New Washington men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins released strength and conditioning coach Daniel Shapiro, which ends his four-year tenure with the Huskies.
Shapiro, a Renton native and Newport High graduate, joined the team in 2013 after an eight-year stint with the NBA’s Sacramento Kings.
“I never thought I’d ever resign from the NBA, but I did it to come home to work at the UW,” said Shapiro, whose contract at Washington expires in 2018. “Being at home for these four years has been wonderful. I got married, I had my daughter and being around my family has been fantastic.