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Kyle Perry, who has eight years of collegiate coaching/administrative experience, has been hired as an assistant coach by the Spartans.

6/15/09
Perry Joins Upstate's Men's Basketball Staff As Assistant Coach

After helping turnaround a South Carolina State program that finished second in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in 2008-09 during a two-year stay as an assistant coach, Kyle Perry has been hired as an assistant coach to help lead the same kind of transformation as the USC Upstate men's basketball team continues its transition into Division I, head coach Eddie Payne announced on Monday. Perry will serve as Upstate's recruiting coordinator and will serve in all aspects of the program, including scouting and floor coaching. + MORE

6/10/09
Luke Payne Filling It Up Down Under

Australians have reputations for being laid-back and easy-going. Yeah, well, not on their professional basketball courts, mate.

Former USC Upstate player Luke Payne is reminded every time he tries to weave through the lane to get open for a pass and instead is knocked down under. + MORE

Dr. Joe Bowman, in August, at the Trident Classic banquet on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy, has spent five seasons as an assistant coach for Jennifer Calloway, who was his assistant in 1995.

5/22/09
A Legacy Unmatched: Part 3

After 40 years as an educator and coach at USC Upstate, Dr. Joe Bowman is retiring from the athletic department. From becoming the first basketball coach in school history to win a conference title to leading both the bowling and golf teams to NLCAA National Championships before turning his attention to volleyball, it would take many months to tell the full story of Bowman's impact on USC Upstate, its athletic department and his many, many students. In a three-part series, Assistant Media Relations Director Joe Guistina will tell the story of "Dr. Joe Bowman: A Legacy Unmatched."

In today's third and final part, UpstateSpartans.com looks back at Bowman's latter career,which includes coaching USC Spartanburg to another volleyball title, a stint at the other Division I college in town and, finally, back to USC Upstate to serve as an assistant to his former protégé.
A Legacy Unmatched Central
A Legacy Unmatched: Part 1
A Legacy Unmatched: Part 2 + MORE