It’s been a good few days for Mike Woodson.
After starting his weekend with a recommitment from his program’s best returning player, the new Indiana coach poached an assistant from a conference rival. And really, it’s not just any ol’ assistant coach.
It’s Dane Fife, the former Hoosier guard and longtime Michigan State assistant, who was officially announced as Woodson’s second hire on Monday afternoon. Fife’s appointment comes less than a week after Kenya Hunter, a holdover from Archie Miller’s last staff at IU, decided to stick with Woodson.
Fife brings a decade’s worth of Big Ten coaching and recruiting experience to Woodson’s bench, having worked closely with the Spartans’ guards during his time in East Lansing.