Gary Payton, the legendary king of Oregon State basketball, the nine-time NBA All-Star and the Hall of Fame trash-talking point guard, has accepted a position as the head men’s basketball coach at Lincoln University in Oakland, California, according to a report from ESPN’s The Undefeated.
Payton commented on the role stating “it’s a startup program and a private independent school where I can establish what I want to establish. I don’t have to go behind anybody to try to make a program become something or keep it going. I can start it off with my own program with what I want to happen.