Iona University's incoming head coach Dan Geriot got a shoutout from the GOAT, LeBron James, on social media, to celebrate his hire on March 20.

Geriot comes to New Rochelle after spending the last nine seasons on the coaching staff of the Cleveland Cavaliers and then the New Orleans Pelicans in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Welcome Dan Geriot,

Three days after its much-criticized firing of Tobin Anderson, Iona hired top choice Dan Geriot off the bench of the New Orleans Pelicans. Geriot, 36, spent the past 10 years as an NBA assistant and — just as significantly — is expected to bring the financial connections that would help boost Iona’s NIL revenue pot .