SEATTLE (May 16) -- Jarrett Mentink has been named as Seattle Pacific University's new full-time assistant coach for men's basketball, effective June 10, said head coach Jeff Hironaka.

Mentink, 33, previously had served as a part-time assistant at SPU from 1995-97 and again this past season. Currently an assistant professor in the Seattle Pacific physical education department, he will continue teaching classes for through the end of the quarter before assuming his new post.

From 1997-2001 Mentink attended Washington State University, where he earned both a master's in athletic administration in 1998 and doctorate degree in higher education in 2001.

Before coming to the Falcons, he had served as assistant at Tacoma Community College (1994-95) and Federal Way's Decatur High School (1991-94). He also was an assistant for the Washington state BCI team.

Mentink played basketball and baseball while a student at Decatur. He earned his bachelors degree from the University of Washington in 1993.

Hironaka replaced Ken Bone as head coach Apr. 16.