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(July 5, 2007) - Highland
native and Redlands East Valley HS graduate Chris Brazelton
has been named an assistant men's basketball coach at UC Riverside,
Head Coach Jim Wooldridge announced Thursday. Brazelton completes
the program's coaching staff, joining Assistant Coaches Vonn
Webb, Dennis Cutts and Director of Basketball Operations John
Smallwood.
"I am pleased to welcome
Chris to the Highlander family," Wooldridge said. "It
is a program priority to recruit in Southern California. I
believe Chris, through his associations here in the state,
will be able to immediately contribute to our recruiting efforts."
Brazelton joins UCR from
the University of New Orleans, where he spent the 2006-07
season as a graduate assistant coach under Privateers' Head
Coach Buzz Williams.
He earned his degree in
speech communication from Fresno State University in May 2006,
working as the head manager under Head Coach Steve Cleveland.
Brazelton began his collegiate career at UC Santa Cruz, averaging
6.5 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. He then transferred
to Fresno State, where he made the team as a walk-on in 2003-04.
In 2004-05, he was named a Fresno State Scholar-Athlete.
An All-Citrus Belt performer
in both basketball and track in high school, Brazelton was
also a member of the National Honor Society and the California
Scholastic Federation.
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