Third Assistant hired

Still no BSU site link.

Khristian Smith will take his first job as an assistant coach.  He was a player for Billy Wright in HS,  all conference and team captain at ISU, played pro overseas.  Good sized swing man as I recall, very good off the bench early in his career, played hard.

He was grad assistant back at ISU, then hired byr Joe Beard at Texas Tech.  Hired this summer as director of recruiting and player development at UTEP, where he briefly was on the staff with a former MAC player from EMU we never mention here by name. 

Good Indiana connections, Whitford says he is charismatic, a great mind for the game and he’ll be an excellent teacher. 

Article quotes Whitford: "It’s great, I couldn’t be more happy,” Whitford said. “It was a super busy spring for me because we signed three guys in the spring, three good transfers, and then we had to do a lot of hiring. But, as you look at it, we have a great staff. Linc Darner speaks for himself with what he’s accomplished as a coach, Ben Botts is a star on our own staff and Khristian I think is very talented and I think he has a really bright future as a coach.”

Darner is Associate Head Coach, Botts more responsible for offense and Smith player development and defense. 

This looks like a pretty good staff, Smith obviously not as experienced as Billy Wright, but young, should connect with recruits.  Botts and Darner are very strong.