Travis Ford has apparently hired Rodrick Rhodes as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Massachusetts. I guess it hasn't been made official yet, but nobody is denying the story. Travis and Rodrick are former teammates from the University of Kentucky basketball team. The two played together during the 92-93 and 93-94 seasons. Rodrick was a highly touted high school player out of New Jersey when he signed to play for Rick Pitino at Kentucky. Rodrick never quite lived up to his hype and transferred to the University of Southern California after his junior season.
Rodrick had been most recently working as an assistant basketball coach at Idaho State. You may also remember that Rodrick publicly announced his desire to join Billy Gillespie's staff when Billy was named the new head coach at UK earlier this year. Billy didn't offer Rodrick a job back then, but it looks like Travis has now. I'm guessing that Travis is hoping that Rodrick will be able to help Umass recruit better along the east coast and specifically in New Jersey and New York.
Good luck to Rodrick and Travis.
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