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Madison — Greg Gard, preparing for his first full season in charge of the Wisconsin men's basketball program, made three anticipated moves Tuesday to finalize his staff.

Lamont Paris, who recently completed his sixth season on the staff, was promoted to associate head coach.

"He is richly deserving of the title change and added responsibilities," Gard said in a UW release. "From on-court coaching, recruiting and player development to camps, he will have a major role in everything we do."

Howard Moore, who left the Big Ten Network in December to fill in as an assistant after Gard was named interim head coach, has been retained.

The former Illinois-Chicago head coach (2010-'15) and former UW assistant (2005-'10) has coached for 16 seasons. He helped solidify the UW staff in the wake of Bo Ryan's abrupt retirement.

"Howard made invaluable contributions since joining our staff in the middle of the season," Gard said in the release, "and I'm thrilled that he will be with us for the long term. He had an immediate impact on our current players and is vital to keeping our strong connection to past UW players and coaches."

Paris and Moore join former UW player Joe Krabbenhoft, who was hired last week to replace assistant Gary Close. Close recently resigned after 13 seasons.

Kat Vosters was retained as director of basketball operations. A 2013 graduate of UW, she spent four seasons as a manager and one season as a program assistant before being promoted to director of basketball operations before the 2014-'15 season.

"I'm very excited to be able to keep Lamont, Howard and Kat on staff," Gard said in the release. "Having continuity within our program is important and each of these three individuals brings a valuable skill set and the character that makes Wisconsin basketball so successful."