Ulric Maligi (born May 14, 1984) is an American college basketball coach, and the Associate Head Coach for the Kansas State Wildcats.
 Maligi in 2022 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Associate Head Coach |
| Team | Kansas State |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 14, 1984 |
| Alma mater | Howard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2006–2007 | UT Arlington (assistant) |
| 2007–2010 | SFA (assistant) |
| 2010–2012 | Houston (assistant) |
| 2012–2015 | SMU (assistant) |
| 2015–2016 | John Lucas (National Scouting Director) |
| 2016–2019 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| 2019–2021 | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| 2021–2022 | Texas (assistant) |
| 2022–present | Kansas State (associate HC) |
Coaching career edit
Maligi's coaching career began in 2007 working for Scott Cross at UT-Arlington. After one season at UTA, Maligi was hired at Stephen F. Austin in the same position. In 2010, Maligi was then hired at Houston as an assistant coach. He spent two seasons there before becoming an assistant at SMU for three seasons. After a year working for the famed John Lucas in 2016, Maligi spent three seasons at Texas A&M for Billy Kennedy.
Maligi was then hired by Chris Beard in 2019 as an assistant at Texas Tech. In his first year at Texas Tech, Maligi helped assemble arguably the school’s best recruiting class ever, including the school’s first McDonald’s All-American — Nimari Burnett.
In 2021, Maligi joined Texas alongside Beard, who was hired by his alma mater on April 1.
In 13 seasons as a coach, Maligi has been a part of seven 20-plus win seasons and an assistant coach of six NCAA Tournament teams. Maligi has coached and/or recruit 17 NBA players, including Emmanuel Mudiay, Shake Milton and Robert Williams.
The Athletic recognized Maligi as a 40 under 40 rising star in college basketball in the fall of 2020.[1] ESPN also selected Maligi as one of the nation's top college basketball coaches under the age of 40.[2]
References edit
- ^ Davis, Seth. "40 under 40: Rising stars who are set to take their best shot in men's hoops". The Athletic. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "40 Under 40: We rank the best young coaches in men's college basketball". ESPN.com. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2020-12-09.