Montana State’s Tricia Binford tabs Chris Mayes as assistant basketball coach

(Editor’s observe: Montana State Press Launch)

BOZEMAN — Montana State ladies’s head basketball coach Tricia Binford added Chris Mayes to her employees as an assistant coach, the 18^th-year head coach introduced on Tuesday morning.

Mayes has years of expertise teaching, creating and mentoring gamers all through Europe, most lately working in England because the Director of Basketball with Staff Solent Kestrels and in The Netherlands as Technical Director of BC Triple Menace.

Pre-COVID, Mayes was Head of Growth with Membership Bàsquet TerrAlfàs Valencia Area in Spain, the place he supplied particular person and workforce program planning and delivered talent and workforce improvement periods for U16/U18 and EBA competitions.

Throughout that point, he additionally served as coach/educator within the Dutch Basketball Coaches Affiliation within the Netherlands. As a part of the DBCA he was accountable for the implementation and supply of youth basketball.

“Chris goes to be an impressive addition to our program,” Binford stated. “He’s an innovated trainer of the sport and his experience in participant improvement will assist our student-athletes take the subsequent step of their play. Chris has labored in any respect ranges from membership basketball, nationwide groups, NCAA Division I, Euroleague and NBA and he has developed over 100-plus athletes fulfill their dream of enjoying on the collegiate stage.”

Mayes has additionally served as head of improvement with New Heroes den Bosch within the Netherlands, the place he directed the event program for youth basketball on the highest stage within the nation.

He additionally has an in depth teaching résumé which incorporates stints as affiliate head coach, Stella Artois Leuven Bears, Belgium; head assistant coach, Wager First Liege Basket, Belgium; assistant coach, Armenian Nationwide Staff, Armenia; and assistant head coach, VOO Wolves Pepinster-Verviers, Belgium.

Mayes began his basketball profession in 2010 and spent the subsequent 5 seasons as head of improvement/sports activities director at Canarias Basketball Academy in Spain. At Canarias Basketball, he oversaw talent improvement periods for all participant positions. Throughout his tenure, the academy despatched over 90 athletes to play on the NCAA Division I stage. Mayes additionally served because the lead for big-man improvement and labored with elite U16-23 worldwide gamers from greater than 30 international locations.

Off the courtroom, he served because the academy’s tutorial advisor, whereas dealing with advertising and marketing and improvement duties, as properly.

“Chris is properly related all through Europe and that can open some doorways for our program,” Binford stated. “We’re anxious to get him began as he’ll play a pivotal function throughout our preseason practices.”

A local of West Ham in London, he’ll oversee the Bobcat submit gamers in addition to be accountable for worldwide recruiting and Bobcat camps. He graduated from the College of Chichester with a level in sports activities teaching science.