After ten years, Herb Sendek heads to Arizona State to be the new men’s basketball coach.

He became the coach the year I graduated, allowing all-around-nice-guy Les Robinson move into a role better suited to his talents, Athletic Director. I still remember Les giving me a pizza the first year he was coach. Robinson was brought in to clean up Valvano’s mess, not to win. Sure enough, he did just that. Sendek was brought in to win, and he did pretty well. He tried about seven different offenses in his ten years, it reflects his coaching prowess, I believe, to work with what he had rather than recruit into a specific system.

The search begins now – I wonder who will apply?