First look at potential Arizona Wildcats head coaching candidates - Arizona Desert Swarm
The Arizona Wildcats fired head coach Sean Miller after 12 seasons on Wednesday after a once-successful tenure that quickly turned sour because of off-the-court issues?While Lloyd does not have any head coaching experience, Gonzaga’s strength coach once said “Tommy owns this program just as much as Mark (Few) does.†It is definitely worth noting that Jeff Stevens, one of UA’s top boosters, has a Gonzaga connection.
He was tabbed as Nevada’s head coach in 2015 and did a marvelous job with the Wolf Pack, going 110-34 there including three Mountain West championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances.
Pastner was a walk-on at Arizona from 1996 to 2000 and later became an assistant coach under Lute Olson from 2002 to 2008.He was hired as Memphis’ head coach in 2009 after John Calipari left for Kentucky and went 167-73 in three seasons but was fired after going 37-29 over his last two.
The Yellow Jackets made the NCAA Tournament this season after going 17-9 and winning the ACC Tournament.