5/15/2000:  Jeff Guiot, who has spent the last seven seasons as the head men's basketball coach at Neosho County (Kan.) Community College, has been hired as the new men's basketball coach at South Plains College.

Guiot replaces Shawn Scanlan, who resigned on April 24 to become head coach at Eastern New Mexico University.

Guiot (pronounced GHEE-O) guided Neosho to a 164-60 record in seven seasons and has averaged 23 wins a season.

A Kansas native, Guiot is a two-time Jayhawk Community College Conference Coach of the Year and is the winningest coach in Neosho history.

Guiot and his wife Tina have three children, Crystal, 10, Preston, 8 and Payton, 4 months.