The opening with the UCLA Bruins basketball head coaching job seemingly interested head Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart earlier in the 2019 off-season. College hoops can have a topsy turvy coaching carousel that is nothing like that of its sister sport, college football. All the coaching carousel does seem to hit at once for college football. College hoops is a much different story here.
However, the Texas basketball program might not sweat losing Smart all that much. That is, at least the fans looked to want him gone at the conclusion of the 2018-19 regular season. Despite winning an NIT Championship last season, the 2018-19 campaign fell dramatically short of expectations.