Mutombo to coach Rice Basketball next year?

My friend who Goes to Rice, just told me he got an email from head of school talking about updates on Rice and etc. At the bottom of the email, there is a little note that says Rice has found a new coach for their basketball team, 4 time DPOY and world leader Dikembe Mutombo.

He will send me the link later, but if this is true, congrats to Deke.

and I doubt its an April Fools joke, considering its April 3rd.

EDIT: heres the email

Subject: [TFW] Message from the President's Office
To: teamwiess@mailman.rice.edu

Dear Rice Community Members,

I am deeply disappointed to report that an entirely unacceptable act of criminal
behavior occurred at the site of Duncan and McMurtry colleges last night. The
Rice University Police Department is conducting a thorough investigation in
cooperation with the Houston Police Department, but I wanted to express my own
condemnation of such behavior and explain to the Rice community what the future
holds for our university.

At approximately 10:20 PM, RUPD alerted my office, the office of Dean Forman,
and the Board of Trustees that the master construction plans and blueprints had
been stolen from the office of Facilities, Engineering and Planning and the
Construction Headquarters in South Campus, along with the most recent copies
from several other on-campus buildings and a Palm Pilot with Development
Supervisor Max Amery's construction contacts. Furthermore, many of the vehicles
present in the Duncan-McMurtry construction site have been severely damaged and
construction cannot continue at full speed until the vehicles have been
replaced and the remainder of the site is inspected for damages. While it is
currently unknown whether the perpetrators were affiliated with Rice, the
estimated timing of the incidents combined with what appears to be an intimate
knowledge of the university layout indicates that this crime may be the work of
several students, staff members, or faculty working in cohesion.

The university is conducting an investigation into the matter and we encourage
anyone with information to contact Dean Forman's office. Your help will be
kept confidential.

While other copies of the construction plan exist, the Palm Pilot will prove to
be extremely difficult to replace and the remaining construction plans are
outdated. Last Tuesday, the Board of Trustees gave its full approval to
changing the Vision for the Second Century's "Plan A" and allot $16 million to
the renovation of both James A. Baker and William Rice colleges. The students
housed in these colleges will be moved to Duncan and McMurtry Colleges,
respectively. While this is exciting news that bodes well in our mission to
strengthen the Rice legacy, tonight's events necessitate the extension of this
plan by three years, until 2012. While I understand this news may upset many
students, we must welcome our valiant construction workers with open arms until
this project has reached completion.

In unrelated news, I am proud to announce that four-time NBA Defensive Player of
the Year and Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba
Jean-Jacques Wamutombo has officially signed on as the coach of Rice
University's men's basketball team. His extensive commitment to world activism,
language education, and fair diplomacy will ensure that Rice remains a
bridge-builder in a time of international struggle and expanding globalism. His
seven-foot two-inch, two-hundred-and-sixty-pound frame will ensure that
University of Houston coach Tom Penders will not survive the 2008-2009 season
with both a victory over Rice and an intact pelvis.

Love,
David W. Leebron
President