Quentin Daniels
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The 2013 NCAA tournament was one of the best (the best?) showing by mid-major teams ever. A full 11 squads made it to the round of 32 (12 if you count recently departed Temple) with 3 making an appearance in the Sweet 16, 2 in the Elite 8, and one in the Final Four.
It made me wonder, where do successful programs like these look when hiring a coach.
Well let's take a look where these coaches were immediately preceding their hire:
So of the teams above:
Four hired assistants internally
Two hired assistants from successful larger programs
One hired an assistant from a professional team (formerly a successful big conference coach)
Three hired successful smaller conference coaches
and just two hired a failed big conference coach
It made me wonder, where do successful programs like these look when hiring a coach.
Well let's take a look where these coaches were immediately preceding their hire:
- St. Louis - Jim Crews, Asst. @ St. Louis
- Memphis - Josh Pastner Asst. @ Memphis
- Creighton - Greg McDermott, Iowa State
- Gonzaga - Mark Few, Asst. @ Gonzaga
- Wichita State (Final 4) - Greg Marshall - Winthrop
- La Salle (Sweet 16) - John Giannini - Maine
- Harvard - Tommy Amaker - Michigan
- Virginia Commonwealth - Shaka Smart, Asst. @ Florida
- San Diego State - Steve Fisher, Asst @ Sacramento Kings
- Florida Gulf Coast (Elite 8) - Andy Enfield, Asst. @ Florida State
- Butler - Brad Stevens, Asst. @ Butler
- Temple - Fran Dunphy, Penn
So of the teams above:
Four hired assistants internally
Two hired assistants from successful larger programs
One hired an assistant from a professional team (formerly a successful big conference coach)
Three hired successful smaller conference coaches
and just two hired a failed big conference coach
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