The Illinois regular season is over, and the Illini are once again on the outside of the NCAA tournament discussion. What Josh Whitman has to do next seems fairly straightforward, but who are the options on his list of potential replacement candidates? As part of a TCR mega-series, today we’re examining current Florida Gulf Coast head coach Joe Dooley, and his chances of potentially becoming the next men’s basketball coach at the University of Illinois.
Dooley was born in New Jersey and played for the local St. Benedicts prep school, where he scored 1,140 career points (near the top of the school’s all-time list).