Former Stanford Cardinal head basketball coach Johnny Dawkins, who was fired following the 2016 regular season, will reportedly be the next coach of the Central Florida Knights, per Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com.
Dawkins, who led the Cardinal to two NIT championships, was 156-115 in eight seasons with the team and qualified for the NCAA tournament just once.
Although the former Duke University star had only two losing seasons at Stanford, the Cardinal were just 15-15 this season. The lack of NCAA tournament appearances had to make the fans grow weary after seeing their team in the Big Dance 13 of the previous 14 years before Dawkins arrived in 2008.