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Duffy Conroy enters his seventh season as an assistant coach for duffy the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. With his assistance, LA Tech has registered six straight winning seasons, including five with 20+ victories. conroy This past season, the Bulldogs recorded a 24-8 overall record while earning a Conference USA West Division title and a third place finish in the National Invitation Tournament. LA Tech received an at-large berth assistant COACH to play in the NIT for the first time since 2015 and became just the @DuffyConroy second team in program history to make the Final Four. The Bulldogs upset Ole Miss in the first round, defeated league foe Western Kentucky in the quarterfinals and won a 76-74 thriller over No. 1 overall seed Colorado State in the Final Four consolation game.
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The 2019-20 team recorded a 22-8 overall record during the regular season, but the team did not have a chance at postseason play with the Conference USA and NCAA/NIT Tournaments being canceled due to the public health threat of COVID-19. The ‘Dogs, who had the highest NET ranking and highest KenPom ranking of any C-USA squad, had several marquee wins including a 74-67 victory against Mississippi State in Starkville to end their SEC-leading 26-game non-conference winning streak.
The squad registered 20 wins in 2018-19 with eight of the 20 victories coming against teams who also produced 20-win seasons, the most in program history. One of those came in the season opener at Wichita State as the Bulldogs shocked the Shockers, handing them only their fourth loss in their last 76 games at home.
The 2017-18 season was highlighted by winning the 10th annual Cancun Challenge championship in Mexico as well as the inaugural New Orleans Shootout. In 2016-17, the Bulldogs finished second in Conference USA despite being picked seventh in the preseason poll and despite being the second youngest team in the league.
During the 2015-16 season, LA Tech ended up defeating eight teams who advanced to the postseason (most since 1989). Of those was a win in non-conference win play at Ohio State, the program’s first victory over a Big Ten school in 30 years.
The `Dogs, led by point guard Alex Hamilton who was chosen as C-USA Player of the Year as well as an honorable mention Associated Press All-American, were picked preseason to finish fifth but ended up in a tie for third in the league to help earn the program’s fourth straight postseason appearance which came in the inaugural Vegas16 Tournament.
Hamilton is one of six Bulldogs that have received postseason honors since Conroy arrived in Ruston. Kenneth Lofton, Jr. and Isaiah Crawford earned Third Team All-Conference USA accolades in 2020-21. DaQuan Bracey was a First Team All-Conference USA selection in 2019-20 and Erik McCree and Jacobi Boykins were both two-time All-Conference USA selections. Four players have also been named to the All-Freshman Team, including Lofton, Jr. and Bracey who also earned C-USA Freshman of the Year honors.
Conroy spent the previous 10 seasons as an assistant coach at Milwaukee under Rob Jeter, helping the Panthers to four postseason appearances including NCAA Tournament berths in 2006 and 2014.
During his stint at Milwaukee, Conroy helped develop 12 All-Horizon league players, two of which came this past season which marked the first time since 2006 the Panthers had multiple players on the league’s first or second teams. At UWM, Conroy also served as the scheduling coordinator and was part of four 20-win seasons, two Horizon League regular season titles and two tournament titles, the most recent one coming in 2014.
After the Panthers had finished last the season prior and having been picked preseason to finish the same way, Milwaukee won four games in eight days to win the championship and earn the automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Tournament for just the fourth time in program history. Milwaukee’s 13-win increase from the previous season was the best year-to-year improvement in the country.
The Panthers also enjoyed back-to-back postseason appearances in 2011 and 2012 in the National Invitation Tournament and CollegeInsider. com Tournament, respectively.
In the 2010-11 season, UWM finished the regular season by winning nine straight league games to earn a share of the Horizon League crown. Despite losing to Butler in the conference title game, Conroy and the Panthers had frequent success against the Bulldogs. In 2009, UWM upset 21st-ranked Butler, 63-60, which was the program’s first-ever win over a nationally-ranked team during the regular season.
Arguably the most memorable season at Milwaukee for Conroy came in his first season with the team in 2005-06. The Panthers posted a 22-9 overall record, won the Horizon League regular season and conference title, had a school-record three players named all-league, earned a best-ever 11-seed in the NCAA Tournament and collected an upset victory over Oklahoma in the first round.
