State’s Mccray-penson keeps continuity on staff

From the beginning of the process, Nikki Mccray-penson hoped that she would be able to keep the continuity on her staff that made Old Dominion so successful and translate it to Mississippi State and the Southeastern

Conference. all three of his assistants

Around basketball followed him coaches everywhere to Texas. are seeing At the same time, that staff continuity Mccray-penson is big in building a wanted to gauge the program. Former interest of her players Bulldog coach Vic and recruits. She Schaefer had his assistants reached out to all of together for most them and asked what they of his time in Starkville and wanted in assistant coaches. In the end, everything they said described her staff at Old Dominion, so she brought all four of them.

“I’m just thankful that it all worked out for all of us,” Mccray-penson said. “Any time you come into something new, the first priority is the players. You’ve got to ease that anxiety because they’re going through a gamut of emotions. They said things that really lined up with my staff, so it was a no-brainer to bring them along with me.”

Last week saw the official hiring of Mccray-penson’s first staff at MSU as she brought along associate head coach Keith Freeman,

assistant coach Scepter Brownlee, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Brittany Young and Director of Operations Ashley Morris.

Freeman has been one of the biggest pieces for Mccray-penson’s staff the last