Jai to Miami

Are we still talking about Jai? This is a Duke forum. OMG.

Seriously, I think he was great while he was here. Timing sucks. So does the wankerized portal.

Next play.
 
Jai Lucas finally adds an assistant coach to his staff, and it's Georgia assistant coach Erik Pastrana (bio), a Miami native who recruited Asa Newell to UGA and Cade Cunningham to Oklahoma State. He's also assisted at Florida International (2016-17), Florida Atlantic (2018-19), and Florida (2021-22).

There have been a few coaching and staff names linked to Miami, but the process of building a staff has been slow. Miami has reportedly contacted a few players in the transfer portal, and while there was one coach recruiting them, now there are two.

 
So we seem to be getting a lot of news from many schools about coaching hires and last remaining recruit commits and transfer portal commits etc., but I don’t recall seeing anything out of Miami? Has Lucas gotten any players? Has he assembled any sort of coaching staff? Could he perhaps be in San Antonio …in an unofficial capacity? I’m sure a lot is going on, but the paucity of news suggests maybe he really didn’t need to leave so soon
Go Duke! 9F, even if they’re watching the final four from Capel Hil!
 
Jai has been busy. He's signed 3 quality starters out of the portal already. Michigan's starting PG. Indiana's best player, a Forward. And TCU's starting Center, a former 5* that Duke was once very interested in.

Based on their trajectory so far, I expect they'll be back in the ACC top 5 next year.

Louisville and Miami have been the big ACC winners in the portal so far.
 
kidA said:
So we seem to be getting a lot of news from many schools about coaching hires and last remaining recruit commits and transfer portal commits etc., but I don’t recall seeing anything out of Miami? Has Lucas gotten any players? Has he assembled any sort of coaching staff? Could he perhaps be in San Antonio …in an unofficial capacity? I’m sure a lot is going on, but the paucity of news suggests maybe he really didn’t need to leave so soon
Go Duke! 9F, even if they’re watching the final four from Capel Hil!
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Look one post up from yours, and you'll see Jai Lucas hired Georgia assistant Erik Pastrana as an assistant coach.

We're covering Miami in the Transfer Portal thread. So far he's added Tre Donaldson (Michigan), Malik Reneau (Indiana), and Ernest Udeh Jr (TCU).
 
It has seemingly been in the works for a while, but Coach Jai Lucas has officially hired Andrew Moran, the Boozer twins' high school coach, to his coaching staff at Miami. (Fans of the Hurricanes were hoping this would lead to some backdoor poaching of Cameron and Cayden, but Coach Lucas was always pretty clear that his recruiting of in-state players was about looking ahead, not behind.)

Miami Hires Moran as Assistant Coach/Director of Player of Development

University of Miami head men’s basketball coach Jai Lucas announced Friday that he has hired Andrew Moran as assistant coach and director of player development.
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Moran, who was recently named the 2025 Naismith National High School Boys Basketball Coach of the Year, comes to The U after serving as the head coach at Miami’s Christopher Columbus High School for the past six years...

Earlier this month, Moran coached Columbus to its first-ever national championship as the Explorers defeated Dynamic Prep 67-49 in the 2025 Chipotle High School Basketball Nationals. Columbus concluded the season ranked the No. 1 boys basketball team in the nation per ESPN and MaxPreps.

The new Miami staff is currently a trio: head coach Lucas, assistant coach Erik Pastrana (formerly at UGA), and Moran. The expectation is that Coach Lucas will hire a veteran with some head coaching experience as his second in command, and there are a couple of names out there, but nothing firm.
 
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