The loss of Butler assistant Micah Shrewsberry, who left the Bulldogs to become an assistant with Purdue on Tuesday, puts Butler coach Brad Stevens in the precarious position of having to find a new lead recruiter.
Like any program, recruiting has been the backbone of Butler's success, but finding the right combination of talent is what has made the Bulldogs so successful and given them back-to-back national championship appearances.
Currently, every assistant on Stevens' staff has served as the director of basketball operations and ultimately been promoted. Shrewsberry was the director of operations in 2007 before being promoted to assistant in 2008. Darnell Archey is the current coordinator and has the credentials to move up to assistant -- he's been the head coach Columbus North High and Park Tudor High. But is he ready to be the team's top recruiter?
Associate head coach Matthew Graves, who took the reins of the team when Stevens missed time with an eye infection late in the year, is also a primary recruiter along with Stevens and could be the logical choice to fill that role. The only other choice would be assistant Terry Johnson.
If history repeats itself, Archey likely will fill the assistant coaching role and Butler will look for another director of basketball operations, probably within the high school ranks.
The Big Ten has found some success nabbing coaches from Butler. Former head coach Thad Matta and assistant Brandon Miller are at Ohio State and former head coach Todd Lickliter and assistant Joel Cornette were at Iowa until the staff was fired last year. Assistants LaVall Jordan and Jeff Meyer is at Michigan.
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