Coaching staff now complete

All four men have 'interim' in front of their titles, but the coaching staff of the men's basketball team is now complete. \nInterim head coach Mike Davis finished hiring his staff yesterday when he named Dan Panaggio as an interim assistant coach. Panaggio is a three-time Continental Basketball Association coach of the year and joins the IU staff after nine years as head coach of the CBA's Quad City Thunder.\nPanaggio is the second assistant coach to be announced in the last two days. Davis announced Julius Smith, a former assistant coach at Southeastern Louisiana University, as an interim assistant Monday.\n"It's a big decision, and one might stand on the outside and say it's quite a risk, but I like our chances here," Panaggio said. "I don't look at the risks involved as much as the opportunities."\nPanaggio, 45, finished with a career record of 313-191 with the Thunder and won CBA championships in 1994 and 1998. Last season he led Quad City to the National Conference title and the league's best regular season record.\nDavis and interim associate head coach John Treloar coached against Panaggio in the CBA before joining former coach Bob Knight at IU. From 1991-95, Davis was an assistant to Treloar with the Wichita Falls Texans.\n"(Panaggio's) teams were always very prepared, tough and educated," Treloar said. "He's developed a lot of players who have gone from his teams to the NBA."\nTreloar, who spent six seasons as a head coach in the CBA, coached against Panaggio's father, Mauro Panaggio. Entering this season, Dan Panaggio had more career victories than any other active coach. He leaves the CBA ranking second on the all-time win list behind his father (446). Dan Panaggio spent three seasons as an assistant coach to his father before taking the head coach position.\nTreloar said he has watched the younger Panaggio grow and develop as a coach.\n"He's very good," Treloar said. "For him, he sees this as a tremendous opportunity to be a part of a program with such great tradition."\nDavis, 40, is now the youngest member of his staff. Smith is 45.\n"I think coach Davis was looking for people who were older and more experienced to complement his staff and himself," Treloar said. "We all respect him."\nPanaggio said he will work mainly on offense with the players while Treloar focuses on defense. Smith will concentrate on recruiting. Panaggio said he expects players at the collegiate level to be a little more receptive than those in the CBA.\n"I'm looking forward to the whole experience," Panaggio said. "Here we'll be able to stress fundamentals a lot more. In the pro game, you don't have the time. It's a better teaching environment. This is a great basketball university."\nThe role of video coordinator was the final position announced Tuesday. Senior Dan Block, a manager for the last three years, will now be in charge of the shelves and boxes full of practice and game tapes. Block will make sure IU has tapes of every opponent.\n"It's important to have those tapes to prepare our team in knowing what the opponent wants to do," Block said. "The coaching staff looks at practice and uses that tape to show the guys what they're talking about. It will be more hours (of work), but it's hours I want to put in"