Coaching News: Georgia Southern hires Kip Drown as new head coach

Georgia Southern has hired Kip Drown as their new head coach, per Joe Cervi of The Pueblo Chieftain. Drown comes from Colorado State-Pueblo, where was the coach for the past 10 seasons. Here's an excerpt from The Pueblo Chieftain article:

Kip Drown, the most successful women’s basketball coach in Colorado State University-Pueblo history, is leaving the program.

Drown, 58, accepted the head coaching position at Division I Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Ga., about 30 miles from Savannah.

"I didn’t apply for this job; I was contacted about it. And after hearing more, I decided to pursue it," Drown said Monday morning on his way to Georgia. "It’s tough to leave Pueblo and the great people at CSU-Pueblo. But I’ve always wanted to coach at the Division I level and I didn’t know if I’d ever get the chance.

"This was just too good of an opportunity to pass up."

There will be a formal announcement and press conference at Georgia Southern today.

The ThunderWolves were 195-109 in the 10 years under Drown. They made the NCAA Division II national tournament seven times, including this season.

"Coach Drown did a great job for us, turning our women’s basketball program into one of the most respected programs in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference," CSU-Pueblo Athletic Director Joe Folda said. "He did a great job as far as mentoring his kids off the court. He will definitely be missed by me and everyone in our athletic department."

He led the Thuderwolves to a Division II National Championship in 2011-12. Drown is arguably one of the most successful coaches in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference history. He is replacing Chris Vozak, who was fired

Breaking: @gothunderwolves WBKB Coach Kip Drown accepts job at DI Georgia Southern. Will have story up shortly on @ChieftainNews

— Joe E. Cervi (@JoeECervi) March 30, 2015