DePaul Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:05:41 PDT

It's a measure of how much respect DePaul has for coach Jerry Wainwright that he's coming back for a fifth year even after an 0-18 league record a year ago.

However, his staff didn't get the same break, which could mean some awkward moments around the family dinner table. Wainwright's son Scott was among the three assistants dismissed, along with Gary DeCesare and Ramon Williams. Replacing them are David Booth, Billy Garrett and Tracy Webster, along with Tom Kleinschmidt as the new director of basketball operations.

Booth and Kleinschmidt top the ranks of recent greats in the Blue Demon program, a stark reminder of where the school is hoping to return. To get there, Wainwright will lean on the inside player most likely to join his new assistants on top of the school's...