Woldeslassie Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Abe Woldeslassie as assistant men's basketball coach. Woldeslassie joins coach Tim Gilbride's staff after a decorated career at Macalester (Minn.) College and brings a wealth of collegiate basketball experience to the Polar Bears.

A 2008 graduate of Division III Macalester College, Woldeslassie averaged 17.2 points and 5.4 assists per game and was twice named First Team All-MIAC (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), leading the league in assists on two occasions. Prior to college, he was an All-Conference performer and team co-MVP at St. Thomas Academy.

Woldeslassie broke into the coaching ranks following graduation, earning an assistant coach position at Impact Basketball, one of the premier basketball training facilities in the world. In addition to recruiting prospective student-athletes, he was active in on-court player development and assisted with the 2008 and 2009 NBA Pre-Draft workouts. He also served as co-director of the 2009 Impact Basketball Classic, a 14-team event held in Las Vegas. In the summer of 2009, he also held a head coaching position at the Basketball Training Institute in Pasadena, California.

A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Woldeslassie graduated from Macalester with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Woldeslassie replaces Preston Beverly, who served for three seasons on the Polar Bear coaching staff.

He can be reached at awoldesl@bowdoin.edu.