When Stan Johnson, Marquette men’s basketball’s associate head coach, was an assistant at Arizona State University, he took a chance on Connors State College transfer Willie Atwood.
“Stan was one of the guys that gave me an opportunity coming out of junior college,” Atwood said. “My relationship with Stan is a good relationship, a straightforward type of relationship.”
Four years later, Johnson is giving Atwood another opportunity to play basketball – in The Basketball Tournament 2018 on Marquette’s alumni team.
Atwood will be one of three non-Marquette alumni on Golden Eagles Alumni. Brett Prahl, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate, and Cinmeon Bowers, a Milwaukee native, joined the team a few weeks after Atwood’s addition.