Familiar Surroundings: Graduates Guiding Alma Mater in 2023 NCAA Tourney
March 13th, 2023 - 13:12
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 (five of them from power-conference members):
2023 NCAA Playoff Coach Alma Mater First Season as School's Head Coach Jamie Dixon Texas Christian '87 2016-17 (after Pittsburgh) Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway Memphis '93 2018-19 Mitch Henderson Princeton '98 2011-12 Bob Huggins West Virginia '77 2007-08 Matt Painter Purdue '93 2005-06 (after Southern Illinois) Jon Scheyer Duke '10 2022-23 Danny Sprinkle Montana State '99 2019-20 Mike Woodson Indiana '80 2021-22