Former South Dakota coach Todd Lee joins Arkansas as special assistant

Former South Dakota males’s basketball head coach Todd Lee has joined Arkansas males’s basketball as a particular assistant. 

He joins a Razorbacks employees led by head coach Eric Musselman, a Minneapolis native who had two separate stints with the Speedy Metropolis Thrillers — then a semi-professional basketball group in Speedy Metropolis. 

Final season, Musselman took on former USD star ahead Stanley Umude as a grad switch. The Razorbacks performed their manner into the Elite Eight, with Umude taking part in 35-plus minutes in all by Arkansas’ Candy 16 win over No. 1 Gonzaga.

Lee was the Coyotes’ head coach in all however Umude’s freshman 12 months with USD. Umude averaged 14.4 factors per sport in Lee’s first 12 months as head coach, along with his scoring and total sport steadily rising every year earlier than averaging 21.6 factors per sport in Umude’s final 12 months with the South Dakota.

Lee and the Coyotes parted methods on the finish of the 2021-22 season. Lee, a Huron native and South Dakota alumnus, led the Coyotes to a 19-12 season final 12 months, ending with a loss to South Dakota State within the Summit League Event semifinal.

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