New USU coach Wesley Brooks talks about taking job, building roster, expectations for first season | Sports
LOGAN — In an exclusive interview on the Full Court Press (on 106.9 FM/1390 AM The FAN), new Utah State women’s basketball head coach Wesley Brooks opened up about the process of him getting the job, what it’s been like the first few weeks, and breaks down recruiting his roster and how it’ll stack up with the rest of the Mountain West among other things. There’s still nearly five months until the Aggies will take to the court once again, but it’s always time to find out more about what the team may look like when it does so. Here’s what Brooks revealed in his interview. How Brooks learned of and landed the job at USU Utah State’s season ended before quite a few teams and among those was Ohio State where Brooks was an assistant last season. Brooks felt the No. 2-seeded Buckeyes had a team capable of making a deep run and was obviously focused on making that happen. But the coaching carousel waits for nothing and so Brooks was made aware of the Aggies’ coaching vacancy by his agent and prior to Ohio State’s second round game against Duke, USU athletic director Diana Sabau herself was reaching
