FAYETTEVILLE — A fax machine in the Saint Mary’s College basketball office 12 years ago started David Patrick’s journey to become the University of Arkansas’ new top assistant coach.
Razorbacks Coach Eric Musselman was between coaching jobs at the time after being fired as head coach of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings.
Musselman was living in the San Francisco Bay Area and working as an NBA radio analyst during the 2007-08 season when he frequently visited Saint Mary’s practices on the campus in Moraga, Calif.
Gaels Coach Randy Bennett and Musselman were friends from their time together at the University of San Diego, where Musselman was a backup guard and Bennett an assistant coach.