Most college basketball coaches who lose their job want nothing to do with their old school, let alone the person who replaces them.
Mark Ehlen is not most coaches.
Know who’s a huge fan of Tricia Cullop and her Toledo women’s basketball program? Yep, the guy she followed.
If the Rockets win a big game, Cullop knows an exclamation-point-filled text from the 69-year-old Ehlen will be waiting, just as a message of encouragement — Hang in there! — will be after a tough loss. Chances are he was following along from his home outside Cincinnati.