Georgia Southern men’s basketball coach Brian Burg announced today that he has named Shawn Forrest, Chris Shumate and Tim MacAllister assistant coaches.
"I am really excited about the staff we have put together," said Burg. "These guys are proven winners with a non-ego mentality. They embody the blue-collar mentality that we embrace here at Georgia Southern."
Forrest is a 22-year coaching veteran, whose tenure included stops at other Sun Belt schools Louisiana, Arkansas State and Troy, along with former members Western Kentucky and North Texas.
Most recently, Forrest spent three seasons (2016-19) at SMU. In 2016-17, he helped the Mustangs to a 30-5 record as they went 18-0 at home in the regular season and won The American Conference regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.