Assistant Replaces Harrick

Longtime assistant Tom Asbury was hired today as Pepperdine University’s head basketball coach, succeeding Jim Harrick, who was named the head coach at UCLA a day earlier.

Asbury, 42, became the top assistant after Harrick was hired as the Waves’ head coach in 1979. During that time, Pepperdine had a 167-97 record and played in four NCAA Tournaments and two National Invitation Tournaments. A former team captain and All-Western Athletic Conference player at the University of Wyoming from 1964-67, Asbury played one season for the Denver franchise of the American Basketball Assn. before beginning his coaching career in the Colorado high school ranks.