BOSTON – Georgia Southern men's basketball coach Brian Burg has been named a finalist for the Joe B. Hall Award, CollegeInsider.com announced today.
The Joe B. Hall Award is presented annually to the top first-year coach in Division I college basketball and will be announced April 1.
Burg led Georgia Southern to a 13-win campaign in his first year, and the Eagles ranked fourth in the Sun Belt in scoring defense, first in turnovers forced and third in steals. Georgia Southern returned just five lettermen (two scholarship) to the 2020-21 roster, which was tied for the fourth least in the country, and the Eagles' nine newcomers were tied for the fourth-most in the country.