TCU coach Jim Christian has promoted Eric Haut from director of basketball operations to assistant coach and hired Cody Hopkins to fill Haut’s position. A school press release announces the moves and lists accolades for Haut and Hopkins.
After spending the 2008-09 campaign as the TCU’s Director of Basketball Operations, Haut was promoted to assistant coach – a position that he held for two seasons at Kent State under Christian. A graduate of Kent State, Haut returned to his alma mater after spending one season as the graduate assistant coach at Western Kentucky under current South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn.
During his two seasons on the sidelines at Kent State with Christian, Haut was part of a Golden Flashes’ program that posted a 49-18 overall record, including a 28-7 record and a NCAA Tournament berth during the 2007-08 season. That campaign, the Golden Flashes earned their first-ever top-25 ranking after peaking at 23rd in the nation and garnered a ninth-seed in the NCAA Tournament, which was the highest-seed for Kent State in program history.
A native of Huntsville, Texas, Hopkins comes to the TCU men’s basketball program after spending the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Indian Hills Community College where he helped the Warriors post a 58-13 overall record during his tenure. The Warriors posted a 30-3 mark during the 2008-09 campaign and were ranked as high as second in the country in the NJCAA Division I standings.
