Georgia Tech basketball coach Brian Gregory is in the market for a new assistant coach. By mutual decision, he and assistant Josh Postorino parted ways at the end of the season.
Postorino was on Gregory’s bench for his first three seasons with the Yellow Jackets. Gregory insisted it was not a “juicy soap-opera situation.”
“He’s pursuing other opportunities, some other coaching opportunities,” Gregory said. “He has my support in his next step. For me, that’s about it.”
Postorino said that he was aware of possible interest in him for other jobs when he and Gregory met shortly after the season in a year-end review.
“I told ‘BG’ that I’d like to pursue some other opportunities, and he was fine with it,” Postorino said. “He thought it’d be smart.”
Postorino has been friends with Gregory going back more than 10 years, when they met at a recruiting seminar that Gregory led. He was added to the Tech staff shortly after Gregory’s March 2011 hire in part because of his experience recruiting metro Atlanta as an assistant for Clemson. He was assigned to coach the wing players, helping develop forward Marcus Georges-Hunt.
“I appreciate all the work that he did, and he’ll be missed,” Gregory said.
Both acknowledged the transient nature of their profession, particularly after a season that fell short of expectations as Tech’s did with a 16-17 record in an injury-plagued season. It is Gregory’s first change of assistants.
“Guys change jobs,” Gregory said. “It’s part of the business.”
Gregory did not sound close to naming a replacement. Unlike at the time of his hiring, Gregory won’t place as high a priority on an assistant with metro Atlanta or Georgia ties.
“It’s different than three years ago because I have a much greater feel for the area, and obviously Chad (Dollar) has done a great job with recruiting the state of Georgia,” Gregory said.
He pointed to 2014 signee Tadric Jackson from Tift County High, the AJC state player of the year and the No. 4 player in the state by ESPN’s recruiting rankings.
Gregory said that his goal was to be a “viable option for the best players in the state. We’ve been able to solidify that.”
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