The Lakes’ Development League affiliate, the D-Fenders, have finalized Casey Owens’ coaching staff.
His assistant coaches will include Paul Woolpert, Brian Walsh, Jermaine Byrd and Will Scott, all of whom have extensive experience in different capacities.
Woolpert has coached for nearly 30 years with stints spanning the NBA, D-League, Continental Basketball League and overseas. He served as a scout and video coordinator for the former Seattle Supersonics (1986-1994). Woolpert worked as a CBA scout for the Portland Trail Blazers (1995-2004). During that time he was also an assistant coach both for the Sioux Falls Skyforce and Yakima Sun Kings, where he soon became the head coach in 1998 and winning a CBA championship in 2000.