Quincy Pondexter says he was 'not granted interview' with Fresno State Men's basketball

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno State Men's Basketball programme is inactive looking for a caller Head Coach aft parting ways with Justin Hutson much than 2 weeks ago.

In that time, San Joaquin Memorial postgraduate and 8-year NBA seasoned Quincy Pondexter has expressed his tendency to get a changeable astatine the occupation - adjacent getting enactment from Fresno autochthonal and erstwhile US Open tennis champ Sloane Stephens connected Friday.

Despite section support, Action News has learned from Pondexter's cause that the 36-year-old was not offered an interrogation with the Bulldogs owed to what helium says is simply a deficiency of coaching experience.

In a connection sent to Action News Pondexter says:

"I emotion Fresno and Fresno State and I would emotion the accidental to marque my lawsuit to beryllium the Bulldogs adjacent caput manager but unluckily I was not granted an interrogation owed to the information determination is simply a minimum request of 5 years NCAA coaching acquisition (I presently person 3 years). I privation Fresno State hoops large occurrence successful the future."

Via the Fresno State careers page, the programme says a campaigner indispensable person a minimum of 5 years of acquisition coaching Men's Basketball astatine the NCAA oregon nonrecreational level.

Pondexter spent the past 3 seasons arsenic an Assistant Coach with the University of Washington - his collegiate alma mater.

Bulldog Assistant Coach George Aramide was announced arsenic the program's Interim Head Coach connected March 23.

Action News has reached retired to Fresno State to corroborate if 5 years of coaching acquisition is simply a requirement.

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