CHAMPAIGN — Josh Whitman doesn’t have many big plans Saturday.
“I’m looking forward to this weekend,” the Illinois athletic director said with a grin on Friday morning. “I might not even shave (Saturday). We’ll see what that feels like.”
The last two Saturdays have seen moments that might come to define Whitman’s tenure at his alma mater.
He fired John Groce on March 11.
He then flew back to Willard Airport in Savoy last Saturday afternoon with a new men’s basketball coach, Brad Underwood, sitting next to him.
Meanwhile, the 39-year-old Whitman also had to hire a women’s basketball coach after he fired Matt Bollant on March 14.