A couple of days after Georgia State resumed all activities on Jan. 2, the official announcement of Shawn Elliott’s new coaching staff was delayed until Jan. 5. Human resource workers were on winter break, so finalizing all necessary paperwork was put on pause.
Coach Elliott couldn’t speak on his assistants specifically before the contracts became official, but he did give the general characteristics he was looking for while hiring his staff.
“We’ve got to hire guys that I can trust and certainly, hire guys that you can respect,” Coach Elliott said. “Respect means, they’re good coaches. They’re good fundamental guys that you can trust to go out there and you don’t have to be on top of them to do their job.