Auburn hires Wes Flanigan as men's basketball assistant

Coach Wes Flanigan and the UALR Trojans will host Georgia Southern today at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock. The Trojans are looking to snap a four-game losing streak.
Coach Wes Flanigan and the UALR Trojans will host Georgia Southern today at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock. The Trojans are looking to snap a four-game losing streak.

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn has hired former Arkansas-Little Rock head basketball coach Wes Flanigan as an assistant.

Tigers coach Bruce Pearl announced the hiring of the ex-Auburn point guard on Monday.

Flanigan was a four-year starter at Auburn from 1993-97 and led the Southeastern Conference in assists as a junior.

He was fired from Arkansas-Little Rock in March after two seasons following a 7-25 season that set a program-record for losses in a season.

Flanigan was an assistant under Greg Beard for the 2015-16 team that went 30-5 and won its first outright Sun Belt Conference title.

He has also worked on the staffs at UAB, Nebraska and Mississippi State.


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