RALEIGH, North Carolina -- Shaw University's Athletics Department will introduce Joel Hopkins as its new head coach of men's basketball at a press conference on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in Shaw's Estey Hall's president conference room. Media coverage is invited.Hopkins returns to lead a program that he guided to the top of the CIAA conference from 2000-2002, with a record of 43-15. His 2001-2002 season at Shaw, culminated with a 2002 men's basketball CIAA Tournament Championship and a 2002 NCAA Elite Eight semi-final appearance. A graduate of North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Hopkins was a member of NCCU's 1989 NCAA Division II National Championship team. He succeeds Cleo Hill, Jr., whose contract was not renewed.
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