FAYETTEVILLE -- Former University of Washington women's basketball assistant Todd Schaefer is expected to follow Coach Mike Neighbors and join his staff with the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Multiple sources confirm Schaefer is expected to fill an assistant position on Neighbors' first staff for the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville women's team. The school has not officially announced the move.
Schaefer, a native of Cincinnati, will make his fourth different stop in women's basketball in the state. He was head coach at Arkansas Tech for two seasons in 2005-07 during a three-year run in Russellville, head coach at Greenbrier High School from 2009-11 and an assistant coach at Arkansas State in 2011-2013.
Schaefer spent three seasons at Ole Miss, where he was touted as the Lady Rebels' X's and O's coach while working with the guards and wing players there.
Neighbors hired him at Washington last summer after the Huskies' run to the Final Four.
"Todd and I have been trying to work together for 17 years," Neighbors said after hiring Schaefer in June. "We tried to team up various times but the timing was never right. I couldn't be more excited to step onto the court as a team with him.
"His experience will benefit every student-athlete in our program. On the court, he is passionate about skill development and helping everyone reach their maximum potential and off the court he is a perfect cultural fit."
A graduate of Thomas More College, Schaefer was a member of the football team and a student assistant basketball coach at the school in Crestview, Ky. Schaefer also has been head coach at Christian Brothers University in Memphis (1999-2004), and an assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati (2007-2009).
Neighbors, a Greenwood native and UA graduate, was hired April 3 to take over the Razorback women's basketball program.
Sports on 04/19/2017