May 23, 2007
Washington DC... Georgetown University head men's basketball Coach John Thompson III announced today that he had hired two new assistant coaches to replace Kevin Broadus and Sydney Johnson who were recently hired as head coaches at Binghamton and Princeton, respectively. David Cox, former Pittsburgh Director of Operations and Kenya Hunter, former Xavier Assistant Coach are joining the Hoya men's basketball coaching staff.
"David and Kenya bring a wealth of experience both as coaches and as former players," Coach Thompson said. "They will be major parts of our continuing tradition of success."
David Cox joins Head Coach John Thompson's staff as assistant coach after serving a year as Pittsburgh's director of basketball operations.
"David is a tremendous role model for our student-athletes," Thompson said. "He has an outstanding basketball background. He is an individual who brings a great deal of knowledge and experience."
Prior to his job at Pittsburgh, Cox served seven years as an Assistant Principal at his alma mater St. John's Preparatory High School in Washington, D.C. His many duties at St. John's Prep from 1999-2006 included oversight of the school's athletic department, supervision of all extracurricular activities and serving as school disciplinarian. Prior to his tenure at St. John's, Cox also coached at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington D.C. from 1996-99. One of his former players was Georgetown alum Ruben Boumjte-Boumjte.
He served seven years as an assistant coach with the Washington D.C. Assault AAU program where he helped guide the team to the 2004 Under-16 national championship. In assisting D.C. Assault head coach Curtis Malone, several of his players earned college scholarships including Tre Kelley (South Carolina), Chris McCray (Maryland), James White (Florida, Cincinnati), Tony Bethel (Georgetown, N.C. State) and Amari Israel (Notre Dame).
As a collegiate basketball player, Cox lettered four seasons at William & Mary for head coaches Chuck Swenson and Charlie Woollum. A three-year starter at point guard from 1992-95, Cox concluded his career with 670 points (6.1 ppg), 216 rebounds, 336 assists and a .352 3-point field goal percentage (139-395). He remains ranked among school leaders in several statistical categories including career assists (eighth, 336), career assist average (ninth, 3.08 apg.), career 3-point field goal percentage (ninth, .352), career 3-point field goals made (sixth, 137), season 3-point field goals made (sixth, 57) and owns two of the school's top-10 best season assists totals. His career-high 12 assists against George Mason in 1995 still ranks third among all-time game performances in William & Mary basketball history.
Cox graduated from William & Mary in 1995 with a sociology degree and later earned his Master's in Education in 1996.
Kenya Hunter comes to Georgetown after three years as an assistant men's basketball coach at Xavier. Hunter spent the previous four years as the Director of Basketball Operations at North Carolina State.
Hunter went to NC State in May of 2000 after serving for two years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Duquesne.
"Kenya Hunter was an excellent player at Duquesne University", Coach Thompson said. "Having served as an assistant coach in both the A-10 and the ACC he has experience with big games, heated rivalries and strong recruiting efforts. He will be a key to continuing the tradition of success here at Georgetown."
A four-year letter winning point guard for Duquesne (1993-96), Hunter finished his career ranked third on the Dukes' all-time assist list (439). He tallied 971 points and 218 steals while shooting 74.4 percent from the free throw line and 35.1 percent from the three-point arc. Hunter was a three-year captain.
During his playing career at Duquesne, Hunter spent the summers as an assistant coach for an AAU squad, the Pittsburgh Jots. Hunter completed his liberal arts degree at Duquesne in 1996, and earned his master's degree in education from NC State in 1998.
