Gonzaga assistant Brian Michaelson will be the Bulldogs’ next head basketball coach whenever Mark Few decides to retire, Few said exclusively on Monday on the College Hoops Today Podcast.
“Brian Michaelson will be the guy that takes over for me,” Few said exclusively on the College Hoops Today Podcast. “That’s the great thing about Gonzaga. We always have the next guy up in line.”
Few has no plans to retire, but clearly wants to have a succession plan in place, just like he did with Tommy Lloyd, who was previously Gonzaga’s “head coach in waiting” prior to taking the Arizona job in 2021.
When specifically asked how much longer he wants to coach, Few simply said “I don’t spend a lot of time on that. I don’t have a five-year plan or 10-year plan.”
A former walk-on, the 42-year old Michaelson is a 2005 Gonzaga graduate who first joined the Bulldogs’ staff as an assistant coach in 2013.
During his tenure as an assistant coach, the Bulldogs have reached the national title game twice (2017, 2021) and advanced to the Sweet 16 in nine consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
Gonzaga is currently ranked EIGHTH in the ROTHSTEIN 45.
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