Head coach in-waiting hires have not been used utilized much in college athletics after the move became popular over a decade ago in college football. However, college basketball most recently used it with Jon Scheyer at Duke, and now a rising mid-major is putting it in play.
On Tuesday, both Pat Forde and Jon Rothstein reported that Scotty’s Davenport will eventually be replaced by his son, Doug, as head men’s basketball coach of the Knights.
Last season, Bellarmine became one of college basketball’s biggest surprises in March as the former Division II program won the ASUN tournament in just their second season in Division I.