Bryan Blair has hired enough head coaches at the University of Toledo for a profile to emerge.
At the top of the list is head coaching experience. Ironically, the outlier was his first hire as Toledo’s athletic director — softball coach Jessica Bracamonte.
The learning curve has proven to be shallow. In the final season under previous coach Joe Abraham, Toledo cratered to 12-37 overall and 5-21 in the Mid-American Conference. A step-by-step rebuild was expected under Bracamonte, who came to UT after three years as an assistant at powerhouse Duke and six at Central Michigan.
Instead, she got it all back in Year 1.