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Billy Garrett

Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 3 Seasons at DePaul Twitter: @CoachBGarrett

DePaul assistant coach Billy Garrett joined the program in May 2009 and holds over a decade of experience at the collegiate, high school and AAU levels of basketball. Garrett returned to Chicago to join Jerry Wainwright's staff and remained on the staff after Oliver Purnell was hired on April 6, 2010.

In his three seasons in Lincoln Park, Garrett has re-established Chicago recruiting roots for the Blue Demons. On the floor, Garrett assisted in the daily development of the current roster including 2011 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year Cleveland Melvin and BIG EAST All-Rookie Team honoree Brandon Young.

The 2011-12 campaign saw continued improvement as the Blue Demons trended upward in victories, points per game and steals per game. DePaul's 74.1 scoring average was its highest mark since the 1994-95 season while the 7.9 steals per game were the most since the 2002-03 campaign.

Before moving to DePaul's Lincoln Park campus in 2009, Garrett was the associate head coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for two seasons. Prior to joining the Islanders in May 2007, he was an assistant at Iowa (2006-07), Seton Hall (2001-06) and Siena (2000-01).

Following his first collegiate stop with a Metro Atlantic Metro Conference Championship at Siena, Garrett spent five seasons at BIG EAST member Seton Hall. He made two appearances in the NCAA Tournament and one appearance in the NIT with the Pirates.

Garrett joined the Iowa staff during the 2006-07 campaign and was briefly on the staff at New Mexico before accepting the associate head coach position at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

He started his coaching career in Chicago as head basketball coach at Providence St. Mel High School from 1994-00. Garrett was also athletic director and head track and field coach while leading the basketball program to a 130-50 record in his six seasons. He was a four-time District Coach of the Year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association and led Providence St. Mel to four regional titles.

At Providence St. Mel, he tutored former DePaul player LeVar Seals and also coached Steven Hunter while directing the Illinois Fire AAU program. Garrett coached in the Illinois Fire program from 1994-00 and also served as a coach at the ABCD Camp from 1996-00 and was a coach at the adidas International Basketball Camp in Beijing, China in 2004.

The native of Indianapolis, Ind., earned his degree from the University of Indianapolis in 1991 after playing four seasons of football at Illinois State. Garrett and his wife, Annissa, have one son, Billy. Billy will be a junior at Morgan Park High School in 2011-12.

Garrett's father, Bill Garrett, is recognized as the first African-American basketball player in the Big Ten Conference. He played at Indiana for three seasons and finished his collegiate career in 1951 as the program's all-time leading scorer.