Eastern Michigan women's basketball coaching job a 'dream come true' for Tory Verdi
Tory Verdi smiles during a Thursday press conference announcing him as the new Eastern Michigan women's basketball coach.
Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com
Each time Tory Verdi has taken another step in his basketball coaching career, he's received a phone call from his father.
When he left a job with the WNBA's Connecticut Sun to be an assistant at Nebraska, his dad called him crazy. When he left Nebraska for a similar position at Kansas, his dad called him crazy.
But recently, when he opted to leave Kansas to become the head women's basketball coach at Eastern Michigan, there was no phone call.
This one made sense.
"No phone calls this time, no thoughts of me being crazy," Verdi said. "For once, we are in agreement.
"Eastern Michigan is a great job, and the best place for me."
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