The Fort Wayne Mad Ants have extended assistant coach Steve Gansey’s contract for the 2011-12 season. This will be Gansey’s third season with the team.

“We are very excited to have Steve returning to the Mad Ants,” said Mad Ants President Jeff Potter. “He has demonstrated in his short time in the D-League that he has a very bright future, and we are happy to have him start his career here in Fort Wayne.”

Gansey began his career with the Ants as a volunteer assistant coach during the 2009-10 season under head coach Joey Meyer. Meyer and Potter were so pleased with his work that they hired him as assistant coach position for the 2010-11 season at the young age of 24.