Thursday, John A. Logan men's basketball coach Kyle Smithpeters was announced as an assistant coach to new Missouri coach Dennis Gates.  As he prepares to depart for Columbia, Smithpeters gave a parting statement that you can listen to below.

Smithpeters went 241-73 over 10 seasons as the head coach of the Vols and coached a pair of NJCAA Player of the Year in Sean East, who is also headed to Mizzou, and Jay Scrubb who went directly to the NBA after his time at John A. Logan College.

Smithpeters plans to join Sportsvoice on Saturday morning.

 

SIU Football coach Nick Hill talked to the media on Monday.  He and Matt Varney discussed what went wrong at Youngstown State and his quarterback Nic Baker closing in on history.

 
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Before Saturday's Spring Game, head coach Nick Hill joined Mike Murphy and Paxton Guy outside of Saluki Stadium for Sportsvoice on Location.  Take a listen to the interview:

 
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Marion's Evan Noelle signed with John A. Logan men's basketball Thursday morning.  Matt Varney talked with Noelle about joining the defending national champion Volunteers after he made things official:

 
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