Jon Coffman, who will lead Fort Wayne against Kentucky on Wednesday night, isn’t the only head coach at his house. His wife, Tracy, coaches the softball team at the University of Northwestern Ohio.
The Coffmans are believed to be one of only two husband-and-wife tandems in which both are college head coaches. Fran and Sue Troyan coach softball and basketball, respectively, for Lehigh.
Because they coach different sports, Jon said he and his wife do not second-guess each other about strategy.
“Which is good,” he said. “We know enough about each other’s sport to be dangerous.