[Old School Hound]

Former Gonzaga assistant and current Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd is a name I'm starting to see surface in more articles.

High win percentage and a Sweet 16 in 2022, but was bounced early by a 15 seed last year. Currently coaching in the Sweet 16 and should remain favored to oust Clemson (in Los Angeles) through the tip. If he advances there, he's a win against North Carolina or Alabama away from a Final Four roughly 115 miles from his campus in Phoenix.

He was in Spokane for 22 years before heading to Tucson, so the obvious questions would be whether there's enough of a sample size with him running his own program and whether he's too much of a West Coast guy (though one of his calling cards is his ability to recruit internationally, particularly in Europe).

Arizona recently extended him through the 2029 season, and he's set to make between $5-$6 million per year.

https://www.si.com/college/2024/01/20/ja...basketball