Raul Placeres, former Maryville College basketball coach, has been hired as an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech. He will work under new head coach Tobin Anderson after seven seasons in Division III.
Maryville College basketball coach Raul Placeres has been hired by Tennessee Tech as an assistant coach, sources told USA TODAY Sports on April 13.
The sources requested anonymity because no official announcement has been made.
Placeres will be an assistant under new Golden Eagles coach Tobin Anderson, who was previously an assistant at USF.
Placeres, a Maryville College graduate, will jump up to Division I basketball after spending seven seasons with the Scots in Division III.
He's compiled a 121-47 record, including six winning seasons.
Maryville won its sixth consecutive regular season conference title in 2026 with a 12-0 record in the Collegiate Conference of the South. The Scots had four seasons with 20 or more wins under Placeres, including a 21-5 mark to end 2026.
Placeres has won three CCS Coach of the Year awards and produced nine professional players.
Wynton Jackson covers high school sports for Knox News. Email: wynton.jackson@knoxnews.com
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This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Maryville College basketball coach Raul Placeres hired by Tennessee Tech, per sources
Raul Placeres is the former basketball coach at Maryville College, where he spent seven seasons coaching in Division III before being hired as an assistant at Tennessee Tech.
Raul Placeres' hiring as an assistant coach marks a shift in Tennessee Tech basketball under new head coach Tobin Anderson, who aims to enhance the program's competitiveness in Division I.
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