NORMAL — In the past few days, Dana Ford was hired as head basketball coach at Missouri State, Luke Yaklich and DeAndre Haynes earned a trip to the Final Four and Brian “Penny” Collins was named head coach at Tennessee State.
Yes, it’s been a good week for former and current Illinois State assistant coaches.
It all is gratifying for Redbird head coach Dan Muller, who said Monday, “I try to hire the best guys I can, and when I have an opportunity to help them out, I do that.”
The highest profile success story has been that of Yaklich and Haynes at Michigan, which on Saturday secured a spot in the Final Four in San Antonio by downing Florida State in the West Regional final.