GoBigGreenBasketball
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06-16-19 11:03 PM - Post#285175
In response to GoBigGreenBasketball
Former U-M head basketball manager, Chinedu Nwachukwu, returned to Ann Arbor in 2017 and begins his second season as the Wolverines Director of Program Personnel.
Prior to his return to U-M, Nwachukwu spent the 2016-17 season as the Director of Operations at Milwaukee with former U-M assistant and current Butler head coach LaVall Jordan. With the Panthers, he coordinated team travel, budget, practices and other program functions. Prior to his move to Milwaukee, Nwachukwu spent four seasons at Saginaw Valley State University as an assistant coach under Randy Baruth.
After going 21-30 during his first two seasons at SVSU, Nwachukwu helped the Cardinals go 46-17 during his final two campaigns. In 2015-16, SVSU posted a school-record 25 victories (25-8) while claiming the programs fourth-ever GLIAC championship and the first since the school transitioned to the Division II level 25 years prior.
The Cardinals added their first-ever Midwest Regional Championship and a trip to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight, all coming in the team's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Additionally, SVSU notched a school-record 18 GLIAC wins en route to the team's first title since the 1984-85 season.
In the 2014-15 season, SVSU posted a 21-9 overall record, including a 16-6 mark in the GLIAC, which at the time was a program record. The Cardinals qualified for the 2015 GLIAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed, where they defeated Findlay for the team's first victory in the tournament and berth in the semifinals since 1996-97.
Before joining the SVSU staff in 2012, he served as an assistant coach and head coach of the junior varsity team at the University of Findlay for two seasons. Before heading to Findlay, Nwachukwu spent three years as a student manager with the Wolverine basketball program under Beilein.
A native of Ypsilanti, Michigan, Nwachukwu graduated from Father Gabriel Richard High School in 2006. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Michigan in economics in 2010 and followed with his master's degree in business administration from Findlay in 2012.
The Chinedu Nwachukwu File
Born: July 15, 1988
Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan
High School: Father Gabriel Richard High School
College: Michigan, 2010 (Economics), Findlay, 2012 (Masters, Business Administration)
Career Résumé
Years School Position
2010-12 University of Findlay Assistant Coach/JV Head Coach
2012-16 Saginaw Valley State University Assistant Coach
2016-17 University of Milwaukee Director of Operations
2017-pres. University of Michigan Director of Program Personnel University of Michigan
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