New Mexico has replaced former assistant coach Chris Walker with 36-year-old Wyking Jones, according to a Mountain West Conference release. Jones, who spent the past two years as a travel team manager at Nike, was an assistant at Pepperdine from 2002-06.
Jones played at Loyola Marymount from 1992-95. He played professionally in Italy, France, Japan, Lebanon and South Korea.
“We’re very excited about Wyking joining the staff,” said Lobos head coach Steve Alford. “He’s been with the Nike Grassroots program the past couple of years, so his experience of being around a lot of student-athletes and making those ties should help us a lot in recruiting. Wyking gives us a good transition with Coach Walker because he played for Coach Walker at Loyola Marymount. Wyking has really good West Coast ties because he played high school and college basketball in California.”
