A brief history of inexperienced coaches taking Pac-12 jobs:
- Jay John – Oregon State
- Experience – 0 seasons
- Success – 5+ seasons, 72-97, 0 NCAAs
- Todd Bozeman – California
- Expeirence – 0 seasons
- Success – 4 seasons, 63-35, 3 NCAAs, lots of asterisks
- Steve Lavin – UCLA
- Experience – 0 seasons
- Success – 7 seasons, 145-78, 6 NCAAs
- Tony Bennett – WSU
- Experience – 0 seasons
- Success – 3 seasons, 69-33, 3 NCAAs
- Johnny Dawkins – Stanford
- Experience – 0 seasons
- Success – 7 seasons, 141-100, 1 NCAA
- Tad Boyle – Colorado
- Experience – 4 seasons, 46-56, 0 NCAA
- Success – 5 seasons, 108-67, 3 NCAAs
- Andy Enfield – USC
- Experience – 2 seasons, 41-28, 1 NCAA
- Success – 2 seasons, 23-41, 0 NCAA
- Bobby Hurley – Arizona State
- Experience – 2 seasons, 42-20, 1 NCAA
- Success – ???????????