David Woods/IndyStar
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Four years ago we sat in his office and talked for an hour; he the coveted college coach with Final Four mementos piling up in the corners, me the nervous new beat writer anxious to get started. It was the first time I’d met Brad Stevens, and what I’d heard about him rang true that day: He was genuine, smart, engaging.
Two days later he was gone.
“I must have made a pretty bad first impression,” I’d joke with him months later, interviewing him in his new office, the one that read BOSTON CELTICS HEAD COACH.