Finding a new head coach is an especially arduous task in college because they will be the new face of the program unlike just a star player who could be gone in just a year or two. Providence basketball has the misfortune of being thrust into this dilemma now that longtime head coach Ed Cooley has agreed to be the new head coach for Georgetown.

However, a replacement candidate has already emerged. George Mason head coach Kim English is expected to be at the top of the Friars list, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.

English, 34, is one of the youngest coaches in Division I basketball and has earned plenty of acclaim after leading the Patriots to a 20-win season in just his second year in charge.