2014-2015 coaching carousel

[Da Coach]

ESPN's Jeff Goodman says VCU is down to 2, but they are 2 different candidates than the above article- Chattanooga head coach Will Wade (ex-VCU asst.) & current VCU assistant Jeremy Ballard.

https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/585184322409209857

[Da Coach]

SIU assistant Anthony Beane to apply for the SEMO job

http://www.semoball.com/blogs/1909/entry/61922/

And Northern Kentucky hires John Brannen

https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/585212903747379201

[Da Coach]

ESPN's Jeff Goodman says VCU is down to 2, but they are 2 different candidates than the above article- Chattanooga head coach Will Wade (ex-VCU asst.) & current VCU assistant Jeremy Ballard.
https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/stat...84322409209857

Reports this morning are that VCU will hire UT-Chattanooga's Will Wade

http://www.midmajormadness.com/atlantic-10/2015/4/7/8360043/report-vcu-lands-on-chattanoogas-will-wade

[Da Coach]

Another hiring- Chris Beard will be the new head coach at Arkansas-Little Rock. He was the head coach at Angelo State University in Texas.

[tornado]

Eastern Kentucky hires Minnesota assistant Dan McHale

School - Coach fired....Coach hired
Arkansas-Little Rock - Steve Shields - Chris Beard hired
Alabama - Anthony Grant - hires Avery Johnson
Alcorn State - Luther Riley
Arizona State - Herb Sendek
Bowling Green - Chris Jans fired
Bradley - Geno Ford - BRIAN WARDLE hired
Bucknell - Dave Paulsen left for George Mason
Charlotte - Alan Major - hired Mark Price
Citadel - Chuck Dreisell - hires Digger Baucom
DePaul - Oliver Purnell - hires Dave Leitao
East Tennessee State - Murray Bartow - hired Steve Forbes
Eastern Kentucky - Jeff Neubauer left for the Fordham job - hired Dan McHale
Fordham - Tom Pecora - Jeff Neubauer hired
George Mason - Paul Hewitt - hires Dave Paulsen
Green Bay - Brian Wardle left -
Hawaii - Gib Arnold - Benjy Taylor did a nice job as interim
Holy Cross - Milan Brown - hired Bill Carmody
Kennesaw State - Jimmy Lallathin
Liberty - Dale Layer - hired Ritchie McKay
Mississippi State - Rick Ray - Ben Howland hired
Nevada - David Carter - hired Eric Musselman
Northern Kentucky - Dave Bezold - hires John Brannen
Penn - Jerome Allen - hired Steve Donahue
San Diego - Bill Grier - hired Lamont Smith
SEMO - Dickey Nutt
SIUE - Lennox Forrester - hires Jon Harris
St. John's - Steve Lavin - hires Chris Mullin
Tennessee - Donnie Tyndall - hires Rick Barnes
Texas - Rick Barnes - Shaka Smart hired
UIC - Howard Moore - hired Steve McClain
Utah State - Stew Morrill - Tim Duryea hired
Utah Valley University - Dick Hunsicker - hires Mark Pope
VCU - Shaka Smart goes to Texas - hire Will Wade
VMI - Digger Baucom heads to Citadel



looks like only nine spots open

[tornado]

Greg Gard's name being mentioned for the Bowling Green spot...

this is about the 25th time I have seen Gard's name mentioned in conjunction with an opening - mostly smaller midmajors and low majors like Green Bay, Bowling Green, NIU, Ohio, etc...and he ends up turning them all down.
But the guy is a valuable assistant at a top Big Ten program and almost certainly is making $300K+ per year - yet he keeps getting named as potenatial for spots that pay less.

[Da Coach]

University of Hawaii hired Saint Mary's assistant Eran Ganot.
They chose not to retain interim head coach Benjy Taylor.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25140874/hawaii-hires-saint-marys-assistant-eran-ganot-as-next-coach

[AZ BU Fan]

ASU reportedly was hot after Jeff Capel. Duke Asst. He apparently had expressed some interest, but removed himself from consideration yesterday.

Now top two names are Steve Lavin and Bobby Hurley.

