After working alongside Jim Calhoun for 10 years and as an assistant coach for the past 7 years, Andre LaFleur has left UConn to work as an assistant for Providence head coach, Ed Cooley.
He has signed a multiyear contract that will pay him about a quarter million dollars per year, a significant raise from the $161,859 he was paid in 2010.
LaFleur played key roles in the recruitment of recent players such as Kemba Walker, Stanley Robinson, Hasheem Thabeet, and Jerome Dyson.
His ultimate goal is to become a head coach and part of his reason for leaving Connecticut was that he felt he wasn't going to get the job when Calhoun decides to retire as former UConn player, Kevin Ollie appears to be an early favorite for the job.
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