Curran Walsh Member Of Coaching Staff At Utah State

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Published on December 31 2020 6:51 am
Last Updated on December 31 2020 6:51 am
Written by Millie Lange

The Utah State men's basketball team started off the 2020-21 season with a couple of nonconference losses and had two games canceled due to two players with Covid. But, since that down point, the Aggies have begun to turn things around.

They garnered a win over North Colorado then opened the Mountain West Conference with a 107-62 trouncing of San Jose State Monday.

The Aggies followed that up by beating the Spartans 85-52 Wednesday night.

The victory now gives Utah State a 5-3 overall record and got the team started in the conference on a high note at 2-0.

Curran Walsh, an Effingham High School graduate, is in his second year on the Utah State staff. He joined their staff in 2019 after a two-year stint at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles, Calif.

During his two years with the Lions, Walsh served as a graduate assistant, helping LMU from 11 victories during the 2017-18 season to 22 a season ago, marking the most wins since the 1989-90 season. Walsh covered a variety of tasks at Loyola Marymount, assisting with film work, scouting, scheduling and logistics.

Walsh already has a great deal of player development experience, helping in the player development process of many NBA players including Jimmy Butler, Dwyane Wade, Rajon Rondo, Jaylen Brown, Tony Snell and Joakim Noah while working with Chris Johnson hoops.

During the 2016-17 season, Walsh was an assistant coach for the varsity boys basketball team at St. Anthony High School, culminating in a school-record 30 wins and the city's first-ever IHSA state basketball championship.

After high school, Walsh graduated with a B.S. in business administration from LIndenwood University-Belleville in 2016. He played men's basketball for the Lynx all four years and earned academic all-conference honors in 2015 and 2016. Walsh also recently completed a master's degree in educational studies from Loyola Marymount.

Now with Utah State, he is the director of men's basketball development.