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College Basketball: Ranking the top coaching moves of 2017-18 offseason

By Taylor Sturm

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 05: Georgetown University athletic director Lee Reed introduces NBA Hall of Famer and former Georgetown Hoyas player Patrick Ewing as the Georgetown Hoyas' new head basketball coach at John Thompson Jr. Athletic Center on April 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 05: Georgetown University athletic director Lee Reed introduces NBA Hall of Famer and former Georgetown Hoyas player Patrick Ewing as the Georgetown Hoyas' new head basketball coach at John Thompson Jr. Athletic Center on April 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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BARCELONA, SPAIN – OCTOBER 05: (L-R) Assitant coach Anthony Grant, assitant coach, Maurice Cheeks, head coach Billy Donovan and assistant coach Adrian Griffin of Oklahoma City Thunder look on during the NBA Global Games Spain 2016 match between FC Barcelona Lassa and Oklahoma City Thunder at Palau Sant Jordi on October 5, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
BARCELONA, SPAIN – OCTOBER 05: (L-R) Assitant coach Anthony Grant, assitant coach, Maurice Cheeks, head coach Billy Donovan and assistant coach Adrian Griffin of Oklahoma City Thunder look on during the NBA Global Games Spain 2016 match between FC Barcelona Lassa and Oklahoma City Thunder at Palau Sant Jordi on October 5, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) /

No. 7 Anthony Grant to Dayton

The Alabama Crimson Tide might be on the upswing under Avery Johnson, but former head coach Anthony Grant is returning to coach a great college basketball program in the Dayton Flyers.

Longtime Flyers’ coach Archie Miller left the program for the Indiana Hoosiers after several seasons and an Elite Eight appearance and left a huge hole to fill. Grant, who played college basketball at the University of Dayton, will step in and hope that he can keep this program playing at a high level without any kind of transition period. He already has several three-star recruits coming into the squad for 2017-18.

Expectations are high in Dayton, and they should be. If Grant does not get this team to be one of the better teams in the A-10 year in and year out over the next few seasons, they should move on. Dayton is too good of a program to lag behind for too long just because of the loss of a longtime successful coach.

However, I expect Grant to do a great job at Dayton. I was actually covering the SEC at the time of his firing, and I thought then – and still do – that it was a mistake by Alabama. It’s worked out for the Crimson Tide, but I think it is time for Grant to make his mark on college basketball yet again.

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