Officials at Missouri State University-West Plains will interview one more candidate for the men’s basketball head coaching position this week.
Ryan Stock, assistant coach at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, will be interviewed on Tuesday.
Another candidate – Robert Guster, assistant coach at the University of Texas-San Antonio – was named a finalist and scheduled for a Monday interview. But he later withdrew his name.
Already interviewed for the vacancy were:
•Chad Van Riessen, interim head coach of the Grizzly basketball team, on May 3.
•Steven Hunter, head coach of the men’s basketball team at North Arkansas College in Harrison, Arkansas, on May 4.
•Chris Popp, assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, on May 6.
Members of the search committee hope to make a hiring decision by mid-May. The choice will be subject to approval by the Missouri State University Board of Governors.