Conroy began his coaching career at Milwaukee in 2000 as an administrative assistant for Bo Ryan and moved with Ryan to the University of Wisconsin where he served as the video coordinator for two years when the Badgers claimed back-to-back Big Ten Conference regular season titles for the first time in school history and advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2003.
Following his stint with the Badger program, Conroy took over head coaching and athletics director duties at his high school alma mater for the 2003-04 school year before returning to Madison for the 2004-05 campaign. He coordinated the day-to-day operational aspects of the Badger program, including travel and budgetary matters, as UW made a run to the Elite Eight.
Conroy had a successful playing career at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. A two-time all-conference performer as well as a team captain, he led St. Ambrose to three appearances in the NAIA Tournament. As a junior, he helped the Fighting Bees to a 20-win season, then led the squad to 26 victories one year later en route to honorable mention All-America honors.
Born in Naperville, Ill., Conroy was an all-state football and basketball player at Davenport Assumption High School. His brother Ed is the current associate head coach at the University of Minnesota.
Conroy and his wife, Nikki, have five children -- Callum, Macklin, Keeva, Bradoch and Banion.
Louisiana Tech men’s basketball head coach Eric Konkol announced josten on Wednesday the addition of Josten Crow as an assistant coach on the Bulldog staff. crow Crow comes north to Ruston having been in Lafayette since 2015 with the Ragin’ Cajuns, first as the Director of Student-Athlete Development for one year then as an assistant coach for the last five assistant COACH seasons. @CoachJostencrow Crow was part of five winning seasons at UL-Lafayette under head coach Bob Marlin. He played a key role in the development of seven All-Sun Belt Conference players, including this past season’s honorees Cedric Russell and Theo Akwuba.
In his second season as an assistant coach in 2016-17, Crow helped the Cajuns to a 27-7 overall record, including a Sun Belt Conference regular season title and a National Invitation Tournament appearance. Crow also served as a graduate assistant at ULL in 2011-12 before playing professionally overseas for three years. He played in the top two levels of professional basketball in Germany for the Crailsheim Merlins, spending two years in the ProA (second-level) league before competing in 2014-15 in the BBL (highest level).
During that time, he spent the summers as Head of Athletics for the Greatness Factory - an individual and team training center based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Crow was a four-year letterwinner at Sam Houston State (2007-11), playing for Bob Marlin. He helped lead the Bearkats to both the Southland Conference regular season and tournament titles as a junior in 2010, along with an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
As a senior, Crow ranked second on the team in both scoring (12.7) and rebounds (5.3) while dishing out 3.5 assists. He was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-Region team.
A native of Houston, Crow earned his bachelor’s degree in three years from Sam Houston State, obtaining a degree in Business in 2010. He earned his MBA from SHSU in 2012.
Desmond Haymon enters his third season as an assistant coach desmond for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. With his assistance, LA Tech recorded a 24-8 overall record during haymon the 2020-21 season while claiming a Conference USA West Division title and a third place finish in the National Invitation Tournament. The team received an at-large berth to play in the NIT for the first time since assistant COACH 2015 and became just the second team in program history to make the @DesmondHaymon25 Final Four. The Bulldogs upset Ole Miss in the first round, defeated league foe Western Kentucky in the quarterfinals and won a 76-74 thriller over No. 1 overall seed Colorado State in the Final Four consolation game.
The 2019-20 team registered a 22-8 overall record during the regular season, but did not have a chance at postseason play with the Conference USA and NCAA/NIT Tournaments being canceled due to the public health threat of COVID-19. The 22 wins ended up being the most victories of any Conference USA team and of any Louisiana Division I team.
Haymon has helped coach three All-Conference USA selections in Kenneth Lofton, Jr., Isaiah Crawford and DaQuan Bracey. Lofton, Jr. also earned C-USA Freshman of the Year honors.
Haymon came to Ruston having spent the last nine seasons in Nacogdoches, Texas at Stephen F. Austin where he was a player, graduate manager and assistant coach.
Haymon worked as an assistant coach for the Lumberjacks for two years under head coach Kyle Keller. He played a key role in the development of guards Shannon Bogues and Kevon Harris who both were two-time All-Southland Conference selections.
