GOOD NEWS: West Virginia are bringing him back..

• Jordan McCabe started his college basketball journey in Morgantown. Even though he finished playing elsewhere, West Virginia is once again where he’s starting a new chapter.

McCabe, who wrapped up his playing career at UNLV in March, now finds himself on the other side of the game as he is an assistant coach on Josh Eilert’s WVU men’s basketball staff.

“It’s been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I started to think about [coaching] as a player. I have an obsession and a passion for the game of basketball that I knew I never wanted to do anything outside of this game,” McCabe said.

Did he envision jumping straight into a full-time assistant role? Not necessarily.

Initially, he reached out to former WVU head coach Bob Huggins and discussed returning to the program in a player development role. He thought that would get his foot in the door and he could work his way up the ladder from there.

McCabe moved back to Morgantown on a handshake deal with his former head coach and figured the rest would take care of itself. However, that plan quickly changed when Huggins resigned in June.

“It was an eventful time for me. Nerve-wracking at times. Chaotic for sure, but I’ve always been somebody who thrives in chaos and finds an opportunity through that,” he said. “I was blessed that coach Eilert gave me an opportunity to be an assistant coach here.”