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Stoudamire wins coaching honor

Damon Stoudamire is WCC COY
Stoudamire wins coaching honor
Stoudamire wins coaching honor

Former Arizona basketball player and assistant coach was named West Coast Conference men’s basketball coach of the year in a vote of the league’s coaches. Stoudamire’s led Pacific to a 23-9 regular-season record.

Stoudamire's Tigers finished tied for third in the WCC standings at 11-5 in conference play. They are the No. 4 seed for this week's WCC tournament in Las Vegas.

Stoudamire is in his fourth season at Pacific and has a 61-66 record overall. He was an All-American at Arizona and after a lengthy NBA career has coached with the Memphis Grizzlies, Arizona and Memphis.

He is one of four former Sean Miller assistants at Arizona to serve as a head coach, joining Archie Miller (Indiana), Joe Pasternak (UC Santa Barbara) and James Whitford (Ball State).

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