Rwanda Energy Group (REG) are keeping a close eye on IPRC-South Charles Mushumba as a possible replacement for outgoing coach Dean Murray.

Murray left REG after his contract expired at the end of the just-concluded 2023 season and the club management are offering Mushumba a deal to succeed the American who could only guide the club to the quarterfinals of the Basketball Africa League before losing the domestic championship to APR in September.

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Weekend Sport understands that the Rwandan tactician has been in talks with the club over the last couple of weeks and the two parties are close to reaching an agreement.

"Mushumba will join REG in the coming weeks. He has already agreed on personal terms with the club,” a reliable source in position of knowledge about the ongoing talks told Weekend Sport.

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In 2022, Mushumba was appointed assistant coach of the national team, replacing Henry Mwinuka who had served in the position since 2020.

He was part of the technical bench that assisted Rwanda head coach Cheikh Sarr during the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers.

Before becoming a coach, he played basketball for the National University of Rwanda (NUR) in 1997 before becoming the head coach for both of university’s men and women hoops teams.