Familiar Surroundings: Graduates Guiding Alma Mater in 2021 NCAA Tourney
March 15th, 2021 - 9:05
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 eight individuals guiding their alma mater in college basketball's grandest prize - a berth in the NCAA Tournament:
2021 Playoff Coach Alma Mater First Season as School's Head Coach Jeff Boals Ohio University '95 2019-20 Jim Boeheim Syracuse '66 1976-77 Patrick Ewing Georgetown '85 2017-18 Joe Golding Abilene Christian '98 2011-12 Juwan Howard Michigan '94 2019-20 Bob Huggins West Virginia '77 2007-08 (after Akron and Cincinnati) Matt Painter Purdue '93 2005-06 (after Southern Illinois) Roy Williams North Carolina '72 2003-04 (after Kansas)