Familiar Surroundings: Graduates Guiding Alma Mater in 2022 NCAA Tourney
March 14th, 2022 - 8:47
When Thomas Wolfe penned, "you can never come home again," he didn't have some successful college basketball coaches in mind. Playoff participation must be extra gratifying for the following nine individuals guiding their alma mater in college basketball's grandest prize - a berth in the NCAA Tournament (three of them in their inaugural campaign):
2022 Playoff Coach Alma Mater First Season as School's Head Coach Mark Adams Texas Tech '79 2021-22 Hubert Davis North Carolina '92 2021-22 Jamie Dixon Texas Christian '87 2016-17 (after Pittsburgh) Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway Memphis '93 2018-19 Juwan Howard Michigan '94 2019-20 Andy Kennedy UAB '91 2020-21 (after Cincinnati and Mississippi) Matt Painter Purdue '93 2005-06 (after Southern Illinois) Danny Sprinkle Montana State '99 2019-20 Mike Woodson Indiana '80 2021-22