Familiar Surroundings: Graduates Guiding Alma Mater in 2024 NCAA Tourney
March 18th, 2024 - 15:05
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 five individuals guiding their alma mater in college basketball's grandest prize - a berth in the NCAA Tournament (four of them from power-conference members):
2024 NCAA Playoff Coach Alma Mater First Season as School's Head Coach Hubert Davis North Carolina '92 2021-22 Jamie Dixon Texas Christian '87 2016-17 (after Pittsburgh) Andy Kennedy UAB '91 2020-21 (after Cincinnati and Mississippi) Matt Painter Purdue '93 2005-06 (after Southern Illinois) Jon Scheyer Duke '10 2022-23