Nearly every basketball player in Seattle-Tacoma with college aspirations over the last 15 years has crossed paths with Lorenzo Romar.
As Washington’s head coach, he was known for keeping local kids and developing them into something greater. It’s why for any young man from this area, playing at UW is an option. Then, last March, Romar was fired following a 9-22 season on top of missing the NCAA Tournament for a sixth straight campaign. UW athletic director Jennifer Cohen, in less than a week, replaced Romar with longtime Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins.
In real time, the switch from Romar to Hopkins took days.