Miami’s Jim Larranaga will be 74 in a few days and in some ways, he seems to be just. hitting his coaching stride or, perhaps, his coaching apex.
Larranaga of course took George Mason to the Final Four in 2006 which was one of the greatest coaching accomplishments of the modern era.
He moved to Miami in 2011 and has only excelled since arriving. Two years ago he got his team to the Elite Eight and last year to the Final Four, losing to eventual national champs UConn.
And he has learned to work the portal and leverage NIL as well as anyone.