Ohio State made it official Friday, naming Butler's Chris Holtmann the school's new men's basketball coach.
For the second time in 13 years, a Butler man will assume the top job in Columbus. In 2004, Thad Matta, arrived from Xavier by way of earlier stints at Butler, both as a player and as a coach. Now Holtmann, who led the Butler Bulldogs to the Sweet 16 in March, will step into Matta's shoes.
The Butler connection isn't the only commonality, however, as Holtmann worked under several members of Matta's coaching tree throughout his career.
Holtmann broke into the coaching ranks as a graduate assistant at Taylor University in 1997.