Pop quiz: When was the last time Butler hired a head coach from outside of the program?
Go ahead, think about it. I’ll give you some time. Here’s the Jeopardy music. You have until it ends.
Give up? It was Barry Collier in 1989. The Bulldogs have had five coaches since Collier. All five were promoted from within. Collier, who is now the AD at Butler since 2006, hired three of those five coaches.
Simply put, Butler has a long track record with head coaching hires, and we have a pretty good idea of what they like to do with them.