Here is an interesting article about who might be hired as the next full time coach at Minnesota (if it isn't Jim Molinari).
Apparently there is strong support to hire former Minnesota guard Trent Tucker.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/16146049.htm
Trent Tucker was an good-shooting guard who played at University of Minnesota and graduated in 1982. He surprised a lot of people by becoming successful in the NBA and stuck around for 11 seasons. He still resides in New York and not Minnesota, and has been out of basketball for several years, now. The thing that works against Tucker though is his lack of head coaching experience. Sound familiar?
Another strong possibility is Flip Saunders. He is currently the head coach of the Detroit Pistons, but he has apparently expressed interest in returning to Minnesota, which he attended, as head coach some day. I can't believe he would consider this. He has been very successful in Detroit, they are currently in 1st place, and he is making millions of dollars a year to coach there. He would have to take a massive salary cut to move to Minnesota.--
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/16136947.htm
Saunders, it is noted, is close friends with Molinari, so if he was hired he might want to keep Jim on the staff?
Note some of the other names mentioned-- the usual suspects Rick Majerus and Steve Lavin, Tom Crean, Mike Montgomery, Randy Wittman, Dana Altman, Greg McDermott, Todd Likliter, and Rob Jeter.