Today, his combed-back hair is beginning to gray, he’s got a new hip and the walk out to the bench may be a little slower than it once was, but make no mistake about it, the fire still burns as brightly as ever for Bob Huggins.
He still puts in the same amount of time he did when he was in his 20s trying to make a name for himself in a very unforgiving business.
“I’ve been around the game my whole life, it’s sort of second nature,” Huggins said yesterday on the eve of tonight’s season opener against Northern Kentucky.