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Our current DBO (Director of Basketball Operations) Rick Karius is leaving to take another position and Bradley (the AD & head coach) will make a new hire.
For those who are unfamiliar - the position of Director of Basketball Operations is a non-coaching position - they cannot directly recruit nor contact recruits, nor can they be directly involve in coaching during games.
They can and do work a lot behind the scenes organizing travel to away games, making contacts with other schools & coaches to set up travel, lodging, meal arrangements for the team & other personnel, and help at camps & with organizing other team activities.
DBO's at big schools get pretty good salaries, but it's less at the smaller schools.
Here's the actual job description for the current Bradley position.... LINK
BUT - here's a much more thorough list of DBO duties and responsibilities as listed in a job description for a DI DBO per an SEC school - LINK
Rarely an established coach will take a DBO spot - like Barry Hinson did at Kansas - LINK
..but in most instances the DBO is gonna be a lesser experienced guy who is somewhat just getting started at the DI basketball level with the hope of moving up...
Our past several DBO's - Rick Karius, JayDee Luster, Cole Pittis, Pat Beilein, Jeremy Crouch, Kyle Vogt, Eric Buescher...fit this bill.
Anyway - here are some names that might come up - ...
-AJ Guyton - gotta think his Indiana connection will make him appealing to the AD
-David Williams (Manual coach and now juco coach)- already has the familiarity & credentials
-Brian Barone - great coach - time to get him back into coaching
-Mike Shaw - is he ready - he's not pursuing a pro career
-some other Marquette guy or Green Bay guy that Coach Wardle is familiar with - perhaps an ex-player? Would Jeremy Crouch be interested?
For those who are unfamiliar - the position of Director of Basketball Operations is a non-coaching position - they cannot directly recruit nor contact recruits, nor can they be directly involve in coaching during games.
They can and do work a lot behind the scenes organizing travel to away games, making contacts with other schools & coaches to set up travel, lodging, meal arrangements for the team & other personnel, and help at camps & with organizing other team activities.
DBO's at big schools get pretty good salaries, but it's less at the smaller schools.
Here's the actual job description for the current Bradley position.... LINK
BUT - here's a much more thorough list of DBO duties and responsibilities as listed in a job description for a DI DBO per an SEC school - LINK
Rarely an established coach will take a DBO spot - like Barry Hinson did at Kansas - LINK
..but in most instances the DBO is gonna be a lesser experienced guy who is somewhat just getting started at the DI basketball level with the hope of moving up...
Our past several DBO's - Rick Karius, JayDee Luster, Cole Pittis, Pat Beilein, Jeremy Crouch, Kyle Vogt, Eric Buescher...fit this bill.
Anyway - here are some names that might come up - ...
-AJ Guyton - gotta think his Indiana connection will make him appealing to the AD
-David Williams (Manual coach and now juco coach)- already has the familiarity & credentials
-Brian Barone - great coach - time to get him back into coaching
-Mike Shaw - is he ready - he's not pursuing a pro career
-some other Marquette guy or Green Bay guy that Coach Wardle is familiar with - perhaps an ex-player? Would Jeremy Crouch be interested?
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