Arizona Wildcats Keeping Jason Terry As Assistant Coach

TUCSON, AZ — The Arizona Wildcats will have a familiar face on the sidelines under newly-hired men's basketball head coach Tommy Lloyd's staff.

That's because former Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year Jason Terry will return to Tucson for his second year as the program's assistant coach.

The news, which was first reported on Arizona's men's basketball Twitter account on Wednesday afternoon, means there will be at least two holdovers on Lloyd's first staff at Arizona.

Associate head coach Jack Murphy is also being retained by Lloyd, who was hired to replace Sean Miller on April 15.

Terry was a star guard at Arizona from 1995-99, playing a key role on the Wildcats' 1997 NCAA Championship squad.

He played in the NBA for 20 seasons, winning the association's Sixth Man of the Year award in 2009, in addition to being named on the league's All-Rookie team in 2000.

Terry's No. 31 is retired by the Wildcats, joining the likes of Jason Gardner, Steve Kerr, Miles Simon and Sean Elliott in receiving such an honor.