Justin Argenal Last College: CSU-Chico Position: Director of Basketball Operations Email: TBA

Justin Argenal enters his first season as Director of Basketball Operations at Louisiana Tech after spending the past year at The Citadel in the same position.

While at The Citadel, Argenal handled all day-to-day operations within the program under head coach Chuck Driessell. He was in charge of all the team travel and conducted all film exchange, film breakdown for scouting and film for recruitment purposes.

Argenal played a large role in the team's academic success as he monitored and reviewed the academics of all student-athletes whose team GPA was 3.01. He also directed and organized annual basketball camps and clinics.

Prior to The Citidal, Argenal served as a graduate assistant at the University of Mississippi during the 2009-10 season. He focused on the academic success of student-athletes and implementation of individual workouts for off-season player development. He was an instrumental part of the Rebels 2009-10 NIT Final Four staff. Argenal has also served as a staff assistant for basketball camps held by Herb Sendek (Arizona State), Gary Williams (Maryland) and Kelvin Sampson (formerly of Indiana University).

A native of Lafayette, Calif., Argenal was a four-year team captain at California State University, Chico, and is the school's and the California Collegiate Athletic Association's all-time leader in steals and assists. He earned a bachelor of arts in psychology from CSU-Chico in 2009. Argenal completed his master's degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University (Irvine) in 2010.