{"id":529082,"date":"2026-03-17T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/529082\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:38:12","slug":"angel-reese-praises-coach-gary-redus-after-his-hiring-at-rutgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/529082\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese Praises Coach Gary Redus After His Hiring at Rutgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angel Reese<\/a> was already a big name even before she entered the WNBA<\/a> with the Chicago Sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-3 forward made her mark on women\u2019s basketball during her college days. Reese started her NCAA career with the Maryland Terrapins, where she played for two seasons. In 2022, she moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to join the LSU<\/a> Tigers.<\/p>\n

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Reese reached the pinnacle with the Tigers in 2023, when she helped lead the team to a national championship. In two years with LSU, she averaged 20.9 points on 50.1% shooting, 14.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.9 steals in 32.6 minutes per contest.<\/p>\n

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Former LSU Lady Tigers forward Angel Reese (10) and former Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark (22).Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

One man who played a key role in Reese\u2019s two seasons at Baton Rouge was Gary Redus II. At that time, Redus was an assistant coach for the Tigers, and he was part of the staff that recruited Reese from Maryland.<\/p>\n

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Reese worked closely with Redus during their time together at LSU. The two-time All-Star credits Redus for helping her prepare for her transition into the WNBA. <\/p>\n

Redus was recently named the new head coach<\/a> of the Rutgers<\/a> Scarlet Knights. Reese had nothing but high praise for her former coach now that Redus is taking a major step in his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom bringing me to LSU, guiding my growth and helping me transition my game to the WNBA, you\u2019ve been there on and off the court,\u201d Reese said, via an Instagram poist from Rutgers. \u201cYou\u2019re the definition of a players\u2019 coach\u2014someone who develops us, genuinely cares about every player as a person, and puts you in positions to win.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019ve challenged me to be the best version of myself in every aspect of life. I\u2019m certain you\u2019ll bring that same impact to Rutgers and help bring the winning culture. Rutgers just got a good one!\u201d<\/p>\n

Rutgers hired Redus with high hopes. He is expected to rebuild the program\u2019s recruiting pipelines while also re-establishing a winning culture within the squad. Rutgers brings championship experience to the table for his new team, and this will be pivotal for the Scarlet Tigers as they continue to facilitate their post-C. Vivian Stringer era.<\/p>\n

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Redus has some big shoes to fill at Rutgers, but as Reese indicated, he is the right man for the job.<\/p>\n

Related: Angel Reese Development With Team USA Causes a Stir<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 17, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angel Reese was already a big name even before she entered the WNBA with the Chicago Sky. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[3691,1760,438,237959,13427,164248,13421,35859,99,5461,434],"class_list":["post-529082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-angel-reese","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-chicago-sky","tag-gary-redus","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-lsu-lady-tigers","tag-maryland-terrapins","tag-rutgers","tag-sports","tag-tigers","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}