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Eric van der Heijden and Bobby Pettiford Back on the Market

21, Mar 2021

Eric van der Heijden and Bobby Pettiford Back on the Market Premium Content

Louisville fired two assistants this weekend, Luke Murray and Dino Gaudio. Both coaches had been on staff at Louisville since Chris Mack took the head coaching job back in 2018.

The fallout from the firings came soon after with two of North Carolina's top seniors, Bobby Pettiford and Eric van der Heijden announcing Louisville had released them from their Letter-of-Intent to the school opening the door for them to sign elsewhere. 

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Justin Byerly
State Editor

Justin Byerly has spent the past 15 years covering North Carolina prep and grassroots basketball. He has previously worked with The Recruit Scoop and Rivals.com. In addition to that he has contributed to The USA Today, Charlotte Observer, The Asheville Citizen-Times and The Sun News. He has held The Justin Byerly Upstate/WNC Showcase the past two years and has helped student-athletes from North Carolina and South Carolina receive college scholarships. He owns The Byerly Report scouting service that has over 100 college subscriptions. Justin resides in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Danielle and four children.