TULSA'S STAFF VS WAKE FOREST STAFF
TULSA
STAFF BIOS
Dave Leitao, assistant coach
Was a conference championship head coach during stops at DePaul (2004) and Virginia (2007). Has 22 career postseason appearances, including 13 NCAA Tournaments. He was associate head coach to Jim Calhoun during Connecticut's 1999 national championship season. Leitao played under Calhoun at Northeastern University.
Tom Abatemarco, assistant coach
Abatemarco brings more than 40 years of collegiate and professional coaching experience that includes nine NCAA Tournament appearances, five Elite Eight trips and an NCAA title, and comes to Tulsa after one season at Loyola Marymount. He spent the past three years on the coaching staff at Colorado, his second stint with the Buffaloes.
He also served a brief stint with the Sacramento Kings in player personnel and scouting and as a broadcaster. He's also served as an assistant coach in the NBADL and WNBA.
Dennis Felton, assistant coach
Most recently spent three years with the San Antonio Spurs organization and before that had stints in the NBA with the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets, Phoenix Suns and Memphis Grizzlies.
In his last collegiate coaching post, Felton was the head coach at Georgia from 2003-09, leading the Bulldogs to the 2008 SEC Tournament championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Before that, he was head coach at Western Kentucky (1998-03), guiding the Hilltoppers to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2001-03.
Todor Pandov, Strength & conditioning coach
A native of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, carries 10 seasons of assisting at the collegiate level and four years of NCAA Division I playing experience (Western Kentucky).
As strength coach, Pandov helped teams earn NCAA berths at Texas, Miami, Fla., Western Kentucky and Missouri. He worked under Frank Haith at Miami and Missouri.
WAKE FOREST
Steve Woodberry - Assistant Coach-Prior to his time at Tulsa, Woodberry spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Missouri State where he served under three head coaches, including Barry Hinson, Cuonzo Martin and Paul Lusk.
Randolph Childress - Assistant Coach-Childress, a Wake Forest legend during his playing days, served as assistant last season to Jeff Bzdelik, who resigned March 20. He’s the only full-time assistant from Bzdelik’s staff to be hired by Manning
Brett Ballard - Assistant Coach-Prior to his time at Tulsa, Ballard spent two seasons as the head basketball coach at Baker (Kan.) University.
Justin Bauman - Director of Basketball Operations-Previously, Bauman spent four seasons at the University of San Francisco, working under coach Rex Walters, where he served two seasons as the director of basketball operations before being promoted to assistant coach for his final two years with the Dons.
In his two seasons as a full-time assistant coach, San Francisco posted a 39-29 overall record. The Dons went 20-14 record in 2011-12, marking the first 20-win season for the program in 30 years, and played in the postseason CBI tournament.
Prior to his tenure at USF, Bauman spent two seasons as the director of basketball operations at Florida Atlantic Universit
