What seemed like an eventuality for the past week or two became official on Tuesday afternoon as news broke from every national college basketball reporter you can name that Louisville had officially agreed to terms with Xavier’s Chris Mack to be the next head coach of the Cardinals.
Mack was in charge at Xavier for nine seasons after taking the reigns after Sean Miller went to Arizona. His first four seasons were in the Atlantic 10 conference, where he accrued a record of 90-44 overall and qualified for the NCAA tournament in his first three campaigns.