Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

Report: Russ Pennell hired at Central Arkansas

Screen Shot 2014-03-05 at 12.55.09 PM

Getty Images

To follow along with the 2014 Coaching Carousel, click here.

Central Arkansas has hired Russ Pennell as their new head coach, according to a report from Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com.

Pennell was the interim head coach with the WNBA’s Pheonix Mercury over the summer. He spent four years as the head coach at Grand Canyon prior to that, but he was let go so the program could hire Dan Majerle.

Pennell took Arizona to the Sweet 16 in 2009 as the interim head coach at Arizona, but wasn’t rehired as the program brought in Sean Miller.

Clarence Finley led UCA to a 6-19 record this season and a 3-11 mark in the Southland as the interim coach. He took over for Corliss Williamson, who led the program after three years to join the staff of the Sacramento Kings.

Follow @robdauster