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The new Southern Utah men's basketball program is starting to take shape.

Two weeks after he was hired as the successor to Roger Reid, Nick Robinson announced on Tuesday that he had hired the first memberes of his coaching staff. Joining Robinson, a former Louisiana State assistant, are John Barrett and Todd Okeson.

Barrett spent the last two seasons as the coordinator of basketball operations with Washington State, while Okeson served in a similar role at George for one year, and was a graduate assistant the two before that. Barrett also served previously as an assistant coach at Sacramento State and Utah Valley University. —