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Orlando Antigua Head Coach • Pittsburgh, 1995<br />
• Was named the ninth head coach in USF history and is now in his second season with the Bulls.<br />
• Started last season 5-1, the best start through six games for a first-year head coach at USF.<br />
• Previously served as assistant coach at Kentucky under John Calipari for five seasons.<br />
• Was named the top assistant coach under 40 by ESPN.com in 2012.<br />
• Made three trips to the Final Four during his five seasons at Kentucky.<br />
• Was an assistant coach for one season under Calipari at Memphis (2008-09).<br />
• Served as an assistant coach under Jamie Dixon at Pittsburgh for three seasons (2005-08).<br />
• Accumulated a record of 266-67 in his nine seasons as an assistant coach.<br />
• The first player of Latin America descent to play for the Harlem Globetrotters (1995-2002).<br />
• Was a two-time team captain as a player at Pittsburgh (1991-95).<br />
• Named the USBWA Most Courageous Athlete in 1994.<br />
• One of two hispanic men’s head coaches in NCAA Division I (Frank Martin, South Carolina).<br />
• Born in the Dominican Republic. Raised in Bronx, N.Y.<br />
On The Bench<br />
Sergio Rouco Assistant Coach • Nova Southeastern, ‘87<br />
• Second season as an assistant coach after spending three years in the same capacity at Ole Miss.<br />
• Head coach at FIU for five seasons.<br />
• Assistant coach stints at FIU (1987-91, 2000-03), UTEP (2003-04).<br />
• Spent time as a high school head coach in Miami at Loyola (1986-87) and Miami Noreland (1991-95).<br />
• Born in Cuba. Raised in Miami, Fla.<br />
Rod Strickland Assistant Coach • DePaul/Northeastern Illinois, 13<br />
• Second season as an assistant coach after spending six seasons at Kentucky as special assistant to Naismith Hall of Fame Coach John Calipari.<br />
• First-round draft pick of the New York Knicks in 1988. Played 17 years in the NBA.<br />
• Played in 1,094 games, scored 14,463 points (13.2 per game) and dished out 7,987 assists (7.3 per game).<br />
• Born and raised in Bronx, N.Y. Member of the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.<br />
• Two-time All-American at DePaul (1987, 1988). Went back to school and earned his degree from Northeastern Illinois in 2013<br />
Oliver Antigua Assistant Coach • Pittsburgh, ‘98<br />
• Second season as an assistant coach after spending one season as an assistant coach for Seton Hall and one season at Manhattan.<br />
• The younger brother, by two years, of head coach Orlando Antigua.<br />
• Spent 10 seasons as the head coach at St. Raymond High School, the same school that he and Orlando attended in Bronx, N.Y.<br />
• Played at Pittsburgh (1996-98).<br />
• Born in the Dominican Republic. Raised in Bronx, N.Y.<br />
Jerry McCullough Basketball Operations • Pittsburgh, ‘95<br />
• Second season as the Director of Basketball Operations after spending three seasons as the head coach at The MacDuffie School in Granby, Mass.<br />
• Played professionally for 13 years (1996-2009), mostly in Europe.<br />
• Played at Pittsburgh (1991-96). Was a finalist for AP NCAA Player of the Year in 1993-94.<br />
• Has either played with or against Orlando Antigua since Antigua was 14 years old including three years as teammates at Pittsburgh.<br />
Born and raised in Harlem, N.Y.<br />
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