New Rutgers coach Gary Redus signs 7 transfers to rebuild roster
New coach Gary Redus has added seven transfers in two months as Rutgers tries to rebound in the Big Ten after last season’s struggles.
Gary Redus II was driving to Virginia earlier this month, breaking up a ride that began in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Traveling is nothing out of the ordinary for the new head coach of the Rutgers women’s basketball program. Since he was hired in early March, Redus has signed seven transfers.
In two months, he has essentially filled half his roster. Players who will start summer school later this month have arrived from Pittsburgh; Washington, D. C.
; Mississippi; Louisiana; and Tennessee. Among the newcomers are two former state high school players of the year and a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year. The transfers also include players who previously competed at Georgia, Kentucky, St.
John’s, DePaul and Tennessee. After four years as an assistant at LSU, along with stints at SMU and Vanderbilt, Redus didn’t waste time beginning to rebuild what was once a legendary program under Theresa Grentz and C. Vivian Stringer.
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