Less than 24 hours after news broke that Paul Mills was leaving ORU, the university has named his replacement as men's basketball head coach.

Russell Springmann has been an assistant on the Golden Eagles staff since 2018. Springmann spent a year with the Oklahoma City Thunder and prior to that had been at Texas for 17 years.

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pringmann was a key recruiter in helping land Max Abmas for ORU.