The 2013-14 coaching carousel starts

[tornado]

Peorian AJ Guyton, brother to Daniel Ruffin...
has made it known he is interested in the open position at IUPUI - I think it would be a great fit

http://www.vigilantsports.com/2014/03/18/a-j-guyton-discusses-his-candidacy-for-iupuis-coaching-vacancy/

BTW - on the Bruce Pearl hiring -- one of the CBSSports writers checked with NCAA and confirmed that Pearl is still under sanctions by NCAA until August 24, 2014.
Thus at present he cannot be hired. If he is not hired then he cannot work with the team or recruit between now and August 24 - nor can he be paid...creating a concern.
But - there are options...
He could just wait 'til August then he's free to work, be hired, recruit, & coach - but that's getting a pretty late start.. - any assistants or staff he hires wouldn't be under any sanctions - so that would help if this is the course they follow...
He or his represenattives could appeal to the NCAA and ask that the sanctions be ended or softened - this is likely what he will do.
or he could try to "show cause" which means prove to the NCAA that there's a compelling need for him to be hired at an NCAA insitution despite the sanctions.

[tornado]

Kennesaw State's Lewis Preston is out

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up to the minute...

Appalachian State - Jason Capel fired
Auburn - Tony Barbee fired - Bruce Pearl hired *** btw - as of 11/25/2013 Kelvin Sampson's NCAA sanctions are now ended and he can be hired!!
Boston College - Steve Donahue fired
Bowling Green - Louis Orr fired
Central Arkansas - Clarence Finley out - Russ Pennell hired
Delaware State - Greg Jackson fired - Keith Walker is IC
Florida Atlantic - Mike Jarvis fired
IUPUI - Todd Howard fired
Jacksonville - Cliff Warren out
Kennesaw State - Lewis Preston out - Jimmy Lallathin hired
Lamar - Pat Knight fired - Tic Price is IC
Loyola Marymount - fires Max Good - has hired Mike Dunlap
Marshall - Tom Herrion fired
Maryland Eastern Shore - fires Frank Allen
Montana State - Brad Huse steps down
NC-Wilmington - Buzz Peterson fired
Rice - Ben Braun fired
South Dakota - Dave Boots gone - Joey James not retained as interim
South Florida - Stan Heath out
Southeast Louisiana - Jim Yarbrough fired
Tennessee-Martin - Jason James fired - Heath Schroyer hired
Tennessee State - Travis Williams out
Virginia Tech - James Johnson fired
Washington State - Ken Bone fired


one more thing - the Show Cause penalty for Dave Bliss also come to an end in June of 2015!

[Da Coach]

Jeff Bzdelik resigns from the head coaching position at Wake Forest.

[bradleyfan124]

Jeff Bzdelik resigns from the head coaching position at Wake Forest.

I used to work with his Dad. Super nice guy.

[tornado]

ESPN interviewed Jim Calhoun and he says he is interested in the Boston College job -- He would instantly help them get better!

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Marquette's Buzz Williams resigns and takes the head coaching job at Virginia Tech!!
Gregg Marshall already rumored to be Marquette's top target

Shayok Shayok's brother Marial Shayok is one of Marquette's signees - will he ask out??





Appalachian State - Jason Capel fired
Auburn - Tony Barbee fired - Bruce Pearl hired
Boston College - Steve Donahue fired
Bowling Green - Louis Orr fired
Central Arkansas - Clarence Finley out - Russ Pennell hired
Delaware State - Greg Jackson fired - Keith Walker is IC
Florida Atlantic - Mike Jarvis fired
IUPUI - Todd Howard fired
Jacksonville - Cliff Warren out
Kennesaw State - Lewis Preston out - Jimmy Lallathin hired
Lamar - Pat Knight fired - Tic Price is IC
Loyola Marymount - fires Max Good - has hired Mike Dunlap
Marquette - Buzz Williams resigns
Marshall - Tom Herrion fired
Maryland Eastern Shore - fires Frank Allen
Montana State - Brad Huse steps down
NC-Wilmington - Buzz Peterson fired
Rice - Ben Braun fired
South Dakota - Dave Boots gone - Joey James not retained as interim
South Florida - Stan Heath out
Southeast Louisiana - Jim Yarbrough fired
Tennessee-Martin - Jason James fired - Heath Schroyer hired
Tennessee State - Travis Williams out
Virginia Tech - James Johnson fired - Buzz Williams hired
Wake Forest - Jeff Bzdelik quits
Washington State - Ken Bone fired

