Chris and Christi Mack seem to have been destined to stay in the Xavier basketball family since they first got together. Chris transferred to Xavier to play his last two years of college basketball, and returned to the school 1999 as an assistant coach. During this stint as an assistant, he was introduced to the Director of Basketball Operations for the women’s basketball team, Christi Hester. The two dated for three months before Chris dropped…
Billy Donovan’s wife Christina Donovan has proven a point for us. In our week of crazy NCAA coverage, we’ve learned a few things: big time coaches often times have big time hot wives, coaches wives are almost without exception active in the charitable community, and coaches and their wives seem to have a lot of kids. One other trend that’s been appearing time again is the coaches who have kids that go on to play…
Hopefully Mark and Elizabeth’s run at NC State turns out better than their stay at Alabama. Towards the end of Mark’s tenure at Alabama things started to get a little ugly. Not that this should be any surprise to people who follow Alabama. While the head basketball coach might have a little less media pressure then say the head football coach eventually the fans, media, and staff will turn against you if you don’t produce…
When Frank Haith was first hired, Missouri fans cried. Kansas fans (along with the rest of the Big 12) laughed. Even his wife Pam was skeptical telling CBS Sports, “Even we didn’t imagine this. It’s been amazing.” Haith has proved them all wrong. The heavily scrutinized head coach had Missouri ranked high all season and won the Big 12 tournament. But Frank and Pam’s journey began long before they moved to Mizzou. The couple first…
For a while I was wondering if we would find another wife/gf that was worthy of being with an NCAA tournament coach. I mean seriously some of these guys might want to consider trading in the ole ’78 Mustang for a newer model. Though we need to admit that after a lot of our research we’ve found a bunch of coaches have taken a ride in a new car, while leaving the Mustang in the…
This one got me a little choked up. I wasn’t aware of the back story between John and Monica when GTown won the East region back in 2007. Turns out Monica had battled breast cancer ever since John Thompson III took over the program his father created. For the entire first year Monica went through chemo John was at every treatment, despite the crazy schedule a college coach lives. Just one year after finishing chemo…
Buzz Williams’ wife Corey (Norman) Williams is a bit of an athlete herself. And when we say a bit, we mean a lot. Growing up in Amarillo, TX, Corey attended Randall High School and ran track and field and cross country. Standing only 5’3″, you might think that she was limited to running sports – but you’d be wrong. Corey was also a star guard, good enough to lead Randall to the 1992 Texas state…