Dee Brown has said he’d like to coach the Illinois basketball team someday. On Wednesday, the 31-year-old was hired for a newly created role on John Groce’s staff: director of player development and alumni relations. The most famous point guard in Illini history may have to wait to coach his alma mater, but here are five schools we could see him leading in the future:
Arizona
Lute Olson may not like this hire. But the Wildcats turned to another stellar point guard, Sean Miller, to replace Olson. Brown sweetens the deal by adding Lucas Johnson to his staff and scheduling Illinois each season.