If you think yours is a manic Monday, imagine how it feels to be Warde Manuel.

All he has to do is replace the greatest basketball coach in the 110-year history of the Michigan Wolverines, John Beilein, who not only took the team to the NCAA championship game in 2013 and 2018 but did it with such integrity he was comfortable declaring the UM program didn't even break NCAA rules by accident.

Yeah, no pressure there!

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So where does Manuel turn? The Wolverines know they will have an excellent, all-conference point guard in Zavier Simpson and a versatile, shot-blocking center in Jon Teske, along with Isaiah Livers as an extremely capable power forward. Leading scorer Ignas Brazdeikis still is eligible to return from NBA Draft early entry, although Beilein's departure might make staying in the draft more inviting.

But who will coach these guys?

We came up with some promising candidates for Manuel to consider. If he gets one of these gentleman, it could turn out OK.

1. Billy Donovan, Oklahoma City Thunder. He has been insistent about his desire to remain in the NBA, but four years managing Russell Westbrook might make getting back to recruiting seem desirable. He obviously was bothered during his time at Florida by that part of the job, but he would be following someone who made two NCAA championships this decade as Mr. Clean. He knows he can expect the same from his chief rival in the Big Ten. This might be the ideal time to make a move.

2. Bob McKillop, Davidson. In many ways, McKillop is the closest thing there is to another Beilein. His work at the low-major level always demonstrated his pure coaching ability, but he also has kept Davidson highly successful as this tiny school navigated a significant leap to the Atlantic 10 level. The Wildcats have won nearly 70 percent of their conference games and made two NCAA appearances in five A-10 seasons, an amazing record for a program making such a sudden climb.

3. Ed Cooley, Providence. Manuel used to be the athletic director at UConn, which was in the same league as Cooley's Friars for one season and the same neighborhood until Manuel left for UM. So Manuel got the chance to see what Providence was as Cooley began to work his magic. Cooley took PC to five consecutive NCAA Tournaments from 2014-18, the only such streak in the school’s history.

4. Steve Pikiell, Rutgers. In his time at UM, Manuel also has seen Rutgers' impressive growth under Pikiell. The Scarlet Knights were a disaster when Pikiell arrived, and he has brought hope and promise — and playing talent — to the program in short order. Pikiell is going to win a lot of Big Ten games over the next few years. Manuel might prefer that he do that wearing maize and blue.

5. Mark Schmidt, St. Bonaventure. Schmidt is doing extraordinary things in the same region of the country that launched Beilein. When Schmidt took over the Bonnies, they were an abject disaster. They had won single-digit games for five consecutive seasons. It seemed like the program was beyond repair. Under Schmidt, they have made the NCAAs twice and have won double-digit Atlantic-10 Conference games over the past five seasons.

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6. Johnny Dawkins, UCF. Dawkins’ son, Aubrey, played for Beilein with the Wolverines for two seasons, before Johnny got the UCF job and father and son got the chance to work together in Florida. Dawkins’ impressive coaching performance in nearly upsetting Duke in the 2019 NCAA Tournament earned him raves. His position on the list, though, reflects the struggles he endured while head coach at Stanford.

7. Luke Yaklich, Michigan assistant. Yaklich reinvented the Michigan defense with point guard Zavier Simpson as the key player and elevated the Wolverines from No. 69 in efficiency in the 2016-17 season to No. 3 in 2018 and No. 2 in 2019. They made the NCAA championship game and the Sweet 16; they reached in the Big Ten title game in both his seasons and won the first. Asking an assistant to replace someone as gifted and experienced as Beilein, though, is risky.

8. Mike Hopkins, Washington. Would Hopkins want to move so quickly after establishing himself at UW? His Huskies are in position to be one of the top teams in the Pac-12 for the next decade, sitting on top of a productive recruiting base in a league that elsewhere is struggling.

9. Kevin Willard, Seton Hall. One of the most quietly effective coaches in college basketball, Willard might be capable of something extraordinary in a more advantaged position. His 2018-19 performance was one of the most underrated of the year; the Pirates lost four of their top five scorers and still reached the Big East championship game and a fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament.