Wisconsin Herd Announces Coaching Staff for 2022-23 Season
October 21, 2022 – NBA G League (G League) – Wisconsin Herd News Release
OSHKOSH, Wis. – Wisconsin Herd, the NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, announced today the coaching staff for the 2022-23 season. Chaisson Allen returns to the Herd for his second season as Head Coach and is joined by John Little, Eric Atkins, and Carson Shanks as assistant coaches. Ben Sanders will also join as Video Coordinator.
Chaisson Allen enters his second season as the Head Coach of the Wisconsin Herd. He is the third Head Coach in team history. During his first year with the team, the Herd received nine NBA call-ups. Coach Allen previously served as an assistant coach for the Long Island Nets, the NBA G League affiliate for the Brooklyn Nets. Prior to Long Island, he spent the 2019-20 season as an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd.
Joining Allen’s staff for the 2022-23 Herd season are assistant coaches John Little, Eric Atkins, and Carson Shanks. Ben Sanders will also join the team as Video Coordinator.
John Little will begin his third season as an assistant coach for the Herd. Before joining the Herd, he worked at his alma mater, the University of Northern Iowa, as the video coordinator for the men’s basketball team. Prior to joining the coaching ranks, he played professionally in Germany for 10 years.
Eric Atkins has joined the Herd staff as an assistant coach. Previously, Atkins has served as an assistant coach at George Washington University (GW) from 2021 to 2022 and at Howard University from 2019 to 2021. Eric played college basketball at Notre Dame, where he was a teammate of Pat Connaughton. He played two years professionally, spending his first year in Greece (A1 League) and his second year in the NBA D League with the Erie Bayhawks.
Carson Shanks will also join the Herd as an assistant coach. Carson spent the 2021-22 season in the Milwaukee Bucks video room as player development and video assistant. Before his time in Milwaukee, he worked as an assistant coach for two seasons at the University of Minnesota-Duluth where they set a record for wins in their DII era. Before stepping into the coaching world, Shanks played one season of professional basketball overseas in the country of Malta and enjoyed a successful college career at both Loyola University-Chicago and the University of North Dakota.
Ben Sanders joins the Herd as Video Coordinator. He comes to the Herd with 12 years of coaching experience. Last season, Ben served as an assistant coach with the Windy City Bulls, where he spent three out of the last four seasons. During the 2021 NBA G League season, he served as a video coordinator with the Long Island Nets in the NBA G League bubble. Prior to joining the Bulls in 2018, he spent one season with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
The NBA G League Draft will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22. The Herd will begin training camp on Monday, Oct. 24 and will open the 2022-23 season at Oshkosh Arena on Friday, November 4 at 7:00 p.m. CST.
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