OKLAHOMA CITY – Billy Donovan knows what it takes to succeed as a young coach, so when he says Ryan Saunders will be just fine, believe him.
Donovan coaches the Oklahoma City Thunder, the host team Tuesday in the 32-year-old Saunders' debut as a head coach. But he was only 28 when he got his first head coaching job, at Marshall. Two years later he moved to the University of Florida.
To him, it seems like a long time ago.
"I don't remember when I was 32," he joked before the game. "Ryan will do a great job.