After completing three years as a Graduate Assistant at Sacramento State, Charles Negus was named the Assistant Director of Operations for the 2021-22 season.
In 2019-20, Negus helped the team to 16-14 overall and 8-12 records in the Big Sky. The Hornets won their first round tournament game over Weber State, before their quarterfinal game against Eastern Washington (and the rest of the tournament) was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 16 wins were the second most in the program’s Div. I era (1991-pres.), and the team finished with an overall record above the .500 mark for just the second time in the Div. I era. In addition, the Hornets’ defense ranked fifth in the nation (among 350 Div. I playing schools) and first in the Big Sky, allowing just 59.7 points per game. That was the best mark for the program since the 1962-63 season. Also, the program’s +3.8 rebounding margin per game was the best mark since the 1975-76 season.
Negus spent the previous four years at Sierra College (2014-18) in Rocklin, Calif., where he was a full-time assistant coach for the Wolverines during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons. Prior to that, he spent two years as the team’s director of basketball operations and video coordinator.
During those four years at Sierra College, the Wolverines qualified for the playoffs on three occasions. In addition, Negus helped 15 student-athletes receive scholarships to four-year institutions, including a pair of Div. I players.
Before coaching at Sierra College, Negus played four years of basketball at Forest Lake Christian High School, including two seasons on the varsity squad.
A native of Auburn, Calif., Negus graduated with a degree in Mathematics with an emphasis on Applied Mathematics from Sacramento State in the spring of 2018, and later added a master's in Economics from the University in 2021.
