NOVSEK JOINS SIMMONS AT EIU

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New Eastern Illinois University head basketball coach Marty Simmons has announced the first two members of his coaching staff at Charleston and one is a familiar name here in Lawrence County. Doug Novsek will come to EIU as associate head coach after spending the last two seasons at Idaho and Justin Walker comes to the program after two seasons as head high school boys basketball coach at Bloomington Ill. Novsek brings more than 30 years of college coaching experience to the Panther bench and reunites with Simmons on the sideline. He was an assistant under Simmons at the University of Evansville for three seasons and played with Simmons during their outstanding Hall of Fame careers at Lawrenceville High School. Novsek has also coached at Nevada, Indiana State, Texas State, Illinois State, Nebraska and SIU. Walker was an assistant with Novsek at SIU under Barry Hinson in charge of recruiting and basketball operations. He also has extensive junior college and high school ties.