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“I love it,” Holtmann said. “Love it. I think it’s great. I think it adds to this place. It was exciting quite obviously.”
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Director of athletics Gene Smith also took a few minutes to describe the coaching search he conducted last week, including the fact it ended in a city known for basketball.
“He and I agreed to meet Thursday morning,” Smith said. “I was able to wake up and get my wife — after three hours of sleep — to drive to Dayton and he did the same thing. He and Lori met me in Dayton at this unbelievable place and we sat and had a great conversation and got to know one another and in that moment he accepted the job.”
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