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...best of both worlds—mentored under probably the most famous college basketball coach...and at the same time, he has had success by himself in his own program.” Amaker’s first head-coaching opportunity came at Seton Hall University in 1998. The Pirates made the postseason all four seasons under Amaker, advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2000. Amaker moved to the University of Michigan in 2002, where his Wolverines squad won the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in 2004. He failed, however, to take Michigan to the NCAA Tournament...
After graduating he spent nine years as an assistant coach for Krzyzewski before taking his first head-coaching position, at Seton Hall. Amaker led the Pirates to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in 2000, and helped the team reach the National Invitational Tournament his three other years at the university...
Former Michigan and Seton Hall coach Tommy Amaker is poised to become the next coach of the Harvard men’s basketball team, the Boston Globe reported late last night...
...coach Mike Krzyzewski, playing on the team that lost in the NCAA championship game in 1986, the same season Amaker won the national Defensive Player of the Year award. He was an assistant coach under Kryzewski at Duke from 1988-97 before getting his first head coaching job at Seton Hall University. In four years in New Jersey he never failed to make the postseason, as the Pirates advanced to the National Invitational Tournament three times and reaching the NCAA Tournament Sweet...
...most recent meeting, he told the team that he had brought several candidates in for interviews, but declined to say who the candidates were.Other media outlets have been speculating about who the next coach might be. One person whose name has been frequently mentioned is former Michigan and Seton Hall coach Tommy Amaker. Amaker, who was let go by Michigan after coaching there for six seasons, has been mentioned by the Boston Globe, Sportsline.com, and the Detroit News as a serious candidate.One reason Amaker’s name has come up is he is not only a big-name coach...