Sun Devils lose two assistant coaches

Arizona State men’s basketball coach Herb Sendek has a couple job openings on his staff.

As reported by The State Press, assistants Scott Pera and Lamont Smith have bolted for other programs.

Pera, who has been with ASU since 2006, is heading to the University of Pennsylvania and Smith, who joined Sendek in Tempe in 2008, will be heading to the University of Washington.

The report says Perais a Pennsylvania native whose wife attended Penn. Smith, it says, worked with Washington coach Lorenzo Romar in 2001.

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