Three days after signing two recruits to the LSU men’s basketball team, coach Johnny Jones has added two more names to the LSU basketball program.
LSU announced Thursday that coaches Shawn Forrest and Charlie Leonard will join the LSU basketball staff. Both coaches followed Jones from North Texas.
Forrest spent four years under Jones with the Mean Green, while Leonard has worked with Jones since 2000 when Jones was the interim men’s basketball coach at Memphis.
Forrest is known for recruiting five-star prospect Tony Mitchell to North Texas. Mitchell was named Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and was selected to the first-team all-conference this season.
Leonard has run the gamut in basketball coaching jobs, starting as a high school basketball coach and coaching at Christian Brothers University, a former NAIA team that’s now in Division II. Leonard also served as assistant athletic director at CBU.
The LSU Board of Supervisors still needs to approve the pair.
 
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