Posted by Dave as Arizona Wildcats, College Basketball, USC, Xavier at 6:30 PM CDT on April 6th, 2009
Arizona found its coach, and now Xavier will be looking for one (just stay away from Bruce Pearl, please). Sean Miller, who coached at Xavier for five years and led them to the Elite 8 last year and Sweet 16 this year, has agreed to terms to coach the Wildcats in lieu of Lute Olson retiring.
It was reported earlier in the day that Miller wasn’t going to take the new gig, but hours later a report broke that he had indeed agreed to coach the Wildcats. This hire came just four days after Tim Floyd, coach of the USC Trojans, turned down an offer from Arizona. Miller had a 120-47 record in five seasons as the head coach at Xavier. He took over for Thad Matta, who currently coaches at Ohio State.
[ESPN]