OREM Mark Madsen, the nine-year NBA veteran who played alongside greats of the league like Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O Neal, is adding another NBA standout to his staff.
The second-year head coach at Utah Valley confirmed the school is bringing back alumnus and former NBA standout Ronnie Price to serve as the team s director of player development. Price s new role, which will work alongside Madsen and assistant coaches Todd Phillips, Todd Okeson and Jarred Jackson in developing and mentoring talent on the roster, beginning with the remainder of the 2020-21 season. Ronnie Price is a tremendous leader who will have a huge impact on the UVU men s basketball program, said Madsen, who was a first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Lakers and won NBA titles in 2001 and 2002. I got to know Ronnie playing summer pickup basketball in 2004 at UVU. At that time, I was blown away not only with his basketball skill, but with who he is as a person. Ronnie later joined the Lakers and his kn