A season ago, Kushkin was an assistant to Purdue coach Carolyn Peck and an integral part of the team's NCAA championship run. After Peck left for the WNBA last spring, Purdue hired coach Kristy Curry to head the program. She brought along husband Kelly as an assistant coach. OSU coach Beth Burns hired Kushkin, a Columbus native, to fill a vacancy on her staff. Although Kushkin is happy to be home, the two years he spent at Purdue are never far from his thoughts.
Basketball is only one part of it.
It's the people that make a place. Those kids on that team and that staff will always be my family. I get e-mail every now and then from them. He'll do the same when OSU visits Purdue on Feb. 3. Seth loves the players at Purdue,'' Burns said.