Xavier assistant basketball coach Aaron Katsuma will not be a part of Richard Pitino’s first staff with the Musketeers.
According to a press release Monday, University of Minnesota men’s basketball coach Niko Medved has added Katsuma as an assistant with the Golden Gophers.
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Aaron Katsuma (left), pictured during a Feb. 2023 contest as an assistant on Colorado State’s coaching staff, is leaving Richard Pitino’s Xavier staff to become an assistant at Minnesota.
Katsuma was officially announced on Xavier’s staff April 8.
Katsuma, a University of Minnesota graduate, was on Pitino’s staff at Minnesota for four seasons. He later spent five seasons on Medved’s staff at Colorado State, including four as director of basketball operations, before joining New Mexico as an assistant for back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances.
Pitino’s Xavier staff now includes associate head coach Isaac Chew and assistants Dante Jackson, Daniel Walters and Tarvish Felton.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Xavier assistant coach Aaron Katsuma leaving Musketeers for Minnesota
