Wofford has added former Kentucky player Dwight Perry to the coaching staff as an assistant coach.
Perry has spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach at Furman University and has experience at VCU and Stanford.
Here is an excerpt from Wofford’s press release:
Dwight Perry joined the Furman men’s basketball staff in July of 2014 and spent five seasons with the Paladins.
“I couldn’t be more excited to add a coach that displays the total package,” said McAuley. “Dwight’s experiences playing and coaching college basketball at the highest level is something that our program will benefit greatly from. He is a relentless recruiter, ferocious competitor, and impacts winning in every way imaginable.”
Last season Furman was 25-8 overall and finished third in the SoCon with a 13-5 record. They began the season 12-0, which included victories over 2018 Final Four participants Villanova and Loyola, to earn a spot in the AP Top 25. Matt Rafferty (first team) and Jordan Lyons (third team) earned All-Southern Conference honors and Noah Gurley was named to the All-Freshman Team.
During the 2017-18 season, the Paladins went 23-10 with a school-record 22 regular season victories. In 2016-17, Furman earned a share of the Southern Conference regular season title, posted a 23-12 record and Devin Sibley captured Furman’s second straight SoCon Player of the Year scroll. The Paladins advanced to the semifinal round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
In the 2015-16 season, the Paladins posted a 19-16 overall record, finished third in the SoCon with an 11-7 league mark and captured their first postseason victory in 40 years by downing Louisiana Monroe in the opening round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Senior guard Stephen Croone garnered consensus SoCon Player of the year honors and first team All-SoCon accolades.
In his first season with the Paladins, Furman advanced to the Southern Conference Tournament finals for the first time in more than a decade. The Paladins downed Chattanooga and Mercer en route to a berth in the tournament championship game where they were defeated by Wofford. Stephen Croone captured All-SoCon and NABC All-District accolades, while Devin Sibley was named SoCon Freshman of the Year.
Perry, a native of Durham, N.C., served as a graduate assistant under Virginia Commonwealth head coach Shaka Smart for two seasons before being named as the Rams’ video coordinator for the 2013-14 campaign. During his three-year stint in Richmond, Va., the Rams posted an 82-26 record and made three consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament, including appearances in the round of 32 in both of Perry’s seasons as a graduate assistant.
A 2010 graduate of the University of Kentucky, Perry played three seasons for the Wildcats and earned a degree in business management. He served as an intern with Stanford’s men’s basketball program for two years before joining VCU, where he earned a master’s degree in sport leadership in May of 2013. Perry married the former Brittany Gee in August of 2016.
