Muhamadou Kaba, a 2015 graduate of East Stroudsburg University, concluded his fourth season as assistant coach for the Warriors during the 2019-20 season.
The Warriors have gone 86-34 during his first four seasons on the staff. They booked a repeat trip to the Division II tournament during the 2018-19 campaign after posting a mark of 21-8 (17-3 PSAC), and they also earned a second-consecutive PSAC East regular season championship.
Kaba was named to the NABC "30-Under-30" list in the spring of 2018, a nationally-renowned list which recognizes up and coming young coaches in men's college basketball. He was one of just six Division II coaches to be recognized.
The honor came after Kaba helped guide the Warriors to their third PSAC championship in the last seven years, and their first NCAA DII Atlantic Region title in program history. ESU finished with a final record of 27-6, including an 18-4 mark against PSAC competition.
Kaba joined the coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 2016-17, and was promoted to assistant coach prior to the start of the season.
As an undergrad, Kaba was a four-year letterwinner for the Warriors from 2011-15 and a member of two PSAC championship teams, as a redshirt freshman in 2012 and a redshirt junior in 2014. He also played on three straight DII tournament teams (2012-14) and four PSAC Final Four teams. The 2014 team reached the Atlantic Regional final and finished with a 30-2 record.
Kaba played in 113 games as a guard for the Warriors, contributing 287 points and 227 rebounds. He was a co-recipient of ESU's Coaches Award as a senior, and he was also a team co-captain and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative.
Kaba graduated in spring 2015 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and he added a master's degree in exercise science from ESU in the spring of 2018. AÂ native of East Orange, N.J., he was an eighth-grade math teacher at East Orange STEM Academy during the 2015-16 academic year.
