Doherty: From FAU to SMU
Fallen Tar Heels coach Matt Doherty has climbed another rung up the ladder, leaving tiny Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton to become head coach at Southern Methodist in Dallas. The hiring was expected to be finalized today.
Doherty, who was 15-13 in his one year at FAU, probably would've been in the mix for some better D-I jobs had his Owls won the A-Sun and pushed a top seed in the NCAA's. Maybe there'd even be serious Doh-to-State talk. OK, maybe not.
As it is, the UNC grad and former coach takes over an SMU program that apparently committed NCAA violations in Jimmy Tubbs' two years as coach -- Mike Dement, now back at UNCG, coached the Mustangs previously.