Shaq will join Mike Bibby, who was hired as the program’s next head coach earlier this year, at Sac State. Bibby, who spent half of his NBA career playing for the Sacramento Kings, will take over in what will be his first college head coaching job. He recently helped lead his former high school in Arizona to five state titles.

It’s official. On its X account, the Sacramento State basketball program announced what had been the talk of the college basketball world for several hours: the legendary Shaquille O’Neal will be their new general manager,