As soon as Barry Hinson said “it’s time for me to step away” as Southern Illinois University head coach at Arch Madness, everyone in the room knew Loyola associate head coach Bryan Mullins would be a frontrunner for the job. The inevitable announcement came March 20, when Mullins was officially hired to return to lead his alma mater.
Now, Loyola head coach Porter Moser has to answer a big question heading into the offseason: Who should he hire as his new assistant coach?
Mullins will be tough to replace. He was two-time Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Defensive Player of the Year at Southern Illinois, and he used that expertise to groom Ben Richardson into the league’s top defender.