Lucas Campbell, Bryan Lentz promoted to Tennessee basketball assistant coaches

Rick Barnes announced a trio of Tennessee basketball staff promotions Wednesday.

Lucas Campbell and Bryan Lentz were promoted to assistant coaches and Riley Collins was promoted to assistant director of player development.

Tennessee now has five assistant coaches, which became the allowable total for men’s and women’s basketball as of July 2023. UT has had the trio of Rod Clark, Justin Gainey and Gregg Polinsky for the past three seasons.

Lucas Campbell, Bryan Lentz hired as Tennessee basketball assistant coaches

Campbell, who was a UT walk-on guard under Barnes from 2015-19, returned to Tennessee as the director of recruiting in June 2022.

“Over nearly a decade, I have seen Lucas grow from an eager walk-on freshman my first season here at Tennessee into now a rising star in the coaching profession,” Barnes said in a school release.

He was the director of basketball operations at ETSU for a season prior. The CAK graduate played in 16 games and scored 15 points, including shooting 3-for-7 on 3-pointers. He joined Barnes’ staff as a graduate assistant following his playing career. He received his master’s degree in sport management from UT in May 2021.

Lentz has been on Barnes’ staff since 2018 and is entering his seventh season at UT. He previously was the director of player development. He also worked for Barnes at Texas from 2010-14. He also is a Hickory, North Carolina, native and a Lenoir-Rhyne graduate like Barnes. Lentz started his coaching career at Lenoir-Rhyne, working alongside his father and heralded Bears coach John Lentz. He also coached at Appalachian State for four seasons.

“Bryan has a strong basketball mind and possesses nearly a quarter-century of coaching experience,” Barnes said.

Riley Collins promoted to full-time role with Tennessee basketball

Collins joined Tennessee as a graduate assistant prior to the 2022-23 season. He spent the past two years in the role before being hired in a full-time capacity as the assistant director of player development. He excels in working with players to improve their skills and spent a lot of time with guard Dalton Knecht during his dynamic season.

“He is a tireless worker who gives this program everything he can each day,” Barnes said. “After seeing all the ways Riley aided our program the past two years, it was clear he deserved a full-time position and I am thrilled he accepted that opportunity.”

The New Jersey native played college basketball at Drew University from 2016-20. He was a graduate assistant at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia.

Luke Schapker, David Kasanganay, Scott Daughtry complete UT staff

Luke Schapker, David Kasanganay and Scott Daughtry round out the UT staff.

Schapker is the director of video and analytics. He is in his seventh season at UT after joining the program as a graduate assistant in 2018. He is a master of analytic projects, scouting reports and video breakdowns. He moved into his current role in 2022 after being the video coordinator in 2021-22 and a volunteer analyst in 2020-21.

Kasanganay is entering his second season as a graduate assistant at UT. He played three seasons as a guard from 2020-23 at East Carolina, where former Barnes assistant Mike Schwartz has been the coach since May 2022. He joined the program as a walk-on before eventually earning a scholarship. He played at Navy from 2018-20.

Daughtry was brought on as a graduate assistant in January 2024. He was a manager from April 2021 to December 2023. Daughtry has a passion for analytics and specializes in data models.

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