USD Men's Basketball 1996-1997

ASSISTANT COACHES

MARTY Wit.SON 1st Year Lamar 'Marty' Wilson enters his first season as assistant basketball coach for the USD Toreros. He replaced Randy Bennett who took a simi lar position with Pepperdine University and new head coach Lorenzo Romar 's staff. The 29-year-old W ilson comes from Pepperd ine where he completed his sixth season with the Waves coaching staff. Thi s past January he assumed the position of interim head coach for the Pepperdine program after head coach Tony Fuller resigned in mid-season. W ilson d irected the Waves into the semifinals of the WCC Tournament after their first round upse t of #1-seed Santa Clara. Wi l– son joi ned the Pepperdine staff in August of 1990 as the restricted earnin gs coach; he was elevated to full-time assistant in Apri l of 1994; and he was named Head Assistant in April of 1995. During W ilson's coaching tenure w ith the Waves, Pepperdine teams posted a cumu lative record of 106-72 (.596). The Waves advanced to the NCAA's in 1991, 1992 and 1994, wh ile the 1993 team KYLE SMITH 4th Year Kyle Smith begins his fourth yea r at the University of San Diego, and his second as a full-t ime assistant. Besides assisting with all aspects of the basketball program, he is also directly involved w ith the USD Boys Basketball Camp. A graduate student in the University of San Diego's Education Department, Kyle is working towards a Master's degree in Educational Leadership. The 26-year-old Smith is a 1992 graduate of Hamilton College where he earned a degree in English and minor in Socio logy. A four-year basketball performer on Hamilton's team, Smith helped lead his 1990-91 squad to a 26-1 season (2 4-0 regular season finish) and #1 national ranking among NCAA Division Ill teams. As a starting point guard, he averaged 10.0 ppg and led the team in assists, stea ls, free throw percentage and three-point accuracy. A native of Houston, Texas, Sm ith prepped at Alief Has tin gs High School (1988 graduate). ROYCE YOUREE~~ 2nd Year Royce Youree, who enters his second year with the San Diego staff, brings a wealth of knowl– edge and coaching experience to the Torero program. A long-time high schoo l and junior co llege coach in the state of Arizona, for eight years (1988-95) Youree directed the Arizona BCI (Senior Prep Nationa l Tournament). Three times during this span his teams were crowned national champions (1990, 1991 , 1995). Prior to his position with the BCI, he was co-head coach at M esa Community College (1982- 87) where he compiled a 126-3 7 record and advanced to the N)CAA National Tournament twice. Between 1964-82 he was head coach at East High School where his teams advanced to the State Tournament all thirteen years (modern day record ) and had a cumulative record of 30 1-56. His teams were crowned State Champions five times, with two squads (1980-8 1 & 1974-75) going a perfect 28- earned a birth to the National Invitation Tournament A 1989 graduate of Pepperdine with a bachelor's degree in communicatio ns, Wilson played for the Waves between 1984- 89 . After missing the 1986-87 season due to a back injury, Wilson returned for his sen ior year in 1988-89 and directed the team to a 20-13 record and 2nd round showing in the NIT. Wi lson and w ife, Mayra, have two ch ildren, Jessica and )alon. In 1979 he was one of three high school coaches selected by the Amateur Baske tball Association to coach the United States' Na ti ona l Junior Mens Team in th e World Championsh ips in Salvador, Brazi l. The USA defea ted Brazil 75-55 to ea rn the Gold M eda l. A 1960 graduate of Arizona State, Royce played three years of va rsity basketball and baseba ll, and was recen tly inducted into the ASU Athletic Ha ll of Fame. He earned his M.A. in Education in 1962. Royce and his wife, Bonnie, have one daughter, Kimberly. DAVID FIZDAL.E 1st Year 0 on the season.

David Fizda le wi ll assist head coach Brad Ho ll and and his staff as a student assis tant thi s year. Fizdale, a four-yea r player on the USD men's basketball team (1992-96), will complete his under– gradua te degree in Communica tions th is December. A two-year cap tain and last year 's team Most Valuab le Player, David was selec ted First Team All– West Coast Conference after lead ing the WCC in assists at 7.0 per game. He set a new USD single season record for assists w ith 195 and also set a new USD career mark with 465. In addition to being th e team MVP, he was also a two-time recipient of the Bugelli Leadership Awa rd , and was selected the San Diego Hall of Champions Amateur Star of the Month (February, 1996). He fini shed his USD career with 73 starts in 93 games and scored 745 points (8.0 ppg).