Former assistants of the longtime Ohio State headman have experienced varying degrees of success.
Sometime next month, Thad Matta will wrap up his 12th season in Columbus, his 16th go-around as the head coach of a Division I college basketball team. Along the way, Matta, a former head coach at Butler and Xavier, has developed an impressive coaching tree. In fact, one could argue it's one of the very best in college basketball.
Before we dig into the specifics, for the sake of clarity, I will only be discussing assistants that spent at least three years with Matta, which discounts Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens and Dayton coach Archie Miller, as well as former Butler and Iowa coach Todd Lickliter.