Kellogg to be named coach at UMass

Posted: Tue Apr 22 6:42 PM

Amherst, MA (Sports Network) - The University of Massachusetts will unveil its new basketball coach on Wednesday.

Numerous media sources have pegged Memphis assistant and former Minutemen player Derek Kellogg as the choice, and he will be introduced at a 6:00 p.m. (et) press conference on campus.

The 34-year-old Kellogg played at UMass for John Calipari from 1991-1995 and was an All-Atlantic 10 player. He also began his coaching career as a graduate assistant in 1996-97 for the Minuteman, and has been an assistant coach at Memphis under Calipari for the past eight years.

Kellogg will replace Travis Ford, who left Massachusetts for Oklahoma State.