Dick Vitale Gives his Opinion on the Next Head Coach of the Miami Hurricanes

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More people are loving the choice for the next reported head coach of the Miami Hurricanes as legendary ESPN college basketball announcer Dick Vitale believes that Jai Lucas as the next head coach of the Hurricanes is a great choice.
Great choice to replace future Hall of Famer Jim Larranaga by @CanesHoops
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 24, 2025
JAI LUCAS- who brings gr8 hoop info having worked for @CoachCalArk at Kentucky & now for @JonScheyer @DukeMBB @AdamZagoria posted earlier. https://t.co/KAjnVJXD2P
The news that Lucas would be the next head coach of the Hurricanes did come at a random time but it all but confirms that the Hurricanes should have their next head coach ready before the transfer portal season starts.
Duke is bound to make a run for the National Championship once March hits but it would also be great to see if Lucas has a major coaching role in that run. The only question marks around him now will he have to learn on the job about coaching a team. Coaching and leading are two different but same things.
He is already known to be a monster recruiter and by the success of Mario Cristobal at the University of Miami and him being known as a monster. recruiter, the sky is the limit for a program just in the Final Four two seasons ago.
If Vitale likes it, then everyone in Coral Gables will grow to love it. Lucas can be a part of the new era of Miami Hurricanes basketball has started to enter, and now they are preparing for something better.
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Justice Sandle is a graduate of Mississippi State University earning a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Communications with a concentration in Print and Digital Journalism. During his time in Starkville, he spent a year as an intern working for Mississippi State On SI primarily covering basketball, football, baseball, and soccer while writing, recording, and creating multimedia stories during his tenor. Since graduating, he has assumed the role of lead staff writer for Miami Hurricanes On SI covering football, basketball, baseball, and all things Hurricanes related.