Niko Medved Hired as Colorado State Basketball Head Coach

Colorado State hired Niko Medved as the next head coach of its men's basketball team, the team announced Thursday. 

Evan Daniels of 247Sports first reported the news.

He will replace Larry Eustachy, who resigned in February partway through his sixth season with the Rams following an investigation into his treatment of players.

Medved was the head coach of Drake last season after spending the previous four years with Furman.

While Drake went just 17-17 this season, it had only 14 wins in the previous two seasons combined. The Bulldogs finished in third place in the Missouri Valley Conference with a 10-8 record.

With Furman, Medved took over a team that won seven games the previous year and improved the record in each of his four seasons. In 2016-17, the Paladins went 23-12 and tied for the Southern Conference's regular-season title.

The 44-year-old coach will now try to create a similar turnaround with Colorado State, where he worked as an assistant for six years—the first five of those under Tim Miles.

The Rams went just 11-21 this season, including 4-14 in the Mountain West Conference.

There are also zero recruits signed for the 2018 class, per 247Sports, although there was only one senior on the roster this past year. There is talent to work with, but Medved could have his work cut out for him.