Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries has hired assistant coach Nick Norton, Indiana Athletics announced in a press release Thursday. Norton is the first assistant to join the Hoosiers’ staff since DeVries was hired March 18.
“We are excited to have Nick join our staff,” DeVries said in the release. “He brings tremendous knowledge and feel for what we want our program to be about. He is terrific with the players on the floor and brings incredible energy every day to the practice floor.”
The 29-year-old Norton played collegiately from 2014-18 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham before spending his final season at Drake University. Norton’s lone year at Drake was DeVries’ first as the Bulldogs’ head coach.
After a one-year stint in the NBA G-League in 2019, Norton stepped away from basketball due to injuries. The Bloomington, Illinois, native started his coaching career in 2021, joining DeVries’ staff at Drake as the assistant director of operations.
Norton earned a promotion to director of operations before the 2022-23 season, and he was elevated to assistant coach and director of player development for the 2023-24 campaign.
DeVries left Drake to be West Virginia University’s head coach in 2024-25, and he brought Norton with him as an assistant coach and director of player development.
Now, history has repeated itself in Bloomington this spring.
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