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Cincinnati hires UNC Greensboro basketball coach Wes Miller

(AP) — Cincinnati has Bearcats into the future.”
hired UNC Greensboro
coach Wes Miller to re- Miller's six-year contract
place the fired John Bran- must still be approved by the
nen. school's board of trustees.
Terms were not disclosed.
Miller, regarded as one of the
top young coaches in college “I am honored to lead such a
basketball, won 185 games in storied program and excited
10 seasons at UNC Greens- to get to work,” said Miller,
boro. Over the last five who played for coach Roy
years, the Spartans have five- Williams at North Carolina
straight 20-win seasons, two and was mentioned as a pos-
NCAA Tournament appear- sible candidate to be Wil-
ances, two NIT appearances liams' successor before Hu-
and two Southern Confer- bert Davis was hired.
ence tournament champion-
ships. Cincinnati fired Brannen last
week after two seasons fol-
“He is an extremely dynamic lowing an investigation into
coach and mentor who im- an exodus of players from the
pressed me with his drive, program. Brannen was put
focus and attention to detail,” on paid leave last month after
Cincinnati athletic direc- six players entered the trans-
tor John Cunningham said. fer portal in the first three
“He’s a proven winner as a rebuild a program and lead UNCG over the last decade. this search and Wes emerged days after the season ended.
head coach and was able to a remarkable turnaround at We cast a very wide net in as the right coach to lead the

Former Baylor QB Charlie Brewer flourishing at Utah

(AP) — Charlie Brewer is Bears player to eclipse 10,000 been in that playbook and in Brewer to grasp Utah's of- the potential.”
on course to make a name career yards in total offense, the film room. What we see fense.
for himself as Utah's new- after tallying 1,039 rushing out on the field is a product Utah fans will get their first
est quarterback. yards over four seasons. of all that hard work.” “A lot of people around me — live look at Brewer at the
coaches, teammates — have team’s annual spring game
Since his high school days, “All those reps he had in the Brewer has also built good made it a smooth transition Saturday. The school is al-
when he was lightly recruited Big 12 were prepping him chemistry with offensive for me,” Brewer said. lowing 6,500 fans to attend
before signing with Baylor, for when he got here,” Utah linemen and receivers who with masks and social dis-
Brewer has been driven by coach Kyle Whittingham said. have been in the program for Brewer led Baylor to a New tancing required for all at-
a desire to prove doubters “He’s a guy that’s played so several years. Utah returns Year’s Six Bowl in his junior tendees.
wrong. That competitive at- much football at this level.” its leading receivers, Britain season. He’s confident Utah
titude helped him become Covey and Brant Kuithe, can achieve a similar level of Normally a free event, Utah
a four-year starter with the Brewer came to the Utes as from the past two seasons. success this fall and points to charged $10 per ticket or
Bears. a graduate transfer follow- The Utes also return all five the potential to compete for a $22 for a four-ticket bundle.
ing the 2020 season, join- starting offensive linemen Pac-12 title as a major reason Funds from ticket sales will
“I’ve just always had a com- ing a quarterback room that from 2020 — a group head- he chose to come to Salt Lake be donated to the new Ty Jor-
petitive nature about me and includes Cam Rising, Texas lined by first-team All-Pac-12 City. dan Memorial Scholarship
always enjoyed competing,” transfer Ja’Quinden Jackson selection Nick Ford that has Fund. The school created
Brewer said. and freshman Peter Costelli. combined for 98 total starts. “I think we’ve got the guys the fund in honor of Jordan,
Rising won the starting job to do it,” Brewer said. “Now Utah’s former running back
Now he has the inside track a year ago but suffered a sea- Their knowledge and experi- it’s just about the little things who died in an accidental
on the starting quarterback son-ending shoulder injury ence have made it easier for that go into it. I definitely see shooting in December.
job with the Utes. in the opener against South-
ern California. The redshirt
Brewer brought a track re- sophomore has not par-
cord of success to the Utes. ticipated in spring practices
He helped lead Baylor to a while he continues to rehab
runner-up Big 12 finish and a the shoulder.
Sugar Bowl berth during his
junior season in 2019, two Rising’s absence opened the
years after the Bears went door for the other quarter-
1-11. backs to get additional reps
and Brewer quickly rose to
In 44 career games with the the top of the depth chart
Bears, Brewer threw for 9,700 over the spring. Whitting-
yards and 65 touchdowns. He ham praised Brewer’s per-
posted back-to-back 3,000- formance in the team’s most
yard passing seasons in 2018 recent scrimmage.
and 2019. Brewer posted 10
300-yard passing games and a “He does all the little things
pair of 400-yard games dur- that make a difference be-
ing his time in Waco, Texas. tween being just average or
being really good,” Whit-
When Brewer left Baylor, he tingham said. “He’s paid that
departed as the No. 2 ranked price and it didn’t start dur-
passer in school history. ing spring ball. From the day
He was also just the second he set foot on campus, he’s