DePaul searches for the next Bruce Weber Blue Demons seek midmajor, blue-collar coach.(Sports)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April, 2005 | by Rittenberg, Adam

Byline: Adam Rittenberg Daily Herald Sports Writer DePaul athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto had made it through more than 20 minutes of her news conference Monday without referencing the model coaching hire. "God love (athletic director) Ron Guenther down at Illinois," Lenti Ponsetto said.

"Lon Kruger and Bill Self (left for other jobs). "Obviously, Bruce (Weber) is the home run." Weber, who last season led the Fighting Illini to the national title game, is the prime example of how a midmajor coach can succeed at the highest level. He waited 18 years as a Purdue assistant before getting his first head-coaching chance (with Southern Illinois) at age 41. In two years Weber has put Illinois in the national spotlight, and he doesn't appear to going...