The Daily Pennsylvanian reports Glen Miller is bringing Chris Sparks and Perry Bromwell on board as assistant coaches. The pair joins Mike Martin on the staff, with Sparks as the top assistant and Bromwell assuming volunteer assistant duties. Sparks assisted Miller at Brown back in 2003-04 and coached under Miller’s friend, Howie Dickenman, this past season at Central Connecticut. He brings with him an extensive recruiting network in the Northeast after serving as the director of The Hoop Group’s Eastern Invitational Basketball Clinic from 2004 to 2005. Bromwell is a former three-time First Team All-Ivy selection and 1986-87 Ivy League Player of the Year at Penn after transferring from Manhattan following his freshman year. After being drafted in the sixth round by the New Jersey Nets, Bromwell played professionally overseas and has coaching experience in the amateur and professional ranks.
Slant: Sparks isn’t likely to be a familiar name to Penn fans, so his hiring as the lead assistant may leave some scratching their heads. However, he comes to Penn with a strong reputation as a high-energy and connected recruiter, and he knows Miller’s system well from their time together at Brown. The addition of Browmwell gives a very young staff some experience and perhaps most importantly, a Penn presence on the bench. Sparks worked with the backcourt at Central Connecticut, and Miller, Martin, and Bromwell are all former Division I guards, so someone is going to have to fill the frontcourt coaching shoes of Shawn Trice, whose work with the Quaker big men last season impressed a number of those close to the program.