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Georgia Tech Basketball: Jackets Bring in Tom Herrion as Assistant Coach

The Jackets find another assistant basketball coach to fill out their bench. Who is he?

By Wes Morton
Scott Cunningham

The Jackets have filled their open bench spot yet again.

First reported by Jeff Borzello of CBSSports, Georgia Tech is set to hire former Marshall head coach Tom Herrion to work with the basketball team as an assistant coach.

Herrion replaces the departing Billy Schmidt who accepted a position at Florida as an assistant coach under Billy Donovan. He also joins Mamadou N'Diaye as new coaches joining the Gregory regime this offseason.

Herrion last coached the Thundering Herd from 2010-2014, where he compiled a record of 67-67, which included an NIT appearance. He was bought out of the last two years of his contract after an 11-22 season that saw significant roster turnover, losing his top 7 scorers from the previous year.

Before Marshall, Herrion was an assistant at now ACC member Pittsburgh under Jamie Dixon as part of a successful 4 year stint from 2007-2010. Herrion, like N'Diaye, will have his work cut out for him to quickly acclimate himself to the environment here and help instruct the many untested players on the team this season.