JR Blount, the Dominican High School (Whitefish Bay) alumnus and longtime assistant coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball, has landed his first head coaching job in Division I, hired March 9 by San Diego to lead its program.

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Working under fellow Milwaukeean T.J. Otzelberger at Iowa State, Blount has helped the Cyclones emerge into an annual single-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament through the past five seasons, with a healthy dose of Wisconsinites on the roster.

San Diego, meanwhile, has been to the NCAA Tournament only four times in school history, and not since 2008. Under former UCLA coach Steve Lavin the past four years, the Toreros have just one winning season, going 12-21 in 2025-26 and 6-27 the year before that. San Diego is a Catholic school located in – well, you guessed it, San Diego.

San Diego is part of the West Coast Conference, which will notably lose Gonzaga to the re-fashioned Pac-12 next season. The league will welcome Denver next year and then add a cross-town rival, with UC-San Diego joining the fold in 2027.

"I'm incredibly honored and grateful for the opportunity to lead USD men's basketball," Blount said in a San Diego release. "This is more than just a coaching position for me — it's a chance to become part of a community and build something meaningful. My wife and our three daughters are excited to make this move together and we can't wait to invest in this university and the relationships that make it special."

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Blount also spent three seasons as an assistant at Colorado State, and his resume includes time as a graduate assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, helping the Pointers win the 2010 NCAA Division III national title.

The three-year captain at Loyola University in Chicago won two Division 3 state titles as the top player on Dominican's basketball team in 2004 and 2005. The latter team went undefeated and also topped Division 1 state champion Madison Memorial (led by future NBA player Wesley Matthews) and Division 2 state champion Racine St. Catherine's (with future Division I players Devron Bostick and Cordero Barkley) during the regular season.

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Kaizer Chiefs have experienced their worst-ever form after slipping down to sixth place in the Betway Premiership standings.

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Four consecutive defeats have raised tensions around the club. A group of frustrated supporters went as far as staging a protest at Naturena over the continued presence of co-coaches Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef.

KAIZER CHIEFS LEGEND SENDS STRONG MESSAGE

The club’s former talisman, Gould, believes bad moments are part of football, but they also reveal character.

The former Amakhosi defender pointed to Sporting Director Kaizer Motaung Jr’s recent comments, where he publicly admitted the team’s performance, particularly against Orlando Pirates, had been “embarrassing”.

“You can’t predict a purple (rough) patch; when it comes, it comes, you know, a saying that ‘when it rains, it pours’, it seems to be like that,” Gould said on the club’s radio channel. “But I also like that the SD (Sporting Director, Kaizer Motaung Jr) has given the guys confidence, you need to be a straight shooter.

“That’s what he did, he made it clear, he put a mandate out, they know what is at stake. You know this brings out a lot of characters. Now you know who the soldiers are, now you know who the folders are. You make sure that you put the difference between the soldiers and the folders.

Gould added that if there were more “folders” than committed players, Kaizer Chiefs would have a problem. He predicted that many soldiers, both young and experienced, would step up in the squad. He added that dwelling on past performances was pointless, calling them “water under the bridge,” and stressed that the focus now was on rebuilding and going full throttle.

CONTRACTS AND PRIDE NOW ON THE LINE

Gould also reminded the current squad that the closing months of the season can determine their future at Kaizer Chiefs.

“Face the slump, you know that your contract is coming up, put in a shift, you know that it’s negotiation time, put in a shift, because the team won’t reward you if you don’t do the business,” Gould said.

“Now it’s the time to stand up, we’re no longer in development where we’ll nurse you, this is a Kaizer Chiefs team that wants to achieve big things. This is the mentality that starts now because your pre-season starts now, it’s how you end the season,” Gould added.

The Soweto giants will return to Betway Premiership action on Sunday when they host Durban City at FNB Stadium.

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