Former Kentucky staffer Rod Strickland has landed his first head coaching job at Long Island University.
Strickland was most recently working as program manager of G League Unite after time on the staffs at Memphis, Kentucky and South Florida.
Long Island fired former John Calipari assistant Derek Kellogg after five seasons.
Congrats to @rod_strickland he played for me at Truman HS way back when we won a City and State championship. He will do a great job @LIUBasketball
— Steve Lappas (@stlappas) June 30, 2022
LIU is firing Derek Kellogg and replacing him with G-League Ignite director Rod Strickland, sources have told @247Sports @AdamFinkelstein.https://t.co/8YCVwEGUN9
— CBS Sports CBB (@CBSSportsCBB) June 29, 2022
