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CMU grad Tom Crean accepts head basketball coaching position at Georgia

Mount Pleasant native and CMU graduate Tom Crean accepted the head coaching position with the Georgia Bulldogs' men's basketball team, the school announced March 15.

Crean signed a six-year deal with Georgia, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported.
Crean has an overall record of 356-231(.606) as a head coach.

Crean spent this season with ESPN as a college basketball analyst. This is similar to CMU men's basketball head coach Keno Davis' short-lived broadcasting career in between coaching jobs with the Big Ten Network.

Formerly, Crean was the head coach at Marquette and Indiana. At Marquette, Crean coached Dwayne Wade and company to a 27-6 record.