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Reggie Rankin is in his first season on the Flyer coaching staff. He came to Dayton from the University of Nebraska, where he was on Barry Collier's staff for five seasons. Before coaching the Cornhuskers, Rankin was an assistant coach at Georgia for three years, the first two under former Flyer Associate Head Coach Ron Jirsa. "Reggie has successfully coached and recruited at the highest levels, and he has worked with some coaches I have a great deal of respect for," coach Brian Gregory said. "He will bring some new ideas with him, and I think that's important if your program is to grow." "We had a certain type of person we were looking to add to our staff, and Reggie exceeded the standards we had in mind. He is especially strong in the two critical areas for our program -- recruiting and player development." The Columbus, Ohio native was a two-time All-Ohio player for Linden McKinley High School, and was named first team all-state as a senior in 1985. He then went to Ohio University, where after medically redshirting the 1985-86 season, he lettered four seasons (current Duquesne coach Danny Nee recruited Rankin, but left OU for Nebraska after Rankin's redshirt season). Rankin was First Team Academic All-Mid American Conference as a senior. Another MAC school, Bowling Green, is where he began his college coaching career. After spending the 1993-94 season at BG, Rankin coached successive seasons at Boston University, Wyoming and Ohio University before coaching at Georgia beginning in 1997. He has coached two NBA first-round draft picks in his previous coaching stops - lottery pick Antonio Daniels at Bowling Green and Jumaine Jones at Georgia. Rankin holds bachelor's (1989) and master's (1990) degrees in Physical Education (concentration in Athletics Administration) from Ohio University. |
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