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Clark Atlanta tabs UNC legend as new basketball coach

Clark Atlanta has hired George Lynch as the new men's basketball coach. The 47-year-old Lynch arrives in Atlanta with a long history of success on the collegiate and NBA level as a player and assistant coach. As a player, Lynch was a three-year starter at North Carolina and helped lead the Tar Heels to the 1993 NCAA title. Lynch played for 12 seasons in the NBA and was a member of the 2001 Philadelphia 76ers squad that advanced to the NBA Finals. After retiring from the NBA, Lynch began his coaching caree
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April 30, 2018

Clark Atlanta had success with its last NBA-player-turned-coach. So much that it had to try again.

The Panthers introduced George Lynch as their men’s basketball coach Monday. Lynch, a 12-year NBA veteran and North Carolina standout, was coaching with the Grand Rapids Drive, the Detroit Pistons’ G-League affiliate, last season.

“It was an honor to take this interview and follow up coach Darrell Walker,” Lynch said. “He’s done a great job at leading the young men and the university. I’d like to continue their success in seeing these young men graduate and follow their dreams. That’s my goal.”

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