Thursday, April 12, 2007

Bellarmine Men's Assistant Coach to take Job at U of L


On Easter sunday the University of Louisville announced the recent expansion of their coaching staff. Eric Scott, former assistant coach to Scott Daventport and the Bellarmine Knights will now be director of basketball operations for Rick Pitino and the Unversity of Louisville.

Before coming to Bellarmine Scott was program assistant for U of L from 2003 to 2005. He also had a two year stint in the NBA in international basketball operations, where he tracted progress of american players overseas, helped players obtain visas as well as having a hand in USA basketball representative selections.

Scott graduated from Penn. University with a bachelors degree in U.S. History in 1998. He later recieved his MBA in sports management from Seton Hall University in 2003.

Coach Scott will be greatly missed by the players and coaching staff here at Bellarmine, and we wish him the greatest of success in his future!

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