Bloomington North graduate Riley Crean, son of former Indiana men’s basketball coach Tom Crean, has been added to the Orlando Magic’s coaching staff as an assistant coach according to Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype.
Crean was the head video coordinator of the Dallas Mavericks and for four years and in three of them he worked with Sean Sweeney, Orlando’s new head coach who is leaving his position as an assistant for the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs.
Crean played basketball and was an all-state baseball player at Bloomington North and was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 35th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.
After a year at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, he followed his father to Georgia and played baseball there and also worked as a student manager on the basketball team. He graduated in 2022 and has been with the Mavericks since.
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