The Rutgers Scarlet Knights basketball team might actually get a coaching upgrade after former coach Mike Rice's departure due to a player abuse scandal. Ben Howland, recently fired by UCLA after a tenure in which he led the Bruins to three consecutive Final Fours, is "intrigued" by the Rutgers vacancy, according to CBS Sports' Gary Parrish.
Ben Howland ‘intrigued’ by Rutgers job, according to report
The former UCLA coach would be an upgrade over recently fired Mike Rice.
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Parrish writes it will likely be some time before Rutgers basketball has a new head man because Rutgers President Robert Barchi likely wants to hire a new athletic director to replace Tim Pernetti, who resigned on Friday, and let the new AD help choose a new men’s basketball coach.
Howland led the Bruins to a Pac-12 title this year, but, after being given a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament, was upset in the first round by Tubby Smith — also recently fired — and the Minnesota Gophers. Rice was the head coach at Rutgers for three years before ESPN aired a videotape of him cursing out, hurling balls at, shoving and kicking players earlier this week.
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