Allen Payne, ex-Xavier assistant from Winton Woods, joins USF | Report

Allen Payne, a former Winton Woods High School standout who started his coaching career spending two seasons as a graduate assistant on then-head coach Chris Mack's staff at Xavier, is reuniting with Mack at South Florida, according to a report via Twitter/X from Shun Williams.

Payne has been an assistant under former Xavier assistant/interim head coach Jonas Hayes at Georgia State since 2022. He previously served as an assistant coach at Elon and Indiana University (Pa.)

Fox 19's Joe Danneman reported April 9 that former Musketeers standout guard Tu Holloway will be Mack's director of player development at USF.

Mack, a former St. Xavier High School standout who also played at Xavier, left College of Charleston March 25 to become the Bulls' head coach. The Cougars hired former Akron Zips head coach John Groce to replace Mack.

Longtime XU assistant Dante Jackson left the Muskies to join Mack's USF staff. In addition, Mack named former XU assistant Jeremy Growe as associate head coach.

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