You don’t need to be a Rocket scientist to know that the Houston’s coaching search will begin near the Rice University campus, where Jeff Van Gundy lives and can be seen at times taking in Owls baseball games.
The coach-turned-broadcaster is a natural fit for the team that once fired him and is coming off a hugely disappointing season spent mostly in disarray, leading up to its inevitable first-round exit against the Warriors on Wednesday night under interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff. In the Rockets’ first order of business for the offseason, Bickerstaff is expected to be relieved of his duties as the team pursues a big-name coach to come in and restore order.