When Miles Bridges committed to Michigan State in early Oct. 2015, Spartans assistant coach Dwayne Stephens got a call from the five-star recruit’s mother, Cynthia.
They discussed what they hoped Bridges would achieve at Michigan State. Then the mother told Stephens that her son almost left his home state to play college basketball.
“You know,” she told him, “it may have been tough for you guys to get Miles if Coach Corn had stayed at Iowa State.”
Had Fred Hoiberg not left to coach the Chicago Bulls, his assistant Cornell Mann — Coach Corn — might have received the call instead of Stephens.