Miami Hurricanes head basketball coach Jim Larranaga was an assistant at Virginia for seven years under former Cavaliers head coach, athletic director and head of the NCAA Tournament committee Terry Holland. Larranaga was on Holland’s staff when Virginia reached the program’s first final four in 1981 with Ralph Sampson.
Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard spent ten seasons as an assistant coach at Texas Tech under Bob and Pat Knight. Beard attended high school in The Woodlands, Texas outside of Houston and is a graduate of the University of Texas. Like Miami is for Hurricanes football coach Manny Diaz, Texas is home for Beard.