Washington Basketball Loses Assistant to Big 12 Program

Less than nine months after Washington Huskies coach Danny Sprinkle saw one assistant leave for a Big 12 program, special assistant Jerry Hobbie has made it two after being hired as an assistant at TCU. Hobbie, a long-time coach with deep roots in the state of Texas with stops at Houston (2007-10) and Southern Methodist University (2010-17) before moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2017 to be an assistant for Mike Hopkins, stayed on staff the past two seasons under Danny Sprinkle as a special assistant to the head coach. "I'm excited to welcome Jerry to our staff.

I've known Jerry for nearly 30 years and is well regarded nationally as someone who can develop players, especially when it comes to shooting. His dad, Ernie, was the original shot doctor. Jerry has worked for some of the top coaches in the country in Larry Brown, Tom Penders, Mike Hopkins, Tim O'Toole, and Danny Sprinkle.

I met him when I was back East, but he has contacts and has recruited throughout the country and will be a tremendous asset to our players and staff," Horned Frogs coach Jamie Dixon said in a press release Wednesday. TCU’s Jamie Dixon has hired veteran Jerry Hobbie as an assistant coach, per release. Hobbie has been on staff at Washington.

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) May 20, 2026 The 63-year-old Fairfield University graduate joins former UW assistant coach Tony Bland, who left last August to join Bill Self's staff at Kansas, as the second assistant Sprinkle has seen leave his program for the Big 12. The move by Bland came three months after the Huskies' coach hired ex-Husky forward Quincy Pondexter as an assistant and two months before Sprinkle elevated another former UW hooper, Abdul Gaddy, to a full-time assistant position prior to the 2025-26 season. It's unclear if Sprinkle will hire a new special assistant to move in a different direction with the position prior to the start of the 2026-27 season later this fall.