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Griz
great returns as hoops coach
Former
UM basketball great Larry Krystkowiak has come home to lead his alma
mater’s team. The announcement was made May 13.
Krystkowiak, 39, is Montana’s 25th head basketball coach. He
replaces Pat Kennedy, who recently left UM to become the head coach
at Towson University in Maryland.
This past season “Krysko” was the head coach of the Idaho
Stampede of the Continental Basketball Association, which lost a 132-129
decision to the Dakota Wizards in the league’s title game. The
Stampede had its best record in franchise history last season —
37-16 overall.
Before his stint in Idaho, Krystkowiak was as an assistant coach during
the 2001-02 season at Old Dominion under former Griz head coach Blaine
Taylor (1992-98).
Krystkowiak played 11 years of professional basketball, including
10 in the National Basketball Association. He was the 28th pick in
the 1987 NBA draft.
Krystkowiak also is UM’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder
with 2,017 points and 1,105 rebounds, and is ranked third in Big Sky
Conference history in scoring and rebounding.
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