ATHENS, Ga. – Tom Crean has had an eventful week.
It started with his induction into Marquette University’s athletics hall of fame and continued with Crean notching his first Southeastern Conference win of the season, all amid the backdrop of social media criticism and questions about his future as men’s basketball coach at the University of Georgia.
Crean spent nine seasons as Indiana’s coach being fired in March 2017. A year later, he took charge of the Bulldogs.
“It’s not my first time down that road in the coaching life, and you learn from experiences,” Crean, 55, said this week regarding dealing with questions about his job security.
Crean coached five NCAA tournament teams while at Marquette from 1999 to 2008, with the Golden Eagles reaching the Final Four in 2003, and he had three Sweet 16 appearances among four NCAA tourney teams at Indiana. Nonetheless, it didn’t end well for him with the Hoosiers.