There’s at least one person within the Pac-12 Conference who feels Mike Hopkins should be the conference’s Coach of the Year.
Pac-12 Network analyst Don MacLean said Thursday the first-year Washington coach should be named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year. MacLean’s comments came after UW took a 68-64 win over No. 25 Arizona State for its third straight Pac-12 victory.
“I hate to say this because (Arizona coach) Sean Miller might go 17-1 in the league,” MacLean said. “Mike Hopkins is going to be Coach of the Year. He has to be with this turnaround.”
Hopkins, a former longtime Syracuse assistant, has restored UW (16-6, 6-3 Pac-12 Conference) to national relevance.