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UMKC men’s basketball announced Wednesday that Chris Hollender has joined the staff as an assistant coach. He comes to UMKC after three seasons on the staff at Mississippi State. Hollender coached a three-year stint in the same capacity at Evansville, his alma mater, prior to his time at MSU. He was a college teammate of UMKC head coach Kareem Richardson at Evansville as well. He returned to Evansville in 2009, after spending seven years on Jim Crews’ staff at Army from 2002-09. As a senior, he led the Missouri Valley Conference in field goal percentage (.548), and he was captain of the MVC’s most improved team in 1998 after his scoring average rose from 11.8 as a junior to 16.5 as a senior.