We now know two more members of Pat Kelsey’s Louisville men’s basketball coaching staff; one being the first outside hire.
Ronnie Hamilton will be filling one of Kelsey’s two open assistant positions after two seasons working under Matt McMahon at LSU, a source confirmed to The Courier Journal on Tuesday.
He joins three men making the move to the 502 after serving on Kelsey’s staff at Charleston — Thomas Carr, Michael Cassidy and Brian Kloman.
The other is Eli Foy, who just wrapped up his third season as the Cougars’ director of sports performance.
Kelsey said he would be joining him at U of L on April 5, during an appearance on WLCL 93.9 FM.
The details of their contracts — and Carr, Cassidy and Kloman’s — were not available as of Tuesday morning; because the hires had not been made official.
Last January, the NCAA expanded men’s and women’s basketball coaching staffs from three to five on-court assistants.
With Hamilton coming into the fold, Kelsey has one more spot to work with.
He has been allocated $2.1 million to build his staff, according to a signed copy of his Memorandum of Understanding with the U of L Athletic Association obtained by The Courier Journal via open records request.
Kelsey’s two other on-court assistants at Charleston were Mitch Johnson (director of basketball operations) and Jermaine Ukaegbu (director of player development).
The former has made a Louisville logo his header photo on X, formerly Twitter; and his bio as of Tuesday morning said he is the Cards’ director of basketball operations.
But it was unclear at the time of publication whether or not he will serve in an on-court role.
