Rob Ehsan is now taking over as the Flames head coach in a massive basketball community a chance to make his own mark on a program looking for consistency in the Missouri Valley Conference.
At his introduction on Monday, Rob Ehsan had to clarify a quick point to his son, Ryder.Ehsan had just been offered the head coaching job at Illinois-Chicago. Rob shared a few fist pumps with his son, before Ryder came to a realization."I looked at Ryder and asked him if he was ready to move to Chicago to coach a new team, he said, ‘Yes Daddy,’" Ehsan said. "He started to look at me in awe for a few seconds.
As an assistant at Stanford the last three seasons, the Cardinal's offense improved steadily. Stanford averaged 66.4 points per game in Ehsan's first season, which improved to 70.3 and 76.5 in his second and third seasons as an assistant, respectively.As a head coach, he didn't instill the kind of offense Stanford had, but he claims a winning record.In four seasons leading Alabama-Birmingham, Ehsan never had a losing season.
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