Tom Crean Reportedly Interested in Georgia HC Position After Mark Fox's Firing

Former Marquette and Indiana men's basketball head coach Tom Crean is reportedly interested in the vacant head coaching position at Georgia, according to Mike DeCourcy of Sporting News.

Georgia reportedly fired Mark Fox on Saturday after a nine-year stint as the Bulldogs' head coach, per ESPN.com's Jeff Goodman and Jeff Borzello.

DeCourcy added that Crean—who is an ESPN analyst—is likely to receive interest from several other big-conference schools as well.

The 51-year-old Crean has 18 years of head coaching experience to his credit, and he boasts a 356-231 record.

In nine seasons at Marquette, he went 190-96 and made the NCAA tournament on five occasions. That included one trip to the Final Four.

Crean took over at Indiana when the program was down and out, and he managed to resurrect it after three rebuilding years.

He went 166-135 overall for the Hoosiers, and in his final six seasons at the school, he made the NCAA tournament four times, reached the Sweet 16 three times and won two regular-season Big Ten titles.

Crean hasn't coached since parting ways with Indiana after the 2016-17 season.

Georgia went 18-15 this season, and it was eliminated by Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament on Friday.

The Bulldogs last reached the NCAA tournament in 2014-15, and they have only made it three times in the past 16 seasons.