University of Cincinnati Director of Athletics John Cunningham has aggressively begun his search for the school's next men's basketball coach.
Sources told The Enquirer that Cunningham on Saturday interviewed former UC point guard and longtime NBA player and assistant coach Nick Van Exel and former UC player and longtime West Virginia assistant Erik Martin.
UCLA associate head coach Darren Savino is also believed to be on Cunningham's shortlist of possible candidates. Savino spent nine seasons as an assistant at Cincinnati under then-head coach Mick Cronin before the two moved to Los Angeles in April 2019.
Sources told The Enquirer that Cunningham had yet to speak with Savino as of Sunday morning.