Bobby Lutz's travels offered multiple choices, and all roads seemingly led back to Charlotte.
When he was looking for a university to attend as a student, North Carolina seemed to be the right path until a Bonnie Cone Scholarship and a chat with Miss Bonnie herself changed his course. Gardner-Webb hired him as a head coach, but his time there was cut short when his alma mater came calling about a basketball coaching vacancy the same year — an assistant role, but one that could one day see him leading the 49ers.
A year under Jeff Mullins and three more as an associate head coach alongside Melvin Watkins provided his chance.