After four years on head coach Shaka Smart’s staff with the Texas Longhorns, associate head coach Darrin Horn has agreed in principle to become the next head coach for the Northern Kentucky Norse, according to Gary Parrish of CBS. A sportscaster in Lexington confirmed the report shortly thereafter.
Horn is the second Smart assistant in the last two years to land a head coaching job after Mike Morrell took over at UNC Asheville a year ago. Unlike the UNC Asheville program, however, Northern Kentucky is in good shape after John Brannen’s four years at the helm — the new Cincinnati head coach went 81-51 in Highland Heights, with two NCAA Tournament appearances in the last three seasons.