Washington hired Utah State's Danny Sprinkle as its men's basketball coach on Monday hoping his success at smaller schools and lineage to the university can revitalize the program as it moves into the Big Ten starting next season.
Sprinkle's hiring came one day after Utah State was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament with a second round loss to Purdue.
“It was going to take something special for me to leave Logan, and the University of Washington was it,” Sprinkle said in a statement. “The university means a great deal to our family and I am excited to return to my home state.