After the fall of the House of Jurich, the concern for many University of Louisville fans was that the school would lose star coaches such as baseball's Dan McDonnell and women's basketball's Jeff Walz as a result.
Instead, new Cardinals Athletics Director Vince Tyra, the former Kentucky Wildcats baseball pitcher, has fought off Mississippi State to retain McDonnell and gotten Walz to agree to a contract extension through 2025.
Last week, it was the University of Kentucky losing one of its brightest coaching stars.