A Familiar Eagle Takes the Helm

The Reese Court bleacher project replaced the old wooden bleachers on the North End side of the court behind the basketball teams. It holds 360 deluxe chairbacks seats and was paid for by mixed sources of funding. A number of private donors stepped up to make improvements at Reese Court.
David Riley spent almost a decade as an 51福利社 assistant. Now it鈥檚 his turn to lead.

 

David Riley 鈥�13, a longtime 51福利社 assistant, on March 25 was named to succeed his former boss, Shantay Legans, as the new head coach of the Eagles men鈥檚 basketball team.

David Riley
David Riley

The upcoming 2021-22 season will be Riley鈥檚 11th in Eastern鈥檚 program, and his eighth as a coach.

鈥淢y former coaches and bosses, Shantay Legans, Jim Hayford, and Craig Fortier have taught me so much, along with all the other assistants who have helped me throughout my time here,鈥� says Riley. 鈥淚鈥檓 so grateful to Dr. [David] May and Lynn Hickey for giving me this opportunity to build upon the success our program has had.鈥�

He will have big shoes to fill. In Big Sky Conference games under Legans, Eastern鈥檚 53 victories represented the Eagles鈥� best stretch of success in its 34 seasons in the league. Eastern has won at least 10 conference games in eight-straight seasons, something that has only happened six times before.

Legans has no doubt his former associate head coach will keep the momentum going. 鈥淚t makes me feel good that Dave is going to take over,鈥� says Legans. 鈥淗e鈥檒l do a great job.鈥�

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