UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD

University of Illinois Springfield Director of Athletics Kim Pate announces the hiring of Mark Kost as the head women’s basketball coach. Kost joins UIS sidelines after a season with Charleston Southern where he worked primarily with the perimeter players. The previous season, Kost was an assistant at Morehead State. Kost is a 1995 graduate of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s of business administration. His wife Samantha is the associate athletic director for academics at Coastal Carolina.