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ATLANTA -- Georgia State has turned to South Carolina assistant Shawn Elliott to energize a program that hasnt had a winning season since moving up to college footballs top division.Elliott was introduced Friday at a news conference on Georgia States downtown campus.He coached the offensive line and served as co-offensive coordinator for the Gamecocks, where he worked the last seven years under Steve Spurrier and current head coach Will Muschamp.Elliott also served as South Carolinas interim head coach in 2015, going 1-5 after Spurrier retired midway through the season.Were going to bring effort and enthusiasm, and were going to attack every single day as if its our last, he said. I know thats easy to say, but its the truth. People talk about vision, vision, vision; I talk about now and what we need to be doing right now.The hiring comes at a critical time for Georgia States program, which has struggled to make its mark on the crowded Atlanta sports scene.The Panthers are moving to Turner Field next season, taking over the stadium that served as the Braves baseball home the last 20 years. Georgia State plans to downsize it into a 23,000-seat football stadium, providing a much more intimate atmosphere that the 70,000-seat Georgia Dome.But the Panthers have rarely drawn even 10,000 to a game since launching their program in 2010. After going 6-5 as an FCS school in their debut season, they have not had a winning record since.Georgia State is 10-39 since joining the Sun Belt Conference in 2013.Elliott said the move to Turner Field is a huge step.The future is bright at Georgia State University and that stadium were about to move into, Elliott said.Athletic director Charlie Cobb said he wanted a coach that would bolster recruiting in Atlanta and throughout the state of Georgia. Given its lack of success, the AD also wanted someone who would bring positive energy to our football program.Before his tenure with the Gemecocks, Elliott served 13 seasons as an assistant coach at Appalachian State, his alma mater. A native of Camden, South Carolina, he was an integral part of three consecutive NCAA FCS titles from 2005-07 as well as the Mountaineers historic upset at Michigan in 2007.Cobb is a former athletic director at Appalachian State.Im fortunate that our paths crossed 11 years ago at App State, Cobb said. 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William Carrier opened the scoring for Cape Breton (6-4-2), but Andrew Ryan tied the game and Brent Andrews put the Mooseheads (8-6-0) in front for good with a short-handed goal at 13:49 of the second period.MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Timberwolves are not big into hazing their rookies. If they were, it would be a little awkward for some of the teams veterans to give Kris Dunn a hard time.At 22 years old, Dunn is older than four of his teammates, all of whom have been in the league for at least one season. So if 20-year-olds Karl-Anthony Towns or Tyus Jones wanted a beer on the road, they might need Dunn to buy it for them.If fourth-year pro Shabazz Muhammad started to razz Dunn, all that the No. 5 overall pick in the June draft would have to do is remind him that the two of them were in the same high school graduating class.They try to call me rook. The guys that are younger than me, I tell them it doesnt faze me because Im older than you are. Its kind of irrelevant you guys saying that, Dunn said with a chuckle. Were all just joking around.After overcoming shoulder injuries early in his career at Providence to win the Big East Player of the Year award in his final two years in school, Dunn declared for the draft as a fourth-year junior and surprisingly fell to the Wolves, who boast one of the leagues best young rosters. He is the third-oldest player drafted in the first round.The Baby Wolves include Towns and Jones, 21-year-olds Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine, and the 23-year-old Muhammad.New coach and president Tom Thibodeau grabbed Dunn to address one of the teams biggest weaknesses last season -- a physically ready backup to starting point guard Ricky Rubio. And one of the things that appealed most to Thibodeau was Dunns experience in college. On a team with so much youth, Dunns polished game fits well for the present and the future.I like guys that have played in college a long time, Thibodeau said. With Jimmy Butler in Chicago, he played four years. Some people you look at and say, `Well theres not a big upside. Those guys, you look at JJimmy, you look at Draymond Green, those guys have proved a lot of people wrong.ddddddddddddDunn will make his NBA debut on Saturday when the Wolves play the Miami Heat in an exhibition game in Kansas City, Missouri. The Wolves are one of the last remaining teams to have yet to play a preseason game, getting a full two weeks of training camp to absorb Thibodeaus system, and Dunn has made a strong first impression.He knows how to lead a team. Hes aggressive. He wants it. He goes after it, said Wiggins, who added that Dunn is far more ready for the league than he was when he came in as the No. 1 overall pick after one year at Kansas three years ago. He knows what to do. You can tell he knows what hes doing. College teaches fundamentals and he has all of that.Kris coming in as the rookie and hes older than me, Zach, KAT and Wiggs, said Jones, who wont turn 21 until May. Its different. You dont see that every day.So far Dunn has been running the second unit, along with Muhammad, Brandon Rush, Nemanja Bjelica and Cole Aldrich, giving the Wolves a balance between starters and bench that they did not have last year. Long term, he could eventually supplant Rubio as the starting point guard, or morph into a combo guard that can play -- and defend -- both spots in the backcourt.Hes ready for this league, Rubio said. You can tell.Dunn credited the NBA-style system that Friars coach Ed Cooley runs for getting him ready for what Thibodeau is teaching in training camp.I feel like I could adjust to the plays a lot easier. Im learning the game a lot easier because I know so much through college, he said. 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