[Da Coach]

Surprising news- Marquette Head Coach Buzz Williams has quit and will take the open head coaching job at Virginia Tech. His reason is he feels the Big East is diluted down with the changes of the past year.

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=jeff-goodman&id=3439&src=desktop

BTW, I am already seeing a couple twitter rumors starting about Gregg Marshall to Marquette.
This one from ESPN College Basketball Writer Jeff Goodman-

https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/447138383639244800

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=jeff-goodman&id=3439&src=desktop

[Da Coach]

Wichita State assistant Chris Jans is hired for open Head Coaching spot at Bowling Green-

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10662971/bowling-green-tabs-wichita-state-assistant-chris-jans-coach

Jans was overdue to get a chance at a D1 head coaching job. He had a lot to do with the highly successful recruiting at Wichita State. And they have another great recruiting class coming in next fall.

[tornado]

Nebraska Asst Craig Smith will be the next South Dakota coach

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Dennis Cutts has been the interim head coach at UC-Riverside - he has now been hired as head coach

[Da Coach]

James Dickey resigns at Houston.


And reports are that Illinois State assistant coach Dana Ford is a possible candidate for the head coaching job at Tennessee State

http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/2014/03/24/tsu-basketball-coaching-search/6841527/

[Da Coach]

James Dickey resigns at Houston.


And reports are that Illinois State assistant coach Dana Ford is a possible candidate for the head coaching job at Tennessee State
http://www.tennessean.com/story/spor...earch/6841527/

One early rumor has Kelvin Sampson as a possible candidate for the Houston job-

http://hoopdirt.com/blog/d2051bdb/hot-rumor-sampson-in-the-mix-at-houston/

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Numerous sources were reporting that VCU's Shaka Smart to Marquette was a done deal - even the details of his new contract...

https://twitter.com/HolyLandofHoops/status/448215270868275200

https://twitter.com/UndercoverFriar/status/448213596729004032

and Illinois Prep Bullseye posted this tweet
"Per sources close to Marquette, Shaka Smart is expected to be announced
as new men's hoops coach in 5 min. Press conference will come later."
but they have since deleted it.

but over the past 10-12 hours the story has changed and it's looking more like Smart will not take the Marquette job...
so I guess we will have to wait & see.........

James Dickey resigns at Houston.

He had only a year left on his contract and they were not going to renew him - but he claims a personal matter and is stepping down.

Houston has a huge enrollment of 41,000...they also have an enormous fan base mostly stemming from football -
they are right in the middle of a huge, growing city in a state that has great basketball and yet they draw only 3782 as a home average!
So I went to their message board and it is way busier than I expected - literally hundreds of threads & thousands of posts just the past few days - all on the coaching situation, Dickey leaving who they should hire, etc.....
I gotta think if they get the right guy they'd fill their arena in no time....but is Kelvin Sampson really the right guy?
Dickey was reportedly making only $250K but rumor is they are prepared to spend $800K to get the "right guy"???
There was actually a little discussion about ex-BU assistant Alvin Brooks III (whose father was at one time the Houston head coach)-
but with such little head coaching experience, he may not be the right guy.
Lots of talk about Stephen F. Austin head coach Brad Underwood - who coached his team to 32-3 and the 3rd round of the NCAA Tourney this past week.

[Da Coach]

Steve Masiello, currently the head coach at Manhattan and a former assistant under Rick Pitino at Louisville, is reportedly going to become the new coach at South Florida, replacing Stan Heath.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24499847/manhattans-masiello-expected-to-accept-offer-to-be-usfs-coach