The Sixers are losing assistant coach Billy Lange to the college ranks, tweets ESPN’s Adrian Wojanarowski. Lange has left Philadelphia’s staff to become the next head coach at St. Joseph’s in the Atlantic 10.
Lange has been with the Sixers for the past six seasons. Prior to joining them, he served as an associate coach at Villanova and spent time at Navy, LaSalle and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
“I am proud of his appointment and he and his family will be missed as friends and Billy in a professional capacity, very much,” Sixers coach Brett Brown said in a statement tweeted by the team. “He has been with me from day one and to see where he started and now where he has ended up, is a fantastic human and basketball story. We will be following him closely. Go Hawks.” (Twitter link).