Butler hires former player Ronald Nored as coach

Butler hired former Bulldogs point guard Ronald Nored to succeed Thad Matta as head coach on Wednesday.

Nored, 36, had worked as an assistant coach in the NBA since 2018 and was with the Atlanta Hawks since 2023.

He was a two-time Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year and played in two NCAA Tournament championship games (2010, 2011) with Butler, where he is the Indianapolis school's career leader in games played (143) and steals (207).

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