How Dan Monson led Long Beach State to men's March Madness ... despite being fired

You want to talk about March Madness? This is literally it.

Long Beach State will be dancing in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament … with a fired coach at the helm.

Earlier this month, the program announced Dan Monson would no longer be the head coach, but that it would let him finish out the season, which included the Big West tournament. Well, you can guess what happened next: the 49ers won out, and now they’re headed to the tourney.

If someone else doesn’t hire Monson after all this, they are truly missing out. Plus, Monson delivered a perfect quote after the win on Saturday:

On Monday Dan Monson was fired after 17 years at LBSU. Now he's dancing.

"When Jim Harbaugh says who's got it better than him, someone's got to tell him Dan Monson… I have the 1999 run at Gonzaga, but as Mark Few said over text, why don't we have a run in the first year and a… pic.twitter.com/Cb5MCctlS8

— Brenna Greene (@BrennaGreene_) March 17, 2024

Dan Monson was fired from Long Beach State on Monday but allowed to keep coaching. Won Big West Tournament tonight to earn NCAA bid.

Kevin Keatts was on hot seat at NC State as week began. Won five games to take ACC title and NCAA bid which triggered a two year contract…

— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) March 17, 2024

Just amazing.