Yesterday it was announced that former Spartan basketball legend Charlie Bell would be the inaugural head coach for Flint United. Flint United is a part of The Basketball League, which is a minor professional basketball league that was established in 2018. It was announced back in September that Flint would be awarded a franchise for the upcoming 2021 season.
The team is owned by Flint native Kevin Mays, who played a key role in the success for the Flint Firebirds and Flint City Bucks. The general manager of the team will be another Flint native in Matt Washington. This will be the first professional basketball team that Flint has had since 2004.
Charlie Bell has assistant coaching experience as he was an assistant for the Texas Legends for one season and two seasons for the Iowa Wolves, both of which are in the NBA G League. Bell of course had a successful basketball career on the court with an NCAA championship in 2000 and played 7 seasons in the NBA. He played with the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee Bucks, and Golden State Warriors.
Will this be a start of a very successful head coaching career? It also looks like he has already started to recruit players for is team in the tweet below.
— Charlie Bell (@flintstone14) November 17, 2020
I need a big man. 👀👀🤣 https://t.co/r8FkocApJe
— Charlie Bell (@flintstone14) November 17, 2020
