Very rarely can you call a coach a home run hire but so far Justin Wilcox seems to be doing his best Barry Bonds impression with his first hires as Cal head coach. Yet, Steve Greatwood might be a grand slam.
Greatwood had been a fixture on the Oregon Ducks staff, serving nearly 30 years under several different coaching regimes in Eugene. Somewhat of a coaching legend, Greatwood was let go after Oregon’s first losing season in over a decade and wasn’t contacted by the new Ducks coach Willie Taggart about staying on through the transition.
The Ducks loss is the Bears gain as they find themselves with more than an experienced coach leading their big men upfront and someone who can recruit on both sides of the ball.