UConn basketball player praises assistant coach Luke for his coaching abilities and predicts he will become a head coach soon.
Clingan -- who just won his second straight national championship under the tutelage of Hurley and Luke -- spelled it all out for us while he was working a promotional shift at Raising Cane's this week ... saying straight up Luke "is a head coach ." Luke began his coaching career in 2008 working as an assistant at Post University -- and he's slowly climbed the ranks in the years since.
"He understands the basketball game at a high level," the 7-foot-2 center said,"and he's very good at putting all of us in the best positions possible to succeed at a high level."So far, Luke hasn't appeared to have garnered much interest in schools looking for a head coach -- but Clingan made it clear he expects that to change soon.
As for Hurley's future ... Clingan says he fully anticipates the head Husky to not go anywhere after seemingly
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