that's fair, though the success predates him
by tmr779 (2021-04-07 10:58:10)
Edited on 2021-04-07 16:27:48

In reply to: Tommy Lloyd *  posted by Mark_It_Zero


Bill Grier was designated "head coach in waiting" for whenever Mark Few left, then moved on when he must have realized Few wasn't leaving - he had everything he wanted at Gonzaga. Grier didn't "get it done" when he departed for San Diego; he's been on the staff at Colorado for a while.

So it seems to start at the top with Few. They had the Elite Eight run with Monson and he left, as is/was the norm for a "mid-major" coach who experienced success. The huge salary bump he received to go to Minnesota has been cited - he'd been GU coach for two years at the time and reportedly was earning less than $100,000 (it was 1999.)

Given how his teams have fared since he moved on and how the Zags have fared since Few took over, would Gonzaga have grown into what it has without Few as the leader?