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University of Evansville hires Walter McCarty as men's basketball coach

Take a look back at previous head coaches for Aces basketball. MaCabe Brown / Courier & Press

EVANSVILLE – Walter McCarty, whose basketball life has taken him from the starting lineup at Harrison High School to Rupp Arena and the Boston Garden, is coming back to Evansville.

The fifth-year Celtics assistant, who graduated from Harrison in 1992, was announced Thursday to be the choice as the seventh men’s basketball head coach in University of Evansville program history. He emerged as the preferred candidate over the weekend after the initial round of phone interviews.