If Johnny Jones is going to be his last college head coach, it’s certainly worth nothing who was his first.
Dick Vitale.
Yes, as 64-year-old Brendan Suhr puts a bow on more than four decades of coaching basketball, he started in the college game with Dickie V. In between are more bounces on the hardwood than you can imagine, and now he’s at LSU, imparting the wisdom gained from NBA championships and Dream Team gold and paying all the dues a hoops junkie can muster.
So here’s how Suhr, a kid from North New Jersey, began his basketball pedigree.