At age 34 , Eustachy became a head coach at Idaho in April 1990 , succeeding Kermit Davis , who left the Palouse for Texas A&M after consecutive Big Sky titles and NCAA tournament appearances . He had been an assistant in Moscow for a season ( 1986 – 87 ) under Tim Floyd , and Eustachy 's first-year salary as head coach was In his third year , he led the Vandals to the regular season championship in 1993 , but they lost the tourney title game Idaho was not selected for and Eustachy departed a few days Eustachy took over the reins in Logan in March and had a very successful five-year stretch at Utah State ; his teams won the Big West regular season three times and won the conference tournament in 1998 . The Aggies were seeded thirteenth in the West region of the NCAA tournament , and fell to Maryland in the first round at Eustachy was named head coach at Iowa State in late after Tim Floyd left for the NBA 's Chicago Bulls . Following a lackluster first season , the Cyclones had their best season in school history in 2000 . They won a school record 32 games and came within one game of the Final Four , and Eustachy was named AP Coach of the Year . After consecutive Big 12 Conference titles in 2001 , he signed a contract extension that , with incentives , made him the highest-paid state employee in Iowa
tourney title game
1993 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Larry Eustachy