MUNCIE, Ind. — Brady Sallee vividly remembers the genesis of his Ball State journey.
He was mowing his lawn when his youngest daughter, Taryn, "comes sprinting across the yard, blond hair flowing, like movie stuff, holding my cell phone."
Surprisingly, the caller was Karin Lee, former BSU deputy athletics director and senior woman administrator, inquiring if Sallee had interest in the Cardinals' vacant women's basketball head coach position. He'd spent the previous eight seasons successfully leading Eastern Illinois' squad and recently interviewed with Bowling Green, but Sallee didn't previously consider Ball State because it was still searching for a new AD.