Sean Miller and the Arizona Men’s Basketball program hired Lorenzo Romar as the new associate head coach on Saturday. Romar will replace former assistant Joe Pasternack, who was introduced as the head coach of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos on April 4th. He is reportedly set to earn $400,000, which is a 32-33% increase of Pasternack’s salary of $302,000 as Miller’s right-hand man.
Miller and Arizona did not just make the home run hire, and they hit a grand slam! Yes, Romar was fired after 15 seasons as the head coach of the Washington Huskies after a 2017 campaign saw UW go 9-22, winning only two conference games.