As Aztecs men's basketball coach Brian Dutcher plunged a fork into an omelet at a local restaurant, he was asked to chew on his five years running the program he waited so long to steer.
This first Division I head coaching gig for Dutcher, 62, has begun to show whiskers. Though he shared in the enormous attention as an assistant during Michigan's 1989 national title run and wow-worthy recruitment of the "Fab Five," the sidelines spotlight is fully and inarguably his now.
Viewing his time at San Diego State through one lens: Dutcher is the winningest coach and first to pile up 20 victories in each of the first five seasons in the 101-year history of the program.
