Familiar Surroundings: Graduates Guiding Alma Mater in 2019 NCAA Playoffs
March 17th, 2019 - 20:29
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:
2019 Playoff Coach Alma Mater First Season as School's Head Coach Jim Boeheim Syracuse '66 1976-77 Mick Cronin Cincinnati '96 2006-07 (after stint with Murray State) Travis DeCuire Montana '94 2014-15 Joe Golding Abilene Christian '98 2011-12 LeVelle Moton North Carolina Central '96 2009-10 Chris Mullin St. John's '85 2015-16 Matt Painter Purdue '93 2005-06 (after Southern Illinois) David Richman North Dakota State '02 2014-15 Roy Williams North Carolina '72 2003-04 (after Kansas)