Dan Monson, who led Long Beach State to the NCAA Tournament as a lame-duck coach, is the new men’s basketball coach at Eastern Washington, returning to his roots.Monson and officials in Long Beach agreed to a “mutual separation” in early March amid a five-game losing streak to end the regular season. But when the team won the Big West tournament, Monson and his squad landed the conference’s automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.No. 2 seed Arizona defeated No. 15 Long Beach State in the opening round of West Region play, 85-65.Monson, 62, has a 445-396 record over 27 seasons as a head coach in Division I.A Washington native, he lived in Cheney — the location of Eastern Washington — when his father coached high school basketball there.The younger Monson began his coaching career in 1986 as an assistant at UAB for two seasons, then filled the same role at Gonzaga from 1988-97. He spent two seasons as the head coach of the Bulldogs (1997-99) before jumping to Minnesota (1999-2006) and then to Long Beach State (2007-24).His teams have made 13 postseason appearances — including four in the NCAA Tournament. Under Monson, Gonzaga made its first Elite Eight appearance in 1999.