Veterans Memorial High School alum Caleb Villarreal, who spent the previous two seasons on Doc Sadler’s staff at Southern Mississippi, joined UTRGV men's basketball as the special assistant to the head coach on May 2, 2016.
Villarreal's primary responsibilities include assisting with academics, travel, housing, admissions, camps, overseeing student managers, and equipment.
Villarreal served as the graduate assistant in 2014-15 before being promoted to video coordinator in 2015-16. As a graduate assistant, Villarreal helped to develop players on and off the court. After his promotion, Villarreal began assisting the program in all aspects, including scouting, cutting up film, and developing a game plan.
Villarreal spent three seasons as a student manager for Texas Tech. During his time there he worked for three head coaches – Billy Gillispie, Chris Walker and Tubby Smith. He assisted the program with recruiting visits, film and video breakdown, and coordination of office projects.
Villarreal attended Veterans Memorial from 2006-10 and was a two-time All-District 32-4A Second Team selection for the boys basketball team. He was selected as the team captain for each of his final three seasons.
Villarreal earned his Bachelor of Science in Exercise & Sport Sciences from Texas Tech in 2014 and his Master of Science in Sports Management from Southern Mississippi in 2016.
