Keno Davis' transition to PC has been a challenge from the start

With a Big East paycheck comes great responsibility.

Davis has created a Des Moines-to-Providence shuttle that he’ll wear out for the next month. He’ll spend the weekdays in Rhode Island settling into a new program and then fly to Iowa for the weekends, where he’ll cut his ties to Drake University and prepare for a move to the Big East with his wife and young son. He hopes to be settled in Rhode Island sometime in June.

Besides those personal issues, the transition into a new coaching job, especially one half a country away, is a major challenge. Davis says he needs time to assess the talent the Friars have returning, jump into the always-swirling recruiting game, hire a staff, schedule games for 2008-09 and prepare to win next season.