Another Position Filled

It appears Coach Kennedy has filled another void on his staff. Bill Armstrong has been hired as the Director of Basketball Operations. The former Director Carla O'Brian will move to her previous position of executive assistant to the basketball coach. The Director has the duties of trading tape, arranging travel, and taking care of other duties coaches do not handle. Armstrong comes to Ole Miss from Birmingham Southern where he held a similar position.

Here is some info from the Panther web site:

Bill Armstrong enters his third season on the Birmingham-Southern staff. Armstrong assists with all aspects of the program, including recruiting, scouting, on-the-floor coaching and handling the Panthers' travel arrangements.A Birmingham native, Armstrong joined the BSC staff prior to the 2003-04 season after serving as an assistant at Chipola Junior College in Marianna, Fla., where he helped lead the Indians to a 23-9 record and a second place finish in the Panhandle Conference during the 2002-03 season.

Prior to his stint at Chipola, Armstrong was a graduate assistant for UAB during the 2001-02 season under Murray Bartow. Armstrong is a 2001 graduate of UAB, where he was a four-year letterman on the Blazer basketball squad. He served as team captain as a senior and helped the Blazers reach the NCAA Tournament in 1999 and the NIT in 1998. He was also the recipient of the Barbara Hallerman Scholarship for Leadership.