Pitino Adds Two Men's Basketball Staff Assistants
July 31, 2003 | Men's Basketball
July 31, 2003
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Louisville Head Men's Basketball Coach Rick Pitino's has added two staff assistants to the Cardinal Basketball team in Eric Scott and Gus Hauser.
The pair will aid the U of L team in opponent scouting through extensive film breakdowns, game preparation and assisting in on-campus recruiting efforts.
Scott spent two years in International Basketball Operations with the NBA, working in such areas as tracking American players playing abroad, assisting players obtain visas, assisting with the organization of international events and assisting with the selection of players and group planning with USA Basketball for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Scott has served as an assistant basketball coach at Collegiate High School in New York for the past three seasons. He spent a year as an institutional options sales trader before joining the NBA staff.
Scott earned a bachelor's degree in U.S. History in 1998 from Pennsylvania, where he participated on the basketball team as a freshman. He attained an MBA in sport management from Seton Hall in 2003. He was a five-year letterwinner at Lawrenceville (N.J.) Prep School, earning New Jersey A prep all-state honors for three seasons. In 1997, he helped start US HOOPS/Hoops America, a non-profit organization that coaches children in basketball and teaches life skills in South Plainfield, N.J..
His father Norman is the team physician for the NBA New York Knicks and his stepmother Susan is the team physician for the WNBA New York Liberty.
A native of Barbourville, Ky., Hauser served as a volunteer assistant coach at Transylvania University last season under Coach Brian Lane. The Pioneers produced a 12-12 mark, an eight-game improvement over the previous year.
After playing four years at Corbin (Ky.) High School and earning all-region honors, he walked on to the Furman basketball team under Coach Larry Davis. He was an all-state place kicker at Corbin and also participated as a walk-on kicker for the Furman football team. Hauser earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Furman in 2000.
He is married to the former Amy Presley of Nashville, Tenn. His father Patrick was a wide receiver at East Tennessee and for the Miami Dolphins, and his brother Seth played tennis at Eastern Kentucky.
