Best makes move to Eagles' head coach job

Eastern moves quickly to name Baldwin's replacement

It didn't take long, and Eastern Washington didn't have to go far to find the person to follow ultra-successful former head football coach Beau Baldwin.

The Eagles' offensive line coach, and a former student athlete, Aaron Best, was introduced Jan. 23 as the program's new head coach - its 21st in program history - in the same room where only a week earlier, Baldwin announced his surprise departure to become the offensive coordinator at the University of California-Berkeley.

"Searches are about the right fit at the right time," Eastern athletics director Bill Chaves said. "You always try to loo...

 

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