CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball assistant coaches
Terrence Rencher,
Ralph Davis, and
Johnathan Bell were announced to the Silver Waves Media 100 Most Impactful Mid-Major Assistants List. This is the seventh season the list has been announced, with more than 40 past recipients going on to become collegiate head coaches.
Rencher has been on the Islanders staff since being hired in July of 2024. A former NBA guard and the all-time leading scorer in Texas Longhorn history, he joined the Islanders after spending three years at Oklahoma State, recently serving as the Associate Head Coach. Rencher has had stops as an assitant coach at Creighton, San Diego, New Mexico, Texas State, Sam Houston State, and Tulsa.
Coach Davis came to the Island as an assistant coach prior to the 2021-22 season. He spent three seasons at New Mexico as an assistant after being the head coach at New Mexico Military Institute. Since his arrival, the Islanders have won three conference championships, including the 2022-23 Southland Conference regular season crown and back-to-back SLC Tournament titles resulting in consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
Bell is entering his fifth season with the Islanders. He started with the program in the 2022-23 season under former coach Steve Lutz as a Graduate Assistant and has progressed to the Director of Player Development and Assistant Coach on the Islander staff. Bell has been a part of an Islanders program that has won three conference championships, including the 2022-23 Southland Conference regular season crown and back-to-back SLC Tournament titles. It resulted in consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
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Corpus Christi kicks off their season with Island Madness this Thursday night in the Dugan Wellness Center before their first game on Nov. 2 at Texas State.
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