PIEDMONT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Dr. Charles Petitt, President of Piedmont International University (PIU), Winston Salem, NC, has announced that former NBA all-star Josh Howard has accepted the position of head basketball coach and will start immediately. Howard, a decorated graduate of Wake Forest (2003), was one of only three basketball players in the history of the ACC unanimously selected as ACC Player of the Year. He was named the national player of the year by FOX, College Insider and Basketball Digest and was a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award and the James Naismith Award. Howard was drafted in the first round of the 2003 NBA draft and was selected as an NBA all-star in 2007. Hoop Dirt. Read More.