Men's basketball assistant coach Chris Sparks is leaving Penn to return to his alma mater.
Sparks will coach at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, a Massachusetts prep school, after two years under Glen Miller in Philadelphia, and another at Brown. (In the interim, Sparks was an assistant at Central Connecticut.)
"He was a great guy, great coach," graduating Penn captain Brian Grandieri said. "I wished him the best. I'm sure he [left] for the right reasons."
Grandieri said that he found out about Sparks' departure about a week ago, but did not know who Miller would peg as a replacement.
The Athletics department is finalizing the paperwork for Sparks' successor, but is not expected to make an official announcement within the next week.
- David Gurian-Peck
