The Clemson Insider confirmed early Monday morning that Clemson assistant basketball coach and recruiting coordinator Richie Riley has been offered and accepted the head coaching position at Nicholls State.

Riley just completed his second season on Brad Brownell’s staff at Clemson where he helped coach the guards. He is the third assistant coach from Brownell’s Clemson staff to move on to a head coaching position. Nicholls State parted ways with longtime coach J.P. Piper on March 29.

Former assistant Clemson assistant Earl Grant took over at the College of Charleston program two years ago. Rick Ray left the Clemson program following the 2011-’12 season to take over as the head coach at Mississippi State. He is now the head coach at Southeast Missouri State.

Prior to coming to Clemson, Riley spent the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons coaching under Jerod Haase at UAB. He helped the Blazers to an 18-13 overall record, including a 63-59 victory over No. 16 North Carolina in December 2013. He played an integral role in recruiting UAB’s large freshman class — a group that helped the Blazers to the 2015 NCAA Tournament after a Conference USA title.

Prior to his time at UAB, Riley spent the 2011-12 season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Eastern Kentucky. He also spent two seasons under former Clemson head coach Cliff Ellis at Coastal Carolina, helping the Chanticleer program to consecutive Big South regular season championships in 2010 and 2011. With Riley on staff, Coastal Carolina advanced to the NIT both of those seasons as well.

Riley was recruiting coordinator and assistant coach at Pikeville College from 2006-09, where he earned the honor of ‘Top NAIA Assistant’ from RecruitingRumors.com. He started his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Georgetown College in his home state of Kentucky from 2003-05, before working as an assistant for one season (2005-06) at Hawaii-Pacific.

Riley earned an undergraduate degree in special education with a minor in English from Eastern Kentucky in 2005. He played one season (2001-02) for then-EKU head coach Travis Ford.