Originally Posted by
jimsumner
FWIW, Mike Brey was Big East Coach of the Year this season.
FWIW2, Everett Case, Dean Smith, and Vic Bubas had never been a college head coach before taking over at NCSU, UNC, and Duke respectively.
Roy Williams' first job was at a Kansas, coming off probation.
Steve Spurrier's first college head-coaching position was at Duke. That seemed to work.
Tom Izzo was promoted from assistant to head coach at MSU.
College-sports history is full of coaches who were successful in their first head-coaching position.