The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Basketball Announces Hiring of Tom Schuberth As Assistant Coach
9/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Sept. 19, 2001
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB men's basketball coach Murry Bartow announced today the hiring of Tom Schuberth as assistant coach.
Schuberth comes to UAB after spending the last four seasons as an assistant coach Southeast Missouri State.
Regarded as one of the most visible assistant coaches in the country by Hoop Scoop Magazine, Schuberth has also served in an assistant's capacity at North Alabama, Northeast Louisiana (now Louisiana-Monroe) and the University of Memphis.
"We are extremely excited to have Tom as a part of our staff," Bartow said. "He will be involved in all aspects of the program and will coordinate our recruiting efforts. I have known Tom for many years and have always been impressed with his work ethic and ability to recruit players."
Schuberth spent five seasons at Memphis (1992-97) where he established himself as one of the nation's premier recruiters. His 1993 recruiting class at Memphis was ranked No. 1 in the nation by Bob Gibbons' recruiting service. In 1995, he signed McDonald's High School All-American Lorenzen Wright, who went on to be named the national Freshman of the Year.
From 1983 to 1992, Schuberth worked as head assistant coach at Northeast Louisiana where he was recruiting coordinator and personally recruited over 85 percent of the players in the program during his final six seasons. Four of those NLU teams reached the NCAA Tournament and the 1988 squad played in the NIT.
Schuberth, 43 (Dec. 21, 1957), also spent one season as an assistant coach at North Alabama.
The 1980 graduate of Mississippi State was a three-year basketball letterwinner and was a two-time Academic All-Southeastern Conference selection. Schuberth originally attended UNLV, playing on its 1977 Final Four team his freshman season.
Originally from Chicago, Schuberth coached the 1977 Chicago National AAU basketball team to a record of 22-4.
Schuberth replaces Andy Kennedy who took a similar position at Cincinnati.
