As you look around at the other basketball head coaches in the Sun Belt Conference's West Division, it's hard to find someone without a connection to first-year UL coach Bob Marlin.

One such tie is with first-year ULM coach Keith Richard, who was a senior guard at ULM during Marlin's first year there as a graduate assistant during the 1981-82 season. The program advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time that season.

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Joshua Parrott
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