LSU head coach Matt McMahon announced on Monday that the program has hired Yasir Rosemond, the associate head coach at Indiana for the past four seasons, as an assistant coach.

“He is a talented coach, proven developer of players, and a terrific recruiter. Yasir has recruited and coached multiple NBA players throughout his successful career,” said McMahon.

Rosemond was involved in recruiting Indiana’s top portal commit last season, center Oumar Ballo, who averaged 13.0 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 blocks per game.

In 2022-23, Rosemond worked with Trayce Jackson-Davis, who became a first-team All-American and won the Karl Malone Award, which goes to the best power forward in college basketball.

Rosemond’s college career began at Okaloosa-Walton Junior College in Florida in 1995-96. After a redshirt year at Butler Community College, he transferred to the University of Oregon for his final two seasons. He also played professional basketball in Brazil for four seasons.

Before his Indiana stint, Rosemond’s first college job came in 2003 at Redlands Community College in Oklahoma, where his team reached the national junior college championship game.

In 2005, he returned to his alma mater, Oregon, as Director of Operations and then assistant coach. He then left to go to Seattle University for a season and joined the staff at Samford in Birmingham, Alabama. He recruited and coached the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year two times.

Rosemond went to the SEC in 2014 with Georgia before going to Alabama in 2017. He then left for the Big Ten to join Indiana for the next four years.

Collin Sexton, Herb Jones and Malik Hairston are some of the NBA players he coached and mentored throughout his career.

Rosemond joins the LSU staff at a pivotal time as they look to improve on the disappointing 14-18 finish. Rosemond looks to help LSU boost a top portal class in the process.