Goodman Named Director of Basketball Operations

NORMAN, Okla. Bryan Goodman, a Choctaw (Okla.) High School graduate who spent the last six years as an assistant coach at Bucknell, has been named OU's director of basketball operations, announced head coach Jeff Capel on Monday.

Goodman helped the Bison to a 105-76 (.580) overall record over the past six seasons, including a 52-30 (.634) Patriot League mark. Bucknell posted combined 50-15 (.769) overall and 24-4 (.857) conference records over the past two years, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament each season. In 2005, No. 14 seed Bucknell downed No. 3 seed Kansas, 64-63, in Oklahoma City. This past March, the ninth-seeded Bison eliminated eighth-seeded Arkansas, 59-55, in Dallas. They finished the 2005-06 campaign with a 27-5 record and went 14-0 in Patriot League play.

“Bryan brings a lot to our program, especially with him having roots in here in Oklahoma,” said Capel. “He is a very good basketball mind who was an integral part of Bucknell's recent success. He's a very-well-thought-of assistant coach who will take over our operations position. He's very organized and very thorough with everything he does. I'm tremendously excited because I think he's a big-time addition to our staff.

“I got to know him last summer with USA Basketball when I was an assistant coach on the World University Games team,” continued Capel. “We played in Turkey and Bryan used to live there. He and his wife were visiting his mom and his step-dad, who live there now, and he was a godsend for our team. He basically served as a liaison for our squad, getting us around and organizing outings and so forth. We kept in touch and developed a friendship, and now we'll be colleagues working together.”

The USA squad finished with an 8-0 record and won the gold medal.

“I can't even express how excited I am,” said Goodman, who was raised in Midwest City and played at Choctaw High School under former coach Rich Holden. “I grew up a Sooner Billy Ball' was my thing. I'm so happy to be a part of the Sooners' program and to be with Jeff. He's a great guy with a tremendous amount of character. I'm just giddy, I really am.”

Added Goodman, “I had a wonderful time at Bucknell. It's a beautiful place, a great school. The athletics department, and the basketball program in particular, have gone to new heights recently and I was very fortunate to be a part of that. It's a tremendous academic school that attracted great character kids. Coach (Pat) Flannery gave me a lot of responsibility right off the bat as a young guy, and I couldn't ask for more than that. It was a wonderful experience and it was tough to leave, but the opportunity to become a Sooner was really a no-brainer when I got the call.”

Prior to joining the Bison's staff, Goodman worked for two seasons at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, about 12 miles south of Bucknell's campus.

Goodman graduated from Barat College in Lake Forest, Ill., in 1996 with a degree in interdisciplinary social science. He earned a master's degree in history from DePaul University in 1998 before returning to Barat as an assistant coach for two years. Goodman lettered three times as a point guard at Barat and served as a team captain his final two seasons. He was an Academic All-American as a senior.

Goodman, who was born in Ankara, Turkey, and his wife, Amy, have three children Grace, Reece and Clark all born in January.

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Goodman Named Director of Basketball Operations

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