After making his way through all of his notifications, Mike Boynton finally found the time to call his dad.
Michael Boynton Sr. was working at FedEx and hadn’t yet heard his son was named Oklahoma State’s 20th men’s basketball coach. Boynton described his dad as a “siren” because he loves to talk.
“I’m like, ‘I got 90 seconds, but I want you to know this: I was just named the head basketball coach at Oklahoma State,’” Boynton said. “I don’t even think he wanted to talk to me anymore as much as he wanted to spread the news.