Making the Rounds: Tubby Smith Joins List of Eight Meandering DI Mentors

Alma mater-bound Tubby Smith, headed to High Point for his seventh NCAA Division I school as head coach, is joining the following alphabetical list of eight meandering mentors guiding teams in at least six different DI conferences (six of them included C-USA among their pit stops):

Coach (# of DI Leagues) Different Division I Conferences as Head Coach
Tim Floyd (7) Big Sky, American South, Sun Belt, Big Eight, Big 12, Pacific-10 and C-USA
Gene Bartow (6) Missouri Valley, Big Ten, Pacific-10, Sun Belt, Great Midwest and C-USA
Mike Deane (6) North Atlantic, Metro Atlantic Athletic, Great Midwest, C-USA, Southland and Northeast
Bob Huggins (6) Ohio Valley, Metro, Great Midwest, C-USA, Big 12 and Big East
Pat Kennedy (6) Metro Atlantic Athletic, Metro, ACC, C-USA, Big Sky and CAA
Tom Penders (6) Ivy League, Metro Atlantic Athletic, Atlantic 10, SWC, Big 12 and C-USA
Oliver Purnell (6) Big South, CAA, Great Midwest, Atlantic 10, ACC and Big East
Tubby Smith (6) Missouri Valley, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, AAC and Big South