As a coach, he has helped Baylor reach eight NCAA tournaments, four Sweet 16 berths, coached nine players who received All-American nods, and many more achievements.

As Nicki Swift mentioned, Drew’s career sometimes faced controversy. In 2012, the NCAA gave Baylor a three-year suspension after it found that “hundreds of impermissible telephone calls and text messages sent to prep recruits by coaches and assistants on the basketball teams,” reported ESPN. The investigation reviewed almost 900,000 phone and text messages, and identified 738 inappropriate messages and 528 phone calls.

The team and Drew stayed the course. Drew called himself a glass half-full kind of coach in a 2017 Sports Illustrated article. “I come from a family atmosphere, where it’s a culture of hard work, doing the right thing,” he said.

The Baylor Bears make their 10^th NCAA appearance this season. “I’m really excited for the guys. They’ve earned it,” said Drew on their website. “Last year, I was really excited about the opportunity to get a No. 1 seed. So, to be able to do that back-to-back years, possibly, really speaks to what the upperclassmen have been able to achieve here.”