Every year, the high-major carousel finds gems from the lower ranks. Who should be on the radar this year and beyond?
Stars are born every year in the college basketball coaching ranks. Last year’s biggest stock-riser: Shaheen Holloway, who blossomed overnight from a MAAC coach doing a nice job at a difficult place to win into the profession’s next star and the darling of fans everywhere. Other young coaches like Todd Golden (San Francisco to Florida), Matt McMahon (Murray State to LSU) and Dennis Gates (Cleveland State to Missouri) were also big risers in the last coaching cycle.