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Tubby Smith, 1991-95
Tulsa Record: 79-43
After Tulsa: 446-199 (Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Texas Tech)
Tubby’s record at Tulsa was not all that different from Barrett, but Tubby’s teams were bad at the start and then good at the end of his tenure. Tubby went on to win the 1998 National Championship with the Kentucky Wildcats in what remains as his only Final Four trip. So Tubby is another example of how Tulsa has done well in building head coaches.
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Steve Robinson, 1995-97
Tulsa Record: 46-18
After Tulsa: 64-86 (Florida State)
Kansas assistant Robinson took Tulsa back to the NCAA tournament two years in a row, and that was enough to get him the opportunity to replace Pat Kennedy at Florida State. Robinson was at FSU for five years, but the team was getting progressively worse. Robinson left in 2002 to join Roy Williams at Kansas and follow him to Chapel Hill where he currently is.