Louisiana Tech has finally completed its basketball coaching staff exactly one month after Eric Konkol was introduced as the Bulldogs' new coach.

Tech has hired Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Duffy Conroy as the new associate head coach. Conroy replaces former associate head coach Matt McMahon, who left for Murray State's head job June 8.

Conroy fits the bill of Konkol's continuing theme of hiring assistants with previous connections —Konkol and Andy Fox, Tech's director of basketball operations, have been friends since 1999 and Tony Skinn, Tech's third assistant, played for Konkol at George Mason. Tech's No. 2 assistant, Corey Barker, is the lone staff member without a direct connection to Konkol.

Conroy and Konkol first met as camp counselors in 1998 under the direction of Ed Conroy, who is Duffy Conroy's older brother and the current head coach at Tulane.

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(05-26-2015 08:05 PM)devyanks90 Wrote:  LA Tech hired one of Konkol's former players/hitmen (see 2006 CAA Tournament vs. Hofstra's Loren Stokes) at George Mason, Tony Skinn, as an assistant coach.

Tony can be a real ball buster!!

I see that one of Tech's released recruits signed with Florida.
That's unethical as ****. The recruits deserved a release, but a departing coach should not recruit them.

(06-15-2015 04:21 PM)DrBox Wrote:  I see that one of Tech's released recruits signed with Florida.
That's unethical as ****. The recruits deserved a release, but a departing coach should not recruit them.

He may take two of them. We've lost all but 1 2015 White recruit so far. The 1 remaining lists Florida as one of his possible destinations.

@Derric_Jean: Top 8:
Fgcu
Wofford
Saint Mary's
La Tech
Murray State
Hawaii
Iona
Florida
(No Specific Order)

This is a big one to keep.

@Derric_Jean · 27m27 minutes ago
After speaking with @CoachKonkol And staff I'll be staying with La Tech

(06-16-2015 05:01 PM)Saint Greg Wrote:  This is a big one to keep.

@Derric_Jean · 27m27 minutes ago
After speaking with @CoachKonkol And staff I'll be staying with La Tech

Good to hear!

(06-15-2015 04:21 PM)DrBox Wrote:  I see that one of Tech's released recruits signed with Florida.
That's unethical as ****. The recruits deserved a release, but a departing coach should not recruit them.

I agree. I'm fine with the kid getting a release from the original school that he signed with because his coach left. But I think a departing coach should NEVER be allowed to bring his previous schools "recruits" with him to his new destination. Afterall, the coach made the decision to change jobs and cause everybody else a ton of headache. It should simply be considered the cost of changing jobs.