It's rare for a coach to start his head coaching career at a place, have success, leave for another opportunity, then return 13 years later to the place where it all started.
Sean Miller is returning to Xavier University as the men's basketball head coach, The Enquirer confirmed on Saturday evening. The news was first reported by Pete Thamel and Jeff Borzello.
Miller was an assistant coach at Xavier from 2001-04. He was the Musketeers' head coach from 2004-09, taking Xavier to four NCAA Tournaments, an Elite Eight and a Sweet Sixteen.
Then he left for Arizona, where he continued to rack up quality results with seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including three Elite Eights, two Sweet Sixteens and five Pac-12 Conference championships.