Long Beach State is going dancing, with a head coach who just got fired.
The 49ers won perhaps the most curious NCAA tournament berth in the country on Saturday with a 74-70 win over UC Davis in the Big West championship game. The win comes only five days after the firing of head coach Dan Monson.
Crucially, the Long Beach State brass opted to have Monson coach the team for the remainder of the season, which figured to be only the Big West tournament after an 18-14 regular season and five-game skid entering this week.