In his first year as an assistant coach in 2017-18, he helped the ‘Jacks to a 28-7 overall record, including a program-best 16 home wins, and a Southland Tournament championship which resulted in a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
The year culminated with Haymon being named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Under Armour 30-Under-30 list. The NABC’s annual list recognizes the exemplary efforts of young men’s basketball coaches and featured 15 NCAA Division I assistant coaches, including Haymon.
From 2014-17, the Pickens, Mississippi native spent his time at SFA as a graduate assistant/video coordinator. In that role, he assisted in film breakdown, opponent scouting, creating recruiting materials as well as working in practices, workouts and other day-to-day office duties.
During this time, the ‘Jacks won the Southland Conference regular season and tournament titles twice, advancing to the NCAA Tournament on two occasions.
Haymon was no stranger to the Big Dance. As a senior in 2013-14, he was responsible for producing one of the most famous plays in ‘Jacks history and his four-point play with just seconds to go in the second round bout with VCU sent the game into overtime and eventually led to SFA’s first NCAA Tournament win.
He amassed 1,159 career points, graduating as the all-time winningest player in SFA history with 97 victories.
Haymon earned numerous honors during his playing career, including 2014 Second Team All-Southland and Second Team NABC All-District, two-time Southland All-Tournament selection, 2013 Honorable Mention All-Southland and was a three-time Southland Conference All-Academic honoree.
Haymon received his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a minor in general business in 2014 before earning a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies in December of 2016.
He and his wife, Chandra, have a son, Desmond, Jr.
Josh Wolfe enters his third season as director of basketball josh operations for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. LA Tech recorded a 24-8 overall record during the 2020-21 campaign wolfe while claiming a Conference USA West Division title and a third place finish in the National Invitation Tournament. The Bulldogs received an at-large berth to play in the NIT for the first time since 2015 and became director oF operations just the second team in program history to make the Final Four. @CoachWolfe The team upset Ole Miss in the first round, defeated league foe Western Kentucky in the quarterfinals and won a 76-74 thriller over No. 1 overall seed Colorado State in the Final Four consolation game. With his assistance, LA Tech registered a 22-8 overall record during the regular season, but the team did not have a chance at postseason play with the Conference USA and NCAA/NIT Tournaments being canceled due to the public health threat of COVID-19. The Bulldogs also recorded a 13-5 league record, finishing in a tie for second place.
For both seasons, LA Tech ended up with the most victories of any C-USA team and of any Louisiana Division I team.
Wolfe came from Western Illinois where he spent six seasons as both an associate head coach and assistant coach for the Leathernecks under Billy Wright and Jim Molinari.
Wolfe’s sixth year at WIU was highlighted by an upset victory over the three-time reigning Summit League champions South Dakota State in the quarterfinal round of the league tournament, becoming the first No. 8 seed in conference history to defeat the No. 1 seed.
Another marquee win for Wolfe and the Leathernecks came in 2015-16 when they opened the season by knocking off No. 17 Wisconsin on the road. The victory marked the program’s first win over a nationally-ranked team in the Division I era. WIU ended up receiving points in the AP Top 25 poll for the first time ever as a result.
The most successful season at WIU for Wolfe came in 2012-13 when the team earned a share of the Summit League regular season championship while finishing 22-9 overall, recording more wins than any other team in the program’s D1 history. The Leathernecks ended up making an appearance in the College Basketball Invitational.
Prior to WIU, Wolfe spent six years as an assistant coach at Wisconsin-Parkside and was part of all activities in the basketball program as well as serving as the Director of the department’s CHAMPS/Life Skills program.
He helped the Rangers to back-to-back winning seasons in his first two years, including the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance.
Before heading to UW-Parkside, Wolfe spent two years as an assistant coach at Lakeland College, a NCAA Division II school in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In his last year at Lakeland, the Muskies finished with a 21-6 record and a Lake Michigan Conference championship. It marked the program’s first 20-plus win season in over a decade
From 2001-2004, Wolfe was an assistant coach at Hope College, a Division III school in Holland, Michigan. In Wolfe’s time at Hope, the Flying Dutchmen won two conference championships (2003 & 2004) while also making two NCAA Tournament appearances (2002 & 2003).
Wolfe, originally from Cedar Springs, Michigan, holds a Bachelor’s of Art in Secondary Education from Hope College and a Master’s of Education from Lakeland College. Josh and his wife Molly have two children, Kaelyn and Kaden.
