PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – When Providence made the Final Four in 1987, Ed Cooley was a 17-year-old high schooler hoping to one day suit up for his hometown Friars.
Twenty-four years later, his dream of representing Providence came true when Cooley was hired as coach. He will now face the monumental task of returning a floundering program to its glory days.
“Coming home is unbelievable,” Cooley said at the press conference where he was officially announced. “We’ll get this done. It’s not going to be easy. We play in the toughest conference in the country. But we’re going to stand at the top of that conference someday.”
It probably won’t be this year, though. After all, the Friars were picked 15th out of 16 teams in the Big East preseason coaches poll.
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