Source: Sacramento State hires Shaquille O’Neal as a voluntary GM

Hall of Famer Shaquille O Neal has agreed to become the general manager of the men s basketball activity at Sacramento State under new coach Mike Bibby A person familiar with the situation explained Monday that O Neal will take the voluntary job for the plan that his son Shaqir lately joined as a player The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the school hadn t made an announcement ESPN first shared the news Bibby the former NBA star for the Sacramento Kings was hired as head coach for the Hornets last month as the school tries to raise its profile in collegiate athletics One of the first additions Bibby made was signing Shaqir O Neal as a transfer from Florida A M Now Bibby has O Neal s father involved in the effort O Neal is the latest high-profile athlete to take on a general manager role at a college project Stephen Curry was in recent days broadcasted as the assistant general manager at Davidson and Trae Young has that same role at Oklahoma O Neal won four NBA titles three NBA Finals MVPs and a league MVP during his -year career in the NBA He is currently an analyst on TNT s Inside the NBA show He also served as a minority owner of the Sacramento Kings from - Related Articles Former Stanford Cal star Stojakovic heads to the Big Ten NCAA passes new rules to allow direct payments to players Duke star Cooper Flagg declares for the NBA draft as the likely No pick News recap The Sanders conflict portal madness faking injuries Cal basketball star Stojakovi enters transfer portal again Sacramento State went - this season under interim coach Michael Czepil who was promoted last spring after David Patrick left to take a job as associate head coach at LSU The Hornets had gone - in two seasons under Patrick and the operation has never made an NCAA Tournament since moving up to Division I in - The Hornets have had a winning record only twice since then going - in - and - in -