Mercer Announces Men’s Basketball Leadership Change
3/11/2019 9:57:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Bears will immediately begin a national search for their next head coach
MACON, Ga. – Mercer Director of Athletics Jim Cole announced Monday that men's basketball head coach Bob Hoffman has been relieved of his duties, effective immediately.
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Cole and Hoffman met Monday morning to discuss the status of the program. At this time Cole informed Hoffman that a change in leadership would take place.
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"Coach Hoffman has made an indelible mark on the Mercer basketball program," Cole said. "Bob always ran his program and mentored his student-athletes in a first-class manner that represented our university well.
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"Personally, I don't know of two better people than Bob and Kelli. I know I speak for all Bears in thanking them for the time and effort that they devoted to Mercer University. Bob, his staff and his student-athletes have laid a foundation that our program can build upon and ultimately, I believe, consistently compete for conference championships and national recognition.
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"We will need the support of the entire Mercer family as we take our men's basketball program in a new direction. I am confident that we will quickly identify the right leader to meet the high expectations for Bears basketball."
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A national search for the Bears' next head coach is underway. Cole will have no further comment until a new head coach is hired.
Follow the Bears
For complete coverage of Mercer Men's Basketball, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerMBB (Twitter), /MercerBasketball (Facebook) and @Mercer_MBB (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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Cole and Hoffman met Monday morning to discuss the status of the program. At this time Cole informed Hoffman that a change in leadership would take place.
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"Coach Hoffman has made an indelible mark on the Mercer basketball program," Cole said. "Bob always ran his program and mentored his student-athletes in a first-class manner that represented our university well.
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"Personally, I don't know of two better people than Bob and Kelli. I know I speak for all Bears in thanking them for the time and effort that they devoted to Mercer University. Bob, his staff and his student-athletes have laid a foundation that our program can build upon and ultimately, I believe, consistently compete for conference championships and national recognition.
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"We will need the support of the entire Mercer family as we take our men's basketball program in a new direction. I am confident that we will quickly identify the right leader to meet the high expectations for Bears basketball."
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A national search for the Bears' next head coach is underway. Cole will have no further comment until a new head coach is hired.
Follow the Bears
For complete coverage of Mercer Men's Basketball, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerMBB (Twitter), /MercerBasketball (Facebook) and @Mercer_MBB (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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