New men’s basketball coach Johnny Dawkins announced the hiring of a trio of new assistant coaches as Dick Davey, Rodney Tention and Mike Schrage will join Stanford for the 2008-09 season. Schrage follows Dawkins from Duke to the Farm, while Davey, the most notable of the three additions, was a four-time West Coast Conference Coach of the Year at Santa Clara, where he served as head coach of the Broncos for 15 seasons prior to his retirement at the end of the 2006-07 season.

Davey’s Broncos racked up a 251-190 record on his watch and earned three trips to the NCAA Tournament. The new Cardinal assistant will be key in helping the rest of the new coaching staff navigate the unfamiliar waters of college basketball on the West Coast.

“Dick obviously brings a wealth of knowledge to our program and I feel he will be a tremendous addition to our staff,” Dawkins told GoStanford.com. “In addition to leading successful teams at Santa Clara, he is a true teacher of the game and his experience will be an invaluable asset to our program.”

Tention brings 20 years of collegiate coaching experience, including stints as the head coach of Loyola Marymount (2006-08) and College of Notre Dame (1995-97). He has also amassed a great deal of familiarity with the Pac-10, serving as an assistant under Lute Olson at Arizona from 1998 to 2005

Schrage, meanwhile, worked under the legendary Bob Knight at Indiana from 1994 to 1998 before joining the Duke staff.

“I am excited to have our coaching staff on board,” Dawkins said in the same press release. “During the search process, our objective was to try and find the right fit and chemistry for our program and I believe we have done that successfully.”