According to multiple media reports, the Washington Huskies will hire Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins as their next men’s basketball coach.
A UW spokesperson could not confirm the hiring, which was reported by Jon Rothstein of FanRag Sports and Jeff Goodman of ESPN.
A native of San Mateo, California, Hopkins is essentially a Syracuse lifer, playing for the Orange from 1989-93 before joining coach Jim Boeheim’s staff as an assistant in 1996. Hopkins also served as interim head coach in 2015-16 for nine games while Boeheim was serving a suspension.