Monday ushered in the beginning of a new era for the San Diego men’s basketball team nearly a month after the program fired coach Steve Lavin after four seasons at the helm. The Toreros are hiring Iowa State assistant coach JR Blount as the program’s next coach, sources told Sports Illustrated’s Kevin Sweeney.
Blount, a three-year captain for Loyola Chicago and twice the team’s most valuable player during his four-year playing career from 2005 to ’09, has steadily risen up the coaching ranks and is considered a top head coaching candidate largely due to his work with the Cyclones.
