After a record low season, the West Virginia Mountaineers have hired Drake basketball coach Darian DeVries to lead the program. DeVries has coached the Bulldogs for the last six seasons.
West Virginia tapped Drake basketball coach Darian DeVries on Sunday to move the Mountaineers past one of the ugliest years in school history. DeVries signed a five-year contract, athletic director Wren Baker said. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. DeVries' hiring came three days after Drake bowed out of the NCAA Tournament with a first-round loss to Washington State.
Drake announced Sunday night it will start an immediate search for its next coach. 'The litmus test for any employee that departs a place of employment is, ‘Did they leave it better than they found it?'' Drake athletic director Brian Hardin said in a statement. 'It is easy to say that Darian DeVries has left our men’s basketball program and our athletics department in incredible positions thanks to his six years at Drake.
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