Clemson Basketball Wastes No Time in Finding New Coaches

CLEMSON, S.C. -- Though Brad Brownell said he was going to take his time finding a replacement for Antonio Reynolds Dean, he did not take too long.

In fact, it did not take the Clemson men's basketball coach too long to replace Kareem Richardson, either. Richardson was announced as NC State's new assistant coach on Thursday.

Three hours later, All Clemson confirmed a Jon Rothstein tweet that Brownell plans to hire Billy Donlon and Sean Dixon as his new assistant coaches.

Sources: Clemson's Brad Brownell will hire both Billy Donlon and Middle Tennessee's Sean Dixon as assistant coaches.

Donlon was previously the head coach at both Kansas City and Wright State.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 21, 2022

Donlon comes to Clemson from Kansas City, where he was the head coach from 2019-'22. He was also the head coach at Wright State for six years from 2010-'16.

In between, he was an assistant coach at Michigan (2016-'17) and Northwestern (2017-'19).

This is not the first time Donlon has worked for Brownell. He was on Brownell's coaching staffs at UNC-Wilmington (2001-'06) and Wright State (2006-'10) previously.

He replaced Brownell as head coach at Wright State when Brownell decided to come to Clemson.

Donlon posted a 46-39 overall record as the head coach at Kansas City the last three years. Another report on Thursday from the Stadium's Jeff Goodman said Donlon and Kansas City mutually agreed to part ways.

Kansas City head coach Billy Donlon is expected to mutually part ways with the school, source told @Stadium. Separation is pending final negotiations.

Coming off a 19-12 season (most wins for program in 30 years), and has won 46 games in his three years since taking over.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) April 21, 2022

Dixon is an up-and-coming young coach. He has coached at Presbyterian, his alma-mater, and had stints at UNC-Ashville and Middle Tennessee, where he has spent the last four seasons.

This past year, Dixon helped Middle Tennessee to a 26-11 record, while advancing to the championship game of the CBI Tournament.