2016-17 Coaching Carousel

[Da Coach]

UNCW to hire North Carolina assistant coach C.B. McGrath.

http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0639472337007153523-4

[tornado]

that was fast....before the last day of March!
most of the open spots are filled...only eight left open
Remember - when Geno was hired, and when Wardle was hired - it didn't get done 'til the end of March....


Akron - Keith Dambrot leaves for Duquesne - OPEN
Alabama A&M - Willie Hayes steps down - OPEN
Arkansas State - Grant McCasland leaves to take North Texas - Mike Balado (Louisville Assistant) hired
Austin Peay - Dave Loos steps down - Matt Figgers hired
Bethune-Cookman - fires Gravelle Craig - Ryan Ridder hired
Cal - Cuonzo Martin leaves - Wyking Jones hired
Chattanooga - Matt McCall leaves for UMass - OPEN
Cleveland State - Gary Waters steps down - Dennis Felton hired
Coppin State - Michael Grant fired - OPEN
Dayton - Archie Miller leaves to take Indiana - Anthony Grant hired
Drake - Ray Giacoletti steps down - Jeff Rutter is interim - Niko Medved hired
Duquesne - Jim Ferry resigns - Keith Dambrot hired
Eastern Washington - Jim Hayford leaves for Seattle - Shantay Legans hired
Florida A&M - Byron Samuels fired - OPEN
Furman - Niko Medved left for Drake - Bob Richey hired as interim
George Washington - Mike Lonergan fired - Maurice Joseph hired as head coach
Georgetown - John Thompson III fired - OPEN
Illinois - fires John Groce - Brad Underwood hired
Indiana - Tom Crean fired - Archie Miller hired
LIU-Brooklyn - Jack Perri fired - OPEN
LSU - Johnny Jones fired - Will Wade hired
Massachusetts - fires Derek Kellogg - Winthrop's Pat Kelsey hired then renegs and returns to Winthrop - Matt McCall hired
Miami (OH) - fires John Cooper - Jack Owens hired
Missouri - Kim Anderson steps down - Cuonzo Martin hired
Morehead State - Sean Woods steps down - Preston Spradlin was interim now hired as head coach
New Mexico - Craig Neal fired - OPEN
NC State - Mark Gottfried fired - Kevin Keatts hired
NC-Wilmington - Kevin Keatts leaves - CB McGrath hired
North Texas - Tony Benford fired - Grant McCasland hired
Oklahoma State - Brad Underwood leaves - Mike Boynton hired
Portland State - Tyler Geving fired - OPEN
Quinnipiac - Tom Moore fired - Baker Dunleavy hired
Rice - Mike Rhoades leaves to take VCU - Scott Pera hired
SMU - Larry Brown steps down as season is underway - Tim Jankovich hired
Santa Barbara - Bob Williams steps down - Joe Pasternak hired
Seattle - fired Cameron Dollar - Jim Hayford hired
South Florida - had been open since Orlando Antigua fired - Brian Gregory hired
Tennessee-Martin - Anthony Stewart was acting as Interim Coach - Anthony Stewart hired as permanent Head Coach
VCU - Will Wade leaves to take LSU - Mike Rhoads hired
Washington - Lorenzo Romar fired - Mike Hopkins hired
Winthrop - Pat Kelsey leaves to take UMass - then changes his mind and returns to Winthrop
Youngstown State - Jerry Slocum steps down- Jerrod Calhoun hired

41 spots opened in 2016-17, 32 filled so far

[Da Coach]

At Florida A&M, one of the remaining open head coaching jobs, one interesting candidate being considered is Pat Kennedy, who applied for the job. Kennedy has been out of coaching for the past 2 years, but had a fairly successful 11 year stint at Florida State, followed by not-so successful stays at DePaul, Montana, Towson and Pace University (NCAA Division II school he was only 12-42 in 2 seasons). His last winning season (12-21) was 1999-2000 in his next-to-last year at DePaul.
Kennedy was once considered a very good recruiter, but he has not recruited much in Florida since he was last at Florida State in 1997.
But the strong sentiment is that FAMU Athletics Director Milton Overton will most likely select a black coach.

[DannyCooksey]

At Florida A&M, one of the remaining open head coaching jobs, one interesting candidate being considered is Pat Kennedy, who applied for the job. Kennedy has been out of coaching for the past 2 years, but had a fairly successful 11 year stint at Florida State, followed by not-so successful stays at DePaul, Montana, Towson and Pace University (NCAA Division II school he was only 12-42 in 2 seasons). His last winning season (12-21) was 1999-2000 in his next-to-last year at DePaul.
Kennedy was once considered a very good recruiter, but he has not recruited much in Florida since he was last at Florida State in 1997.
But the strong sentiment is that FAMU Athletics Director Milton Overton will most likely select a black coach.

Pat Kennedy was a cheaing fool while at DePaul. Quentin Richardson, Bobby Simmons, Lance Williams all had really nice apartments (penthouses) and drove extremely nice SUV's around Lincoln Park. Easier to recruit when you have things like that to give away. He was basially shown the door once the heat started to come down on the University.

[tornado]

like Royce Waltman said - you lose you're fired and but cheaters get rehired

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another big one -
New Mexico fires head coach Craig Neal...they have never recovered from the scandal of tampering with Bradley's Danny Granger...

[Chico]

another big one -
New Mexico fires head coach Craig Neal...they have never recovered from the scandal of tampering with Bradley's Danny Granger...

Danny who?

[Da Coach]

another big one -
New Mexico fires head coach Craig Neal...they have never recovered from the scandal of tampering with Bradley's Danny Granger...

