Darian DeVries faces a tall task in helping put Indiana back on the national basketball map for good

West Virginia head coach Darian Devries yells from the sidelines during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against the Colorado in the second round of the Big 12 Conference tournament, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo.

West Virginia head coach Darian Devries yells from the sidelines during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against the Colorado in the second round of the Big 12 Conference tournament, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)


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New Indiana Hoosiers coach Darian DeVries said all the right things in his introductory news conference. Now comes the hard part of putting a program with five national championships back on the national map — and keeping it there. The former West Virginia and Drake head coach and longtime Creighton assistant becomes Indiana's seventh head coach since Bob Knight was fired nearly a quarter-century ago, and each has striven for the same promise of hanging banner after banner. The 49-year-old DeVries insists he has the right stuff to make it work.

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