I know this board has little appreciation for where HCs come from before making it big so this is sorta worth noting. Here are the resume summaries for the HCs of the top 8 seeded teams
Here are the top 8 seeds and their HC resume
1. Auburn. Bruce Pearl. 20 years ago TN hired him from Wi-Milwaukee. He won rather impressively at TN. Then wandered in “show cause” desert when Auburn called
2. Florida. Hired Todd Golden from USF where he wasn’t terribly impressive
3. Duke. Longtime Duke assistant hand promoted by Coach K
4. UH. Sampson. OU hired him from the CBB hoops Siberia that is Wash St. real good success at OU. NCAA issues cut short promising IU stint. Wandered NBA for years before UH called
5. Sparty - Izzo promoted from assistant 75 years ago
6. SJU - Pitino. Hired at Providence from Boston U. Rest is history
7. Bama - Oats hired from Buffalo. Was coaching HS literally 6 years prior to Bama
8. TN - Barnes. Providence hired him from George Mason. Rest is pretty impressive history.
In summary, all of them them were never a college HC or promoted from small mid majors. 3 of them are in that current part of their
Here are the top 8 seeds and their HC resume
1. Auburn. Bruce Pearl. 20 years ago TN hired him from Wi-Milwaukee. He won rather impressively at TN. Then wandered in “show cause” desert when Auburn called
2. Florida. Hired Todd Golden from USF where he wasn’t terribly impressive
3. Duke. Longtime Duke assistant hand promoted by Coach K
4. UH. Sampson. OU hired him from the CBB hoops Siberia that is Wash St. real good success at OU. NCAA issues cut short promising IU stint. Wandered NBA for years before UH called
5. Sparty - Izzo promoted from assistant 75 years ago
6. SJU - Pitino. Hired at Providence from Boston U. Rest is history
7. Bama - Oats hired from Buffalo. Was coaching HS literally 6 years prior to Bama
8. TN - Barnes. Providence hired him from George Mason. Rest is pretty impressive history.
In summary, all of them them were never a college HC or promoted from small mid majors. 3 of them are in that current part of their
