The SMU Mustangs were coached by which former player after Mike Cavan was let go in 2001?
SMU Mustangs football under Mike Cavan Mike Cavan was the coach of the Southern Methodist University's football team from 1997 to 2001. He compiled a 22–34–0 record, and was succeeded by Phil Bennett.
Mike Eaves Michael Gordon Eaves (born June 10, 1956) is a Canadian American former NHL player and the current head coach of the St. Olaf College men's hockey team. He is the former head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. Eaves appeared in 324 NHL regular season games between 1978 and 1985, and has coached since 1985. His father, Cecil Eaves, is a former University of Denver ice hockey and football player who became a professor and hockey coach at Ohio State and the University of Windsor. Eaves is also the father of current Anaheim Ducks forward Patrick Eaves, retired SM-Liiga Jokerit forward Ben Eaves and brother of former NHL player Murray Eaves.