Tommy Lloyd had chances to coach other programs. He turned them all down.
The longtime Gonzaga assistant had no interest in leaving Spokane, Washington, and was in line to succeed Mark Few when he eventually retired, so there was no reason to consider anywhere else.
But with Few still going strong and the opportunity to coach one of college basketball's premier programs suddenly in front of Lloyd, leaving for Arizona was too good to pass up.
"This was the only place I would have left Gonzaga, to come to be the head coach at the University of Arizona," Lloyd said Thursday as he was introduced at Arizona.