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Vanderbilt introduces Bryce Drew's staff

Adam Sparks
USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee
Vanderbilt basketball coach Bryce Drew doesn't have his own Twitter account, but you can still find him on the social media platform via @VandyMBB.

New Vanderbilt basketball coach Bryce Drew’s staff was officially announced by the university on Tuesday.

It includes, associate head coach Roger Powell, Jr., assistant coaches Jake Diebler and Casey Shaw, director of recruiting and player personnel Omar Mance and director of basketball operations Luke Simons.

Powell, a former Illinois and NBA player, served the last five seasons under Drew on the Valparaiso staff. Diebler spent the last three seasons as Ohio State’s video coordinator after coaching and playing at Valparaiso. Shaw, Drew’s brother-in-law, was a standout player at Toledo and drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1998.


Mance played at LSU and Rice and coached the past three seasons at Liberty. Simons served under Drew as director of basketball operations at Valparaiso last season.

“I am excited to have this great group of men to be joining our staff here at Vanderbilt,” Drew said in a news release. “All are outstanding leaders of men and very knowledgeable in the game of basketball. It is a blessing to have them as part of the Vanderbilt family and to Anchor Down with them.”

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