In case you didn’t already know, Mick Cronin is the man.
Taking over for Steve Alford in April of last year, Cronin not only led the UCLA Bruins to an incredible one-year turnaround on the hard court, he also led them to a turnaround in the classroom. Cronin’s Bruins men’s basketball team raised their Academic Progress Rate from 933 to 945, much safer, much higher than the 930 cut-off mark that would incur penalties.
Sure, though, these numbers roll over from year to year, including a four-year rolling average, but also included Cronin’s first spring semester and the full summer’s worth of classes that he was the active head coach.