It’s no secret or surprise that Brad Brownell had interest in the Indiana men’s basketball head coaching vacancy. And he did speak to the Hoosiers during their coaching search.
As a native of Evansville, Ind., who grew up a Hoosiers fan, Brownell says he always viewed Indiana University as “the job.” However, Clemson’s longtime head coach also admits he was never “the guy” for Indiana and the job also “didn’t feel right” for him at the time.
Brownell didn’t desire to leave Clemson, where he and his family feel “really at home.”
“The Indiana job was ‘the job.