Mike White makes final hire to coaching staff, adding Atlanta native Reynolds-Dean
New Georgia men’s basketball coach Mike White rounded out his first coaching staff on Tuesday by adding Atlanta, Ga. native Antonio Reynolds-Dean. The former Peach State standout player joins the Georgia staff having spent his last five seasons just across the South Carolina border at Clemson under Brad Brownell.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Antonio home to Georgia,” White said. “There is a common thread throughout every step of Antonio’s basketball career – winning. As a player, he and his teams excelled at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. He was a two-time all-state player at Douglass High, one of the Georgia’s traditional powerhouse programs, and a hall-of-famer at Rhode Island, where he led URI to three NCAA Tournaments including an Elite Eight. His reputation as a winner has been further solidified during his coaching career as he consistently helped produce teams that play into the postseason. Equally important, Antonio is universally regarded as an excellent recruiter who develops his players. Everywhere he’s coached, he’s signed major contributors and developed all-conference post players.”
“I’m extremely excited,” Reynolds Dean said. “I’ve coach all around the country for various years, and there is nothing that would excite me more than coaching in my home state at the University of Georgia. I am overcome with joy because I’m a competitor and I can’t wait to join with Coach White and his staff in the mission to restore the tradition of Georgia Basketball. I am grateful that Coach White has given me this opportunity and can’t wait to get started. Go Dawgs!”
During his time at Clemson, the Tigers made a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances as well as the NIT once. In his first season at Clemson, the team tied the school record for wins, posting a 25-10 mark while advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time in over two decades. Prior to that he helped his alma mater Rhode Island to the NCAA Tournament in 2017, working for the Rams from 2015-17 and Northeastern to a pair of NIT invites in 2010 and 2013. He served as an assistant at Northeastern from 2009-2014 along with a one-season stop at College of Charleston in 2014-15.
Reynolds Dean joins Akeem Miskdeen and Erik Pastrana as the previously hired assistant coaches. Reynolds Dean holds the title of Associate Head Coach.
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