HOUSTON — The Great Resignation has hit the college basketball coaching ranks hard in recent years: Roy Williams hung it up at North Carolina in 2021; Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Villanova’s Jay Wright followed in ’22; Jim Boeheim was encouraged by Syracuse to join them this year.
The game was changing rapidly around them. Name, Image and Likeness rules and the transfer portal were altering the way coaches construct rosters. If the old guard didn’t like the new reality, it seemed like an opportune time to check out.
Against that backdrop, here is Jim Larrañaga, age 73, back at the Final Four for the first time in 17 years. He’s rolling along like a hotshot coach half his age, having the time of his life at Miami.
