WISCONSIN HERD ANNOUNCE ASSISTANT COACHING STAFF FOR THE 2023-24 SEASON

The Wisconsin Herd, NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, announced today Herd Head Coach Beno Udrih’s coaching staff for the 2023-24 season. The team has hired Joe Wolf, Tony Bollier, and Chris Copeland as assistant coaches while Lance Harris will join as video coordinator, and Omar Mance as player development assistant.

Wolf has 11 seasons of NBA playing experience and 17 seasons of coaching experience. Prior to joining the Herd, Joe served as head coach of the NBA G League Greensboro Swarm from 2018-20 where he set a franchise record for most wins in one season. Additionally, Wolf spent time as a head coach for the Idaho Stampede & Colorado 14ers where he had 17 players called up to the NBA. Wolf also coached at the NBA level with stops at the Milwaukee Bucks and the Brooklyn Nets as well as at the college level with William & Mary and UNC-Wilmington. The Wisconsin native led Kohler High School to 3 state titles and in 2005 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel named him Wisconsin’s greatest high school basketball player ever. He went on to become an All-ACC player at UNC and made four NCAA tournament appearances while playing alongside Michael Jordan and Kenny Smith. Following his college career, Wolf was drafted No. 13 overall by the LA Clippers in the 1987 NBA Draft and went on to play 11 years in the NBA for seven franchises including the Milwaukee Bucks.

Bollier will transition to assistant coach for the 2023-24 season. Previously, Bollier served as the Herd’s General Manager since 2021. Prior to joining the Herd, Bollier served four seasons as the Bucks’ Director of Basketball Operations after being the Manager of Player Personnel and Coach Relations for the NBA G League. The Leo, Indiana native worked as the Director of Basketball Operations at Georgia State University (2011-12) before returning to his alma mater, Wheaton College as an assistant men's basketball coach (2012-14). Bollier played four seasons on the basketball team at Wheaton College.

Copeland joins Beno’s staff after a 12-year professional playing career in the NBA, NBA Development League, and internationally. Following his four-year college career at the University of Colorado, Copeland started his professional career with the Ft. Worth Flyers in the NBA Development League before playing internationally in Germany and Belgium. He returned to play four years in the NBA with stops at the Knicks, Pacers, and Bucks. Following his time in the NBA, Chris played in Turkey and Spain.

Harris comes to the Herd after spending two years with the Brooklyn Nets as a player development specialist and video assistant. Following his time in the NBA, he joined the Long Island Nets as an assistant coach/ player development coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator. Prior to coaching, Lance played professionally in Slovenia, Greece, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, France, and Turkey where he was nominated to play in four all-star games and won championships in France and Slovenia. The Columbia, Missouri native was a standout in college at Kansas State University where he played four years.

Mance begins his first season with the Herd and brings over 15 years of coaching experience. Mance served as the head coach at Trevecca Nazarene University (2018-23) and as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Rice University, in two separate stints (2007-08; 2017-18). Additionally, Mance spent time at Vanderbilt University as the Director of Recruiting and Player Personnel and as an assistant coach at Liberty University and Army-West Point. Mance played one season at LSU before finishing his career at Rice University where he was a second-team All-WAC selection in 2003 and named the Owls' MVP in both 2002 and 2003.

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