Wes Long, who had a
75-66 record in five season as men’s basketball coach at Queens, is leaving the
Royals to become an assistant at Chattanooga
Long, 32, who has spent
his entire career at Queens as either an
assistant or head coach, will join new coach Will Wade with the Mocs. A walk-on
basketball player at Clemson, Long came to Queens
in 2004 as an assistant before getting the head-coaching job in 2008. His
Royals teams won the Conference Carolinas regular-season championships in 2011
and ’12 (playing in the NCAA tournament in ’12).
Long is leaving Queens at a time when the school is opening a new arena
for next season. Scott Taylor, a long-time assistant of Long’s, could be a
candidate to replace him.
“Queens is a good job
and getting better,” said Long. “I wasn’t dying to get a Division I job. But I
think it’s the right opportunity at the right place with the right guy to do
it. It’s a perfect opportunity with a guy I know and trust.”
Long and Wade, a former
assistant at Virginia
Commonwealth
“I am very excited to
announce Wes is joining our family,” Wade said in a statement. “He did a
tremendous job leading the program at Queens ,
and we have kept in close contact over the years. I know we share a vision
about the all-around student-athlete experience – academically, athletically
and socially. He is an outstanding addition.” -- David Scott
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