BATON ROUGE – LSU men’s basketball head coach Johnny Jones announced on Wednesday that longtime coach Robert Kirby will return to the staff assuming the associate head coach position.
Kirby, who was a member of Coach Jones’ first LSU coaching staff as assistant coach in 2012-13, has served the past three years on the staff as assistant head coach at the University of Memphis.
The hiring is subject to the requisite background check and approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors.
“We are thrilled to have Coach Kirby back as a part of our program,” said Coach Johnny Jones.