[Da Coach]

Evansville Head Coach Marty Simmons is looking to fill 2 assistant coaching spots. Among those being considered are former Bradley assistant Lennox Forrester (who was also previously an assistant at Evanville), and former ISU assistant coach Doug Novsek (who played at SIU and was a teammate of Marty in high school).

http://hoopdirt.com/evansville-dirt/

[Da Coach]

Evansville Head Coach Marty Simmons is looking to fill 2 assistant coaching spots. Among those being considered are former Bradley assistant Lennox Forrester (who was also previously an assistant at Evanville), and former ISU assistant coach Doug Novsek (who played at SIU and was a teammate of Marty in high school).
http://hoopdirt.com/evansville-dirt/

Lennox Forrester is hired as an assistant at Evansville by Marty Simmons.

[tornado]

Bobby Hurley will be Arizona State's new head coach

updated list

School - Coach fired....Coach hired
Alabama - Anthony Grant - hires Avery Johnson
Alcorn State - Luther Riley
Arizona State - Herb Sendek - hires Bobby Hurley
Arkansas-Little Rock - Steve Shields - Chris Beard hired
Bowling Green - Chris Jans fired
Bradley - Geno Ford - BRIAN WARDLE hired
Bucknell - Dave Paulsen left for George Mason
Buffalo - Bobby Hurley left for Arizona State
Charlotte - Alan Major - hired Mark Price
Chattanooga - Will Wade hired by VCU -
Citadel - Chuck Dreisell - hires Digger Baucom
DePaul - Oliver Purnell - hires Dave Leitao
East Tennessee State - Murray Bartow - hired Steve Forbes
Eastern Kentucky - Jeff Neubauer left for the Fordham job - hired Dan McHale
Fordham - Tom Pecora - Jeff Neubauer hired
George Mason - Paul Hewitt - hires Dave Paulsen
Green Bay - Brian Wardle left -
Hawaii - Gib Arnold - hired Eran Ganot
Holy Cross - Milan Brown - hired Bill Carmody
Kennesaw State - Jimmy Lallathin
Liberty - Dale Layer - hired Ritchie McKay
Mississippi State - Rick Ray - Ben Howland hired
Nevada - David Carter - hired Eric Musselman
Northern Kentucky - Dave Bezold - hires John Brannen
Penn - Jerome Allen - hired Steve Donahue
San Diego - Bill Grier - hired Lamont Smith
SEMO - Dickey Nutt
SIUE - Lennox Forrester - hires Jon Harris
St. John's - Steve Lavin - hires Chris Mullin
Tennessee - Donnie Tyndall - hires Rick Barnes
Texas - Rick Barnes - Shaka Smart hired
UIC - Howard Moore - hired Steve McClain
Utah State - Stew Morrill - Tim Duryea hired
Utah Valley University - Dick Hunsicker - hires Mark Pope
VCU - Shaka Smart goes to Texas - hire Will Wade
VMI - Duggar Baucom heads to Citadel

[Da Coach]

The Citadel coach is Duggar Baucom, not Digger.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duggar_Baucom

[braves16]

Bobby Hurley hired at Arizona State

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/hurley-over-sun-devils-2-stint-buffalo-221808794--ncaab.html

[tornado]

as I look back at all the names that were among the candidates considered in 2002 & then in 2011...

Of course Jim Les, Geno Ford - but also all the others who were hyped or considered - or who passed on us or who we passed on (Jones, McClain, Giacoletti, Jeter, DeChellis, Lusk, Hinson, Montgomery, Rodney Terry, Sydney Johnson.......and others)

really - now looking back - almost none of them have excelled where they were or now are...
(except one who just won a league title and who has a Sweet Sixteen under his belt.)
Ya gotta wonder how was it we considered so many that never succeeded anywhere?

[Da Coach]

Buffalo did not waste any time replacing Bobby Hurley. They named Nate Oats head coach.
Now there are only 7 D1 job openings left- Alcorn State, Bowling Green State, Bucknell, UT-Chattanooga, Kennesaw State, SEMO and VMI.