Bradley DBO Pat Beilein to be named West Virginia Wesleyan head coaching job

[bradleybraves1]

I agree with you on Coach Williams Da Coach. He would be walking away from a lot right now if he left for an obscure (for now) D2 job in WV. I can imagine that this will be a very difficult decision for him; I would not be surprised if he stayed here to continue building what he has started. He knows that a lot of his kids look up to and depend upon his guidance. No doubt other opportunities will continue to come his way. He is a great "friend of the program" to Geno and BU.

[lake Camelot]

I have no idea how the pay compares. But what about coach Williams as a DBO at Bradley? I would assume it may be someone with ties to coach Ford in Ohio. But I really don't know.

[tornado]

unrelated, but....another son of a famous name is headed to West Virginia Wesleyan

http://missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/nate-montana-leaving-the-grizzlies/article_37ef28ee-9ee5-11e1-9212-001a4bcf887a.html

[AZ BU Fan]

Congratulations PB, make sure to recommend any area D-I talent to BU!

[tornado]

Job opening:

http://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=175632879&Title=Director%20of%20Men's%20Basketball%20Operations

why would we not go after one of our local High School head coaches or assistants??

[bradleybraves1]

Job opening:

why would we not go after one of our local High School head coaches or assistants??

Maybe the job posting is just a formality? Maybe "Bachelors degree is required; Master's degree is preferred" poses a problem? I'd love to see BU bring in Coach Williams or someone local but maybe salary (or lack of) is a big issue. Maybe BU discourages them from being able to continue running basketball camps (which can bring in good money).

[tornado]

the camps can bring in good revenue if well attended - but once hired - anyone in a BU assistant spot from any prior background would have no restrictions in running the camp

BUT hiring for a college coaching staff doesn't commonly seem to aim for someone from the high school level...
maybe at one time it happened more - back in the Rich Herrin days...but I don't know of too many hires anywhere in the past 5-10 years that brought high school coaches onto a college coaching staff...and the few I can think of were even pretty soundly denounced right here on this board.

[tornado]

Here's an example of how wrong you can get a story...

no - Pat Beilein is not the son of the Timberwolves head coach,
and no he is not taking over as head coach of West Virginia University..

https://twitter.com/CBB_FS/status/205359106452762624

[Da Coach]

Article about Pat Beilein and WVWU-

http://www.wvillustrated.com/story/18634326/wvu-basketball-making-mark-on-wviac