New East Central CommunityCollege Head Men’s Basketball Coach Rahim Lockhart has completed his staff withthe hiring of ECCC alumnus Matt Riley.
Riley, who served the previoustwo seasons as a student assistant coach for the Warriors, is a new studentservices assistant for East Central and will serve as volunteer assistant men’sbasketball coach.
He earned his Associate Degree fromECCC in August 2020 and is currently working on a bachelor’s degree ineducation from Mississippi State University.
A native of Gainesville, Ga.,Riley played high school basketball at Madison Central High School in Madisonand at Murrah High School in Jackson.
His father, Matthew Riley ofBrandon, helped lead East Central to a state basketball championship in 1993and served on the ECCC faculty for eight years. His mother, Emma, playedbasketball for Delta State University.
Due to the COVID-19 situation,all National Junior College Athletic Association men’s and women’s basketball,including the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference, will beplayed during spring 2021, with regular season play beginning in January.
Lockhart,a former Ole Miss basketball standout and Rebel assistant, begins his firstseason as the head men’s basketball coach at ECCC in 2020-21. He served asinterim head men’s basketball coach during a portion of the 2019-20 seasonbefore being named the permanent head coach on March 31, 2020.
