SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- At each stop in his 22-year head coaching career, Herb Sendek has built NCAA tournament teams.
After starting at Miami of Ohio and then turning around struggling programs at North Carolina State and Arizona State, Sendek faces a new challenge as head coach at Santa Clara.
Sendek was officially introduced as the Broncos' new coach Wednesday, tasked with building a program that can compete with Gonzaga, Saint Mary's and BYU in the top-heavy West Coast Conference and getting the school back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1996.