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**remy23** · 06-06-2005, 07:47 AM

Egan to be hired as an assistant

Monday, June 6, 2005

Branson Wright
Plain Dealer Reporter

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New Cavaliers coach Mike Brown will make Hank Egan his first hire this week, according to a source close to the situation.

Egan will join Brown as assistant coach. The hire will reunite Brown and Egan. Egan and Brown were assistant coaches together with the San Antonio Spurs, and Brown played for Egan at the University of San Diego.

Egan coached USD for 10 sea sons. He was known as one of the top de fensive coaches in the country. Dur ing the 1986-87 sea son, USD led the country in field-goal percentage allowed (40.1 percent). Egan was named West Coast Conference Coach of the Year twice. He was the alternate coach to the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team.

Egan was an assistant in San Antonio for eight years and an assistant at Golden State during the 2002-03 season under Eric Musselman, who also played for Egan at USD.

Egan began his coaching career in 1966 as an assistant at the Air Force Academy. He was promoted to coach of the Air Force in 1971 and remained there until he became coach of USD in 1984.

**Benedict_Boozer** · 06-06-2005, 09:21 AM

Well with all these defensive minds coming on to the coaching staff the team defense should be much better next season.

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