Souleymane Wane is now the head coach of the Haverhill High School varsity boys’ basketball team for the 2016-17 season.
He was appointed by Haverhill Superintendent of Schools James F. Scully following a recommendation from Director of Athletics and Wellness Thomas E. O’Brien, according to a statement Tuesday.
A member of the Haverhill staff for six years, Wane served as junior varsity coach/varsity assistant from 2008 to 2011, then again from 2013 to 2016. From 2011 to 2013, Wane was the assistant coach for the UMass Lowell men’s basketball program under head coach Greg Herenda.
Wane played at the University of Connecticut from 1997 to 2001 for head coach Jim Calhoun. He helped UConn to the school’s first NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball National Championship in 1999.
After graduation, Wane was invited to the Los Angeles Clippers camp before playing professionally in Bosnia, Japan, Germany and Poland. He was also a member of the Senegalese national team in the 2005 FIBA Africa Championship.
Wane has been a French teacher at Haverhill High School since 2008 and currently resides in Lowell.