If you ask me this is a lot like the Phillips hire. On the job training with limited resources for assistant coaches. Also, I would think Faulkner has to be one of the youngest coaches in D1. Hopefully his enthusiasm and hunger make up for his inexperience.
He definitely has enthusiasm!
From a February 20 article: "Tevon Saddler, the youngest coach in Division I men’s basketball, has Nicholls State in its accustomed position near the top of the Southland Conference heading into his 29th birthday on Wednesday."
Faulkner is 33