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Being the men’s basketball coach at Virginia Commonwealth University means holding a position that comes with great attention and the potential to move on to more prestigious coaching jobs.
It also comes with a major caveat: Coming back if you decide to leave.
V.C.U. hired Jeff Capel, who currently coaches at Pittsburgh, to his first Division I head coaching position in 2002. Part of his contract with V.C.U. was a stipulation that Capel would have to play the Rams in a home-and-home series if he ever left for a higher-profile coaching position.