basketball staff under former Illinois State head coach Tim Jankovic, two as a graduate manager and four as a video coordinator. Now he joins the staff of his former coach Groce. Good luck to him.
We tend to look at transfer decisions based on playing time or quality of new team (and sometimes quality of grad program/degree), but sometimes just building new relationships can be important. According to Jeremy Werner article, after playing professionally in Japan, Ekey spent 6 years on SMU basketball staff under former Illinois State head coach Tim Jankovic, two as a graduate manager and four as a video coordinator. Now he joins the staff of his former coach Groce. Good luck to him.
