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Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to become the Sacramento State men’s basketball general manager, sources told ESPN.
It will be an unpaid, voluntary role for the Basketball Hall of Famer, whose son Shaqir O’Neal will play for Sacramento State under new coach Mike Bibby after transferring out of Florida A&M in late March to join the Hornets.
Shaquille O’Neal is the latest high-profile athlete to accept a general manager role with a school. NBA superstar Stephen Curry was named an assistant GM at his alma mater, Davidson, last month, and Hawks star Trae Young has that same role at Oklahoma. Retired NFL quarterback Andrew Luck last year accepted the GM position with his old school, Stanford.
O’Neal won four NBA titles, three NBA Finals MVPs and a league MVP during his 19-year career in the NBA. He is currently an analyst on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” show. He also served as a minority owner of the Sacramento Kings from 2013 to 2022.
Sacramento State is slated to open a new basketball facility on campus this fall. University president Luke Wood, an alum and the youngest president ever appointed in the California State University system, has