Scott Drew Autographs Restaurant Booth That’s Now A Shrine To The Baylor Coach After Viral Photo

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Scott Drew did not end up being named the newest head coach of the men’s basketball team at Kentucky despite the rumors that suggested that would be the case, and that brief saga is now forever immortalized courtesy of a booth at a Mexican restaurant in Waco that now bears his signature.

Earlier this month, we were treated to a pretty stunning development when longtime Kentucky Wildcats coach John Calipari announced he was taking his talents to Arkansas after 15 seasons in Lexington. The school immediately launched a search to fill the void that formed, but it ended up being a taller task than most people probably assumed.

When everything was said and done, former BYU coach Mark Pope (who won a national championship at Kentucky in 1996) was tapped to pick up where Calipari left off. However, he wasn’t the school’s first choice, as both UConn’s Dan Hurley and Baylor’s Scott Drew were on the shortlist but ultimately decided to stick with their current gigs.

Drew’s wife was reportedly resistant to a change of scenery thanks to the amount of scrutiny her husband (and, by association, their family) would be subjected to thanks to Kentucky’s fanatical fanbase, and during the recruiting process, he got a taste of what may have been in store courtesy of at least one Wildcats fan who called the Mexican restaurant in Waco where he posed for a picture while eating lunch as the speculation swirled.

Mi Casita—the eatery in question—didn’t waste much time immortalizing that picture by hanging up a copy inside the booth that’s now officially known as “Drew’s Table”, and on Wednesday, the man himself stopped by the new shrine to add his signature (Eric Shero, the Alliance Bank VP who was also in the photo, joined him to add his John Hancock as well).

How can you not love college basketball?