Lions leader joins Jerome Tang's staff after leading Lions to GEICO Nationals finals, capturing third Peach Jam title in seven years.
Rodney Perry led first-year program
Link Academy (Branson, Mo.) to the GEICO Nationals championship game and added his third Nike EYBL Peach Jam title in seven years with Mokan Elite. Now, he's leaving the Lions for an assistant's role under Jerome Tang at Kansas State.
"My family and I are extremely grateful and feel blessed to be joining
such an incredible staff and university," Perry said Wednesday in a
press release. "I know the goals that Coach
Tang has for the Wildcat family and community, the expectations are
extremely high. I'm looking forward to getting started and helping the
team get better on and off the floor and getting to know the Wildcat
community."
Perry has coached for 28 years, 15 years at the collegiate level, including serving as the head coach of NAIA Avila University in Kansas City, Mo. from 2010-16.
He's also a co-founder and former head coach of two Missouri-based AAU programs in the Springfield Rockets from 1994-2003 and Mokan Elite from 2006-2016, 2018-19, 2021-22. He led Mokan Elite to Peach Jam titles in 2016, 2019 and 2022, while capturing the 1995 AAU National Championship with the Rockets.
In his lone season with Link Academy, Perry led the Lions to a 34-2 record and finished the season No. 3 in the MaxPreps National Top 20 in 2021-22.
He led Mokan Elite to a 26-4 record this summer with a 7-1 record in Nike EYBL Peach Jam play.
Link Academy head coach Rodney Perry takes assistant coaching job at Kansas State.
Photo: Samuel Mfinanga
