Since 1970, the schools that have been in the Big Eight or Big 12 have made 91 basketball coaching changes. Only 23 of those jobs went to an assistant coach. OSU bucked the trend Friday when it promoted assistant coach Mike Boynton, who becomes the first assistant since 2008 to get a Big 12 head coaching job.
Most of the assistants hired to be head coaches were not successful. Eight of the 23 could be labeled good hires, starting with Kansas’ Roy Williams in 1988. Also qualifying are Kansas State’s Frank Martin (2007), Missouri’s Quin Snyder (1999), Colorado's Ricardo Patton (1995), Texas Tech’s James Dickey (1990), Nebraska’s Moe Iba (1980), OU’s Dave Bliss (1975) and Texas Tech’s Gerald Myers (1971).