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Hopson played in the National Basketball Association (NBA)
for five seasons. He was the third pick overall in the 1987
NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets, where he played for three
years. He also had stints with the Chicago Bulls, where he
won a NBA Championship, and the Sacramento Kings. Following
his NBA career, Hopson played seven more years in Europe.
Upon retiring from his playing career, Hopson was a regional
scout for the Philadelphia 76ers in 2003-2004 before moving
into the coaching ranks.
He began his collegiate coaching career at Northwood
University, where he served as an assistant coach for two
years under head coach Rollie Massimino. He was a part of a
NAIA national quarterfinals team in 2007-2008 and helped
guide the Timberwolves to a pair of Florida Sun Conference
titles.
Hopson spent 2009-2014 as an assistant coach at Bowling
Green State University for coach Louis Orr. He was an
instrumental member of the coaching staff that helped the
Falcons earn a berth in the 2012 CollegeInsider.com
postseason tournament.
Hopson spent one season as the head boys coach at Bedford
High School and also served as the Director of Basketball
Operations for the YMCA of Greater Toledo prior to his
arrival at Lourdes.
“I would like to thank President Gawelek and Coach Eaton for
this opportunity,” Hopson said. “Their energy and passion
for the future of this program had a lot to do with me
making the decision to come here. I am excited for the
vision and direction that the athletics staff is headed in.
I am a community guy and passionate about the city of Toledo
and the surrounding community, and the opportunity to stay
home and coach at the collegiate level makes this that much
more exciting.”
Hopson was a standout player at The Ohio State University,
where he was an All-American and the Big Ten Player of the
Year in 1987. He is the Buckeyes’ all-time leading scorer,
tallying 2,096 points during his four-year career. He also
holds the school’s single season scoring record with 958
points in 1986-1987, a season in which he finished second
nationally in scoring.
A
member of the Ohio State Hall of Fame Class of 1994, Hopson
was named to the John Wooden Award All-American Team and was
named a First Team All-Big Ten selection in 1987.
Hopson received his Bachelor of Education in sports and
leisure studies from Ohio State in 2006.
He inherits a Lourdes program that finished the 2018-2019
season 18-13 overall and 9-11 in the Wolverine-Hoosier
Athletic Conference. The Gray Wolves finished in a tie for
fifth place in the WHAC standings this past season.
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