Three days after its much-criticized firing of Tobin Anderson, Iona hired top choice Dan Geriot off the bench of the New Orleans Pelicans. Geriot, 36, spent the past 10 years as an NBA assistant and — just as significantly — is expected to bring the financial connections that would help boost Iona’s NIL revenue pot .

The 36-year-old Geriot was in his 10th season as an NBA assistant, nine years with the Cleveland Cavaliers and one with the Pelicans.

Iona University named Dan Geriot its new men's basketball coach on March 20 and also announced its intent to name the first general manager in program history. Geriot was in his first season with the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans and had spent the previous nine in various coaching roles with the Cleveland Cavaliers,