Williams. Alexander and Kingsley were also tabbed honorable mention AllAmerica.
ULRIC MALIGI Assistant Coach Howard, 2006 Overall: 11th SMU: 2nd
Before joining SFA, Maligi worked the 2006-07 season as an assistant coach at UT Arlington. While at UTA, he recruited Boston College transfer and 2009-10 SLC Player of the Year and All-America Honorable Mention Marquez Haynes, who finished third nationally with 22.6 points per game. He also recruited LaMarcus Reed to UTA, who was named First-Team All-Southland Conference in 2011-12.
Ulric Maligi (your-ick mowl-uh-ghee) is in his second season (2013-14) at SMU after being named an assistant by Head Coach Larry Brown on May 22, 2012. Maligi’s responsibilities include on-the-court coaching, scouting and recruiting. He also helps with scheduling and assists the academic liaison. In his first season (2012-13), the Mustangs led Conference USA in field goal percentage defense (.395) (29th NCAA), which was the best since 196162. SMU also led C-USA in free throw percentage (.745) while ranking second in scoring defense (62.7). SMU’s 8-1 starts and 10-5 mark in non-conference play were the best since 2006-07. The Mustangs’ recruiting class also ranked as high as No. 14 nationally; including McDonald’s All-American Keith Frazier and NJCAA All-American Yanick Moreira. Maligi came to the Hilltop after spending two seasons (2010-2012) as an assistant coach at Houston. In his years at UH, he helped sign a pair of outstanding groups. The 2011 class included TaShawn Thomas, an ESPN top-100 signee that was named to the C-USA All-Freshman team in 2011-12 and All-CUSA first team in 2012-13. The class of 2012 was ranked in the top 20, and included two ESPN top-100 signees in Danrad "Chicken" Knowles and 2012-13 C-USA Freshman of the Year Danuel House.
From 2003 to 2006, Maligi served as head coach of the Dallas Mustangs AAU program. During his stint, the program saw more than 50 of its players sign scholarships with NCAA Division I teams, including McDonald's AllAmerican Byron Eaton (Oklahoma State), Wesley Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers (Syracuse), Anthony Randolph of the Denver Nuggets (LSU), and Donald Sloan of the Indiana Pacers (Texas A&M). He also coached Austin Jackson of the Detroit Tigers and Michael Crabtree of the San Francisco 49ers. He spent three seasons (2002-05) as a student assistant coach/video coordinator at Howard University. Breaking into the coaching ranks, Maligi assisted the Bison coaching staff in film exchange, on-campus recruiting, developing individual workout schedules, assisting academic monitoring, coordinating pregame and postgame meals, and recruiting and supervising all student managers. Maligi, a native of Arlington, Texas, received his bachelor's degree in exercise physiology from Howard in 2006. He and his wife Dr. Courtney B. Maligi were married in May of 2012.
In June 2011, Maligi joined some of the most talented coaches from across the country for the NCAA and BCA Achieving Coaching Excellence (ACE) Program in Indianapolis. The ACE Program was created to prepare racial and ethnic minority basketball coaches for success as future head coaches. Maligi received training and education in leadership, communication, campus relations, media, community involvement and program management while interacting with current NCAA head coaches, director of athletics and administrators. Prior to his time at Houston, Maligi spent three seasons (2007-10) as an assistant coach at Stephen F. Austin. Maligi helped lead the program to 23 or more wins each season, for a 73-23 (.760) combined record. In 2009, the Lumberjacks made their first NCAA Tournament after winning the Southland Conference Tournament. SFA also reached the NIT in 2008. While at SFA, Maligi recruited Walt Harris, who was ranked in the top 75 nationally by most junior college recruiting services in 2008. Harris was named to the 2010 All-Southland Conference Third Team. Maligi also recruited highly touted junior college transfer Jordan Glynn, who was named to the 2011 All-SLC Second Team. He coached several other All-SLC performers, including the 2008 and 2009 SLC Players of the Year in Josh Alexander and Matt Kingsley, respectively, as well as 2011 All-SLC FirstTeam selection Jereal Scott and 2010 All-SLC Second-Team honoree Eddie ULRIC MALIGI TIMELINE 2002-05 Howard
Student Assistant/Video
Frankie Allen
2003-06 2006-07 2007-10
Dallas Mustangs UT-Arlington Stephen F. Austin
Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
Scott Cross Danny Kaspar
2010-12 2012-
Houston SMU
Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
James Dickey Larry Brown
Film exchange, on-campus recruiting, workout schedules, assisting academic monitoring, supervising student managers Had over 50 players sign with NCAA Division I teams, including 5 McDonald's All-Americans Recruited 2009-10 SLC Player of the Year and All-America Honorable Mention Marquez Haynes 73-23 in 3 years, 3 straight Southland Conference division titles, 2009 SLC Tournament Champs, 2008 NIT, 2009 NCAA Signed a Top-20 Recruiting Class in 2012 2013 Recruting Class Ranked No. 14
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