Picture this: a former student manager of a grumpy (but legendary) college basketball coach rises through the ranks to ultimately become the head coach of an up-and-coming NBA team.
Sounds like a Disney movie, right? Well folks, break out the popcorn because Mark Daigneault was named head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder earlier today. Daigneault, 35, becomes the second-youngest coach in the NBA behind Minnesota’s Ryan Saunders.
And where did this young prodigy get his start? That would be Jim Calhoun’s UConn men’s basketball team from 2004-2007 as the...student manager.
During that time, the Huskies picked up three Big East titles and one tidy little National Championship.