Road Well-Traveled: ETSU is 10th DI Pit Stop for Head Coach Desmond Oliver

Seems as if it took a vagabond to know one. When Tim Jankovich joined Larry Brown at Southern Methodist as coach-in-waiting before moving over one chair to become bench boss, it paired two wanderlust mentors. Florida A&M pilot Bobby McCullum is the only active coach to pack his suitcase as often for so many moves.

It is a battle of nomads when SEC head coaches Eric Musselman (Arkansas) and Buzz Williams (Texas A&M) oppose each other. SMU is the fifth different university Jankovich has worked for in the state of Texas (two shy of Texas' Chris Beard). East Tennessee State is the 10th NCAA Division I pit stop for Desmond Oliver as new bench boss joined the following list of 10 active head coaches working for a total of at least 10 different junior colleges, four-year universities and NBA franchises in a coaching capacity (listed chronologically):

Tim Jankovich (13) - Pan American, Kansas State, Texas, Colorado State, Baylor, Oklahoma State, *North Texas, *Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College, Vanderbilt, Illinois, Kansas, *Illinois State and *SMU.

Bobby McCullum (13) - South Alabama, Samford, Southern Illinois, Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, *Western Michigan, *South Florida, San Francisco, UCF, Georgia Tech, Oregon and *Florida A&M.

Chris Jans (11) - Elmhurst College (Ill.), Grand View College (Iowa), *Kirkwood (Iowa), *Independence (Kan.), Idaho, *Howard (Tex.), *Chipola (Fla.), Illinois State, Wichita State, *Bowling Green and *New Mexico State.

Chris Beard (10) - Texas, Incarnate Word (Tex.), Abilene Christian (Tex.), North Texas, *Fort Scott (Kan.), *Seminole State (Fla.), *Texas Tech, *McMurry (Tex.), *Angelo State (Tex.) and *UALR.

Lance Irvin (10) - Idaho, DePaul, Loyola of Chicago, Iowa State, Illinois State, Texas A&M, Missouri, SMU, Southern Illinois and *Chicago State.

Ritchie McKay (10) - Washington, Queens College (N.C.), Seattle Pacific, Bradley, *Portland State, *Colorado State, *Oregon State, *New Mexico, *Liberty and Virginia.

Eric Musselman** (10) - Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Atlanta Hawks, *Golden State Warriors, Memphis Grizzlies, *Sacramento Kings, Arizona State, Louisiana State, *Nevada and *Arkansas.

Desmond Oliver (10) - Niagara, Texas A&M, Cornell, St. Bonaventure, Rhode Island, Georgia, Canisius, Charlotte, Tennessee and *East Tennessee State.

Pat Skerry (10) - Tufts (Mass.), Stonehill (Mass.), *Curry (Mass.), Northeastern, William & Mary, College of Charleston, Rhode Island, Providence, Pittsburgh and *Towson.

Buzz Williams (10) - Navarro (Tex.), Oklahoma City, Texas-Arlington, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Northwestern State, Colorado State, *Texas A&M, *New Orleans, *Marquette and *Virginia Tech.

*Worked for team as head coach.
**Musselman also coached five different minor-league professional franchises.