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Jermaine Kimbrough is in his second season as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Loyola University Chicago. A native of northeast, Ohio, Kimbrough spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Wyoming.

Before heading to Wyoming, Kimbrough spent one season at the University of Nevada, where he helped the Wolf Pack to a 24-win campaign in 2015-16.

Kimbrough spent the bulk of his career at Cleveland State University, where he served nine seasons as an assistant coach under Gary Waters. During his tenure with the Vikings, Kimbrough was a key part of four postseason appearances, including a NCAA tournament and three trips to the NIT.

Jermaine was a prep standout at Shaker Heights High School in Cleveland, earning all-league honors on four occasions and all-city accolades three times. He began his collegiate playing career at St. Catherine College before transferring to Virginia Tech, where he played two seasons (1998-2000) before graduating with a degree in psychology.

Upon graduation, Kimbrough moved right into the coaching ranks, first serving as an assistant at Howard College from 2001-03 before moving on to Cleveland State as director of operations. After a season at CSU, he spent one year (2004-05) as the director of operations at Massachusetts and then one season at Purdue Fort Wayne as an assistant coach before returning to Cleveland State.

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