Kimani Young, the longtime athletic director of the New Heights AAU program, will join Richard Pitino’s Florida International staff as an assistant, sources told SNY.tv.
A highly respected figure in the New York City scene, Young should give Pitino’s staff an entree into the Big Apple’s rich recruiting ranks. He has coached current uncommitted forward Chris Obekpa as well as current college players JayVaughn Pinkston, Ashton Pankey, Devon Collier, Jermaine Sanders, Corey Edwards and Brandon Frazier.
He previously worked under Norm Roberts on the St. John’s staff as the Head Team Manager and Video Coodinator
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A graduate of Texas-El Paso in 1998 with a B.A. in criminal justice, Young starred on the hardwood for UTEP and legendary coach Don Haskins from 1993-97. He finished his tenure with the Miners as one of only 22 all-time players to reach the 1,000-career point plateau. Young enrolled at UTEP after starring as an all-city performer for Forest Hills High School in Queens, earning honorable mention McDonald’s All-America honors as a senior in 1992.
Young declined comment for this story.
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