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Message: [QUOTE="MSSportsGuy, post: 2714053, member: 6485"] Mitchell isn't the first nor will he be the last to get hired (in any profession by the way....) based on family name and connections. It wasn't so long ago a former women's basketball power whose success declined significantly hired a young, unproven person to lead their program largely based on their last name and family reputation. It didn't work out too well for either party. All kidding aside, from what I understand it's insanely difficult to get "in" to the college coaching ranks for anyone unless there is some sort of angle, connection, favor called it, or you just get incredibly lucky. There are thousands of very successful high school coaches and smaller college program leaders who never get the chance to interview. I suspect that most D1 ADs know or care little about women's basketball so they likely just go with any hiring recommendation given to them by a head coach or athletic department favor/connection. [/QUOTE]