The Gonzaga Bulldogs formally have a succession plan in place for when head coach Mark Few retires.
In an look on the “College Hoops Today” podcast with Jon Rothstein, Few introduced that assistant Brian Michaelson would turn out to be Gonzaga’s head coach each time he decides to retire. Few clarified that he has no intention of retiring anytime quickly, however wished a plan in place for when it occurs.
“Brian Michaelson would be the man that takes over for me,” Few mentioned. “That’s the wonderful thing about Gonzaga. We at all times have the following man up in line.”
Michaelson performed for Few at Gonzaga from 2001-05 and joined the college’s employees in 2008 as an administrative assistant. The 42-year-old grew to become an assistant coach in 2013.
As Few famous, Gonzaga is a college that deeply values continuity. Few acquired the job as an assistant in 1999 when Dan Monson left, and Monson himself had been an assistant on the college earlier than being promoted. High assistant Tommy Lloyd had been designated as Few’s successor earlier than he ultimately left to take the head-coaching place at Arizona in 2021.
