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Mike Hopkins “His Next Contract Will Be Head Coaching Contract”

ByBret Stuter|
Dec 22, 2015; Syracuse, NY, USA; Syracuse Orange acting head coach Mike Hopkins reacts to a play against the Montana State Bobcats during the first half at the Carrier Dome. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 22, 2015; Syracuse, NY, USA; Syracuse Orange acting head coach Mike Hopkins reacts to a play against the Montana State Bobcats during the first half at the Carrier Dome. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
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Nov 22, 2016; Syracuse, NY, USA; Syracuse Orange assistant coach Gerry McNamara and assistant coach Mike Hopkins look on prior to the game against the South Carolina State Bulldogs at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse defeated South Carolina State 101-59. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 22, 2016; Syracuse, NY, USA; Syracuse Orange assistant coach Gerry McNamara and assistant coach Mike Hopkins look on prior to the game against the South Carolina State Bulldogs at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse defeated South Carolina State 101-59. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports

The University of Washington Huskies turned around the hiring of a new men’s basketball head coach, Mike Hopkins, in record time.

After fifteen years with the same head coach, you might has guessed it would take the University of Washington Huskies Athletics Department several weeks to fill the vacated head coaching position of the men’s basketball team.

But you would be wrong.

A Tsunami Of Positives

Based upon the reaction of Syracuse fans to the hire, the Huskies hit the jackpot in landing Mike Hopkins.  But his name never appeared in any of the “lists” of potentials.  And unashamedly, not even on the list of six we had projected earlier.

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We knew it would be a national search this time, but the rapid action by the Huskies never allowed that broad net to be cast.   So who is Mike Hopkins? What does he bring to the table? And is there enough information to speculate as to how the hiring occurred just days after Coach Lorenzo Romar’s dismissal?

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