Todd Golden adds former Washington State assistant to coaching staff

Todd Golden is bringing in another West Coast analytics guy onto his staff now that basketball teams can have up to five assistants.

Todd Golden is bringing [autotag]John Andrzejek[/autotag] onto his coaching staff, according to a report from Jeff Goodman.

Andrzejek is coming off a three-year stint as an assistant at Washington State, where he specialized in analytics. It’s no secret that Golden likes to dig into the numbers, and the new NCAA rules allow him to increase his staff from three to five assistants.

Before WSU, Andrzejek was an assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Dartmouth for a year. His first coaching position came as an assistant at Johns Hopkins in 2017-18. He also served as a recruiting coordinator for the Blue Jays.

Andrzejek got his start in basketball as a team manager for Columbia as he completed his undergraduate degree. He was hired as the director of basketball operations after graduating and then assumed the same position with the University of San Francisco two years later.

Golden and Andrzejek crossed paths at Columbia, but both were at the beginning of their coaching careers. Now the two will reunite in Gainesville as they look to turn the Florida program around.

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