Baylor’s Scott Drew Listed on Indiana Coaching Search Big Board

Anytime that a storied program like Indiana enters the coaching carousel, it makes for some uneasy times for programs with desired head coaches.

Despite surviving pressure from Kentucky, Baylor Basketball retained Scott Drew for another season in Waco. His name appears to be making the rounds once again in 2024-25, with pressure from the Indiana Hoosiers.

“A national championship-winning coach, Drew, 54, built Baylor from the disaster of the Dave Bliss scandal into a consistent winner that captured the 2021 NCAA title,” 247Sports’ Trevor Andershock wrote. “He has a national title, five Sweet Sixteens, and two Elite Eights. In 2019-20, his team was 26-4 before the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to covid. He has finished at least top 3 in the Big 12 six years in a row. He has been named Big 12 coach of the year three times. Drew’s teams have been top-25 nationally in offensive efficiency 12 of the past 13 years, and top 10 in offensive efficiency seven times since the 2007-08 season.”

“Over the past 17 years, his teams have won 20 or more games 15 times and 25 or more seven times,” Andershock continued. “He has recruited both the transfer portal and elite high school prospects such as Tounde Yessoufou, VJ Edgecombe, Rob Wright, Yves Missi, Keyonte George, and many others, and has strong ties with the loaded prep school circuit.”

Anderson finished his thoughts by saying, “With Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics) and Dusty May (Michigan) out of the picture, it makes a lot of sense to turn the spotlight to Drew. 

Other Big 12 names tied to the job have been Texas Tech’s Grant McCasland and Iowa State’s T.J. Otzelberger, who the Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman endorsed as the clear option for the Hoosiers to pursue.

Regardless, the coaching carousel continues to spin.