David West

[Pierre Dracot]

Is he Xavier's next assistant coach?... He met up with Steele a week ago, and Shannon reported that the third assistant will be named next month (which is just about the time that the NBA playoffs end).

[olsingledigit]

I have no idea but I think it would be great if he was.

[harryfe]

After all the $ he has made in NBA can’t believe he would want to be an assistant coach in college. He has no real ties in Cincinnati. Even though he has an X tattoo not sure he has been a financial supporter of X. Obviously it seems he would be a great addition. I’ll believe it when I see it.

[OGB]

Patrick Ewing was a far bigger star and he went from player to NBA assistant to college head coach.
If you want to get in to coaching you have to start somewhere.

[Pierre Dracot]

Following West on Twitter it's clear that, at heart, he's a teacher... He has said that Xavier played a major role in his development as a person.

There's a photo from a clandestine meeting between West and Steele.

In addition, there's this tweet from Shannon Russell:

"...We'll likely see more finality with titles/third assistant coach next month, but I'll share if anything develops sooner."

Shannon seems to know what's up in this matter. Someone should buy her a few drinks and get her to spill the beans.

[edgecliff hall]

I like the way you write Pierre. "Spill the beans." Reminds me of the word choices of the great Christopher Moore. Yeah I think it would be cool if David West returned to X. I've read some of his stuff, a fine mind, he would be good for our guys.

[XavierRunningMan]

This would be HUGE!

What big wouldn’t want to learn from the ?!

[olsingledigit]

After all the $ he has made in NBA can’t believe he would want to be an assistant coach in college. He has no real ties in Cincinnati. Even though he has an X tattoo not sure he has been a financial supporter of X. Obviously it seems he would be a great addition. I’ll believe it when I see it.

The fact that he has plenty of money is a good reason why he might make this move. Loves kids and is a good teacher. I think he is in a good position to take this. I believe he has helped X financially. He made a point of going to X @ Butler games when with the Pacers. Don’t forget he left $11 mil on the table in Indy to go where he could get a ring. I believe he has played for the minimum every year since leaving the Pacers. If he needed the money I doubt he would do that.