Head coach Darrell Walker added two-time All-American and NBA first round draft pick Julius Hodge to the Little Rock coaching staff in July of 2021.

Hodge comes to Little Rock after spending three seasons at San Jose State, working with a number of all-Mountain West Conference selections during his time with the Spartans.

Hodge joined the staff at San Jose State after spending the 2016 and 2017 seasons at Santa Clara University as an assistant coach for Herb Sendak, his college coach at North Carolina State. In Hodge's first season with the Broncos, Santa Clara produced its first winning season in four years.

His coaching career started at the University of Buffalo in 2015 as the director of player development. In his one season with the Bulls, Buffalo recorded a 20-win season for the sixth time in school history, successfully defended its Mid-American Conference championship and played in the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons for the first time in school history.

The 2005 North Carolina State University graduate was a two-time All-American, the 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year and a two-time All-ACC player. He was a second-team consensus All-America as a junior and an Associated Press honorable mention All-America as a senior.

Hodge was a first-round draft choice of the Denver Nuggets and the 20th overall selection in the 2005 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft. He played for the Nuggets and the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA and throughout Europe, Asia and Australia before embarking on a coaching career.