Can anyone remember a time when s/one hired a coach when technically it wasn’t ever open?

Was it at the same time?

I thought Skip did it when he ascended to AD, after announcing his coaching retirement like nearly a year before.

I’m literally just asking if this is something that occasionally happens or is this potentially a first


There’s nothing to “let go.”

Outside of the Final Four run in 2006 as a wide eyed freshman I’ve never been invested in MBB. MM obviously had to go but honestly didn’t care either way.

I’m asking from a historical angle.