Lamont Paris adds 3 support staff hires, will retain 2 from Frank Martin’s era
Lamont Paris’ staff at South Carolina is rounding into form.
The school announced three support staff hires on Wednesday — all three coming from Paris’ men’s basketball staff at Chattanooga. David McKinley has been hired as director of player development, Colby Arendale as director of basketball operations and Roman DiPasquale as video coordinator.
In addition, USC announced that it will retain support staff members Scott Greenawalt and Mark Rodger as strength and conditioning coach as the team’s athletic trainer, respectively. Greenawalt has been on staff for 10 years; Rodger for 16.
Both McKinley and DiPasquale worked for Paris for all five years he was head coach at Chattanooga, filling a variety of roles. Arendale was Paris’ director of operations his last three years at UTC.
“I hired Colby in Chattanooga as one of the youngest directors of operations in Division I basketball after working his way up from manager then graduate assistant,” Paris said in the school’s official release. “His organizational skills combined with his ‘get ‘er done’ mentality make him an incredible asset to our program.”
Paris also brought assistant coaches Tanner Bronson and Eddie Shannon to Columbia from the Mocs, and there’s room on staff to hire one more assistant. Bronson was one of Paris’ first hires at Chattanooga and spent all five seasons with him.
Former Gamecock basketball player Carey Rich was the first hire Paris announced, brought on as a special assistant to aid in community outreach and other aspects of program building. A lifelong Columbia native, Rich adds South Carolina connections to a staff that largely hails from the Midwest.
This story was originally published April 13, 2022 at 2:06 PM.
