This is fascinating

From Joey Johnston's article on South Florida's search -- now make that a new search -- for a head basketball coach:

"...USF paid Eastman & Beaudine to find candidates for the men's basketball position. The same firm was paid $100,000 by USF in the search for a new AD, which resulted in [Mark] Harlan, formerly the associate athletic director at UCLA.

According to a document obtained by The Tampa Tribune through a public-records request, the firm's initial $30,000 invoice to USF for the men's basketball search was dated March 12. That was the day of USF's 72-68 loss against Rutgers in the AAC tournament — or two days before Heath was told of his firing by USF assistant athletic director Barry Clements.

Although Cynthia Visot, chief of staff for USF's Board of Trustees, signed the invoice for school president Judy Genshaft on March 18, it appears the school was looking for a new men's basketball coach while Heath was still employed.

“You can't be surprised by anything in this business,'' said Heath, who received a contract extension from then-AD Doug Woolard in July 2012, but was fired with four years remaining on his contract and is due a $1.5 million buyout payment by USF. “It's irrelevant. When a new AD comes in, you expect changes, especially if you aren't winning games...''