New Coaching Carousel for 2018-19

[tornado]

Only two spots left open with word that Northern Kentucky is hiring Darrin Horn

Alabama - Avery Johnson fired - Nate Oats HIRED
Alabama A&M - Donnie Marsh resigned back in 2018 - Dylan Howard has interim tag removed and is HIRED
Appalachian State - Jim Fox fired - Dustin Kerns HIRED
Arkansas - Mike Anderson fired - Eric Musselman HIRED
Belmont - Rick Byrd steps down - Casey Alexander HIRED
Buffalo - Nate Oats left for Alabama - Jim Whitesell HIRED
BYU - Dave Rose steps down - Mark Pope to be HIRED
Cal - Wyking Jones fired - Mark Fox to be HIRED
Cal Poly - Joe Callero fired - John Smith HIRED
Cincinnati - Mick Cronin left for UCLA - John Brannen HIRED
Elon - Matt Matheny fired - Mike Schrage HIRED
Fairfield - Sydney Johnson fired - Jay Young HIRED
George Washington - Maurice Joseph fired - Jamion Christian HIRED
Georgia State - Ron Hunter left for Tulane - Rob Lanier HIRED
Howard - Kevin Nickelberry steps down - OPEN - They have offered $700K to Karl Hobbs https://is.gd/hBbU1s
Idaho State - Bill Evans fired - Ryan Looney HIRED
Kennesaw State - Al Skinner will step down - Amir Abdur-Rahim HIRED
Lipscomb - Casey Alexander left for Belmont - Lenny Acuff HIRED
Mercer - Bob Hoffman fired - Greg Gary HIRED
Mississippi Valley State - Andre Payne fired - Lindsay Hunter HIRED
Montana State - Brian Fish fired - Danny Sprinkle HIRED
Morgan State - Todd Bozeman fired - OPEN
Nebraska - Tim Miles fired - Fred Hoiberg HIRED
Nevada - Bill Musselman leaving for Arkansas - Steve Alford HIRED
Niagara - Chris Casey fired - Pat Beilein HIRED
North Dakota - Brian Jones left to be assistant at ISU - OPEN
Northern Kentucky - John Brannen left for Cincinnati - Darrin Horn HIRED
Ohio - Saul Phillips fired - Jeff Boals HIRED
Presbyterian - Dustin Kern left for Appalachian State - Quinton Ferrell HIRED
St. John's - Chris Mullin steps down - Mike Anderson HIRED
St. Joseph's - Phil Martelli out - Billy Lange HIRED
San Francisco - Kyle Smith left for Washington State - Todd Golden HIRED
Siena - Jamion Christian leaves for George Washington - Carmen Maciariello HIRED
SIU - Barry Hinson gone -Bryan Mullins HIRED
SIUE - Jon Harris fired - Brian Barone HIRED
South Dakota State - TJ Oetzelberger left for UNLV - Eric Henderson HIRED
Southeast Louisiana - Jay Ladner left for Southern Miss - David Kiefer HIRED
Southern Miss - Doc Sadler left for Nebraska - Jay Ladner HIRED
Stetson - Corey Williams fired - Donnie Jones HIRED
Stony Brook - Jeff Boals left to take Ohio - Geno Ford HIRED
Temple - Fran Dunphy steps down - Aaron