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Arizona Lands Sean Miller as the Next UA Basketball Coach
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Livengood tabs successful Xavier mentor as the next UA basketball coach.
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Tucson, AZ, April 08, 2009 -- Sean Miller has been named to take over the reins of
the University of Arizona s heralded men s basketball program, athletics...
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Livengood tabs successful Xavier mentor as the next UA basketball coach.
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Tucson, AZ, April 08, 2009 -- Sean Miller has been named to take over the reins of
the University of Arizona s heralded men s basketball program, athletics director
Jim Livengood announced today.
Miller, 40, completed five seasons as head coach at Xavier with his fourth
consecutive 20-victory season and fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance
last month.
Miller succeeds Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Lute Olson, who
retired last fall, and his interim replacement, Russ Pennell, who continued
Arizona s streak of consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament with the
programs 25th in 2008-09.
The first 23 of those came under Olson and the 24th
under 2007-08 interim coach Kevin O Neill.
His clubs won the last three Atlantic-10 Conference regular-season championships
and he carries a career head coaching record of 120-47, a superlative .
718 winning
percentage.
He took two Xavier tea
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