The Georgia Bulldogs have found their new basketball coach.
The school announced Thursday, Tom Crean will take over as the head man next season.
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According to ESPN, the deal will be for six years.
"I am honored an humbled to join the University of Georgia family," Crean said. "I am sincerely grateful to President Morehead and Greg McGarity for an incredible opportunity. Make no mistake, this is a basketball program inside of a great university that can compete for championships doing it the right way. We will work diligently and with great energy to make everyone associated with the University of Georgia very proud of our efforts. We're going to need everyone in the Bulldog Nation to help us to create the energy and excitement that will take Georgia to the highest levels of success."
Crean most recently was the head coach at Indiana from 2008-2017. He went 166-135 in his time with the Hoosiers before he was fired in March 2017. Since then he has been a college basketball analyst for ESPN.
In his two coaching jobs between Indiana and Marquette, Crean amassed 356 wins and 231 losses while making the NCAA Tournament nine times.
Crean will replace Mark Fox who went 163-133 in nine years with the Bulldogs.
