BIRMINGHAM -- Funeral arrangements are set for Coach James Wright, assistant men's basketball coach at Alabama A&M.Services will be noon Wednesday at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 1329 Avenue G in Birmingham.
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Coach Wright died last Wednesday at home. He was 46.
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The popular coach was in his fourth year as an assistant coach with the Bulldogs.
He came to The Hill from the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Before that, he was an assistant at the University of West Alabama where then-Athletic Director E.J. Brophy nicknamed him "The Recruiting Machine."Â
Wright also served as the coach, president and general manager of the AAU basketball team Rise & Shine from 1993-2004.Â