Here is a little bit of a surprise that seems appropriate for April 1st-
A website that tracks all the college coaching hirings and firings suggests that maybe Bradley assistant coach Drew Adams, who was once an assistant at New Mexico under Steve Alford, could be "in play" for the open head coaching job now at New Mexico-

https://twitter.com/CoachingChanges/status/848224194336890880

But then they followed that tweet with this one-

https://twitter.com/CoachingChanges/status/848224428999704577

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.... suggests that maybe Bradley assistant coach Drew Adams, who was once an assistant at New Mexico under Steve Alford, could be "in play" for the open head coaching job now at New Mexico-...

I find this very surprising....
that Drew Adams' name is even mentioned in this context is remarkable respect...as Drew has never been a head coach and with Bradley's record he past two years - you'd figure nobody would be looking at him..

[Da Coach]

Chattanooga hires Lamont Paris, a 7 year assistant coach at Wisconsin. He has never been a head coach before.

He has a masters degree from Indiana State. He played his career at D3 College of Wooster

Education:
B.S., Business-Economics, Wooster, 1996
M.S. Recreation & Sports Management, Indiana State, 2000

Coaching Experience:
Associate Head Coach, Wisconsin (2016-present)
Assistant Coach, Wisconsin (2010-2016)
Assistant Coach, Akron (2005-10)
Assistant Coach, Indiana Univ.-Pennsylvania (2001-04)
Assistant Coach, DePauw (1999-00)
Assistant Coach, Wooster (1997-98 )

[Da Coach]

It is being reported that Georgetown will hire Patrick Ewing as their next coach.
Ewing has been an NBA assistant coach for the past 15 years, but has never coached at the college level.

They supposedly tried to hire several "big name" college coaches, but struck out, and settled for Ewing

https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/848967112991178752

[pfcmsh]

I Hope Never

another big one -
New Mexico fires head coach Craig Neal...they have never recovered from the scandal of tampering with Bradley's Danny Granger...

I hope they never recover from something like that!!

[Chico]

I hope they never recover from something like that!!

Danny who?

[tornado]

what's interesting is that from their Danny Granger era 'til now, the Lobos have had one after another unfortunate setback coach firings, player flops & losses, huge drop in fan interest & attendance...etc..
it is almost as if that move doomed them to a decade or more of curses...

Even Craig Neal's own son kinda saw this coming and transferred out of New Mexico in

[tornado]

updated - only 8 spots left open - nine if you count Furman is interim


Akron - Keith Dambrot leaves for Duquesne - OPEN
Alabama A&M - Willie Hayes steps down - OPEN
Arkansas State - Grant McCasland leaves to take North Texas - Mike Balado (Louisville Assistant) hired
Austin Peay - Dave Loos steps down - Matt Figgers hired
Bethune-Cookman - fires Gravelle Craig - Ryan Ridder hired
Cal - Cuonzo Martin leaves - Wyking Jones hired
Chattanooga - Matt McCall leaves for UMass - Lamont Paris hired
Cleveland State - Gary Waters steps down - Dennis Felton hired
Coppin State - Michael Grant fired - OPEN
Dayton - Archie Miller leaves to take Indiana - Anthony Grant hired
Drake - Ray Giacoletti steps down - Jeff Rutter is interim - Niko Medved hired
Duquesne - Jim Ferry resigns - Keith Dambrot hired
Eastern Washington - Jim Hayford leaves for Seattle - Shantay Legans hired
Florida A&M - Byron Samuels fired - OPEN
Furman - Niko Medved left for Drake - Bob Richey hired as interim
George Washington - Mike Lonergan fired - Maurice Joseph hired as head coach
Georgetown - John Thompson III fired - Patrick Ewing hired
Grambling - Shawn Walker fired - OPEN
Illinois - fires John Groce - Brad Underwood hired
Indiana - Tom Crean fired - Archie Miller hired
LIU-Brooklyn - Jack Perri fired - OPEN
LSU - Johnny Jones fired - Will Wade hired
Massachusetts - fires Derek Kellogg - Winthrop's Pat Kelsey hired then renegs and returns to Winthrop - Matt McCall hired
Miami (OH) - fires John Cooper - Jack Owens hired
Missouri - Kim Anderson steps down - Cuonzo Martin hired
Morehead State - Sean Woods steps down - Preston Spradlin was interim now hired as head coach
New Mexico - Craig Neal fired - OPEN
NC State - Mark Gottfried fired - Kevin Keatts hired
NC-Wilmington - Kevin Keatts leaves - CB McGrath hired
North Texas - Tony Benford fired - Grant McCasland hired
Oklahoma State - Brad Underwood leaves - Mike Boynton hired
Portland State - Tyler Geving fired - OPEN
Quinnipiac - Tom Moore fired - Baker Dunleavy hired
Rice - Mike Rhoades leaves to take VCU - Scott Pera hired
SMU - Larry Brown steps down as season is underway - Tim Jankovich hired
Santa Barbara - Bob Williams steps down - Joe Pasternak hired
Seattle - fired Cameron Dollar - Jim Hayford hired
South Florida - had been open since Orlando Antigua fired - Brian Gregory hired
Tennessee-Martin - Anthony Stewart was acting as Interim Coach - Anthony Stewart hired as permanent Head Coach
VCU - Will Wade leaves to take LSU - Mike Rhoads hired
Washington - Lorenzo Romar fired - Mike Hopkins hired
Winthrop - Pat Kelsey leaves to take UMass - then changes his mind and returns to Winthrop
Youngstown State - Jerry Slocum steps down- Jerrod Calhoun hired

43 spots opened in 2016-17, 35 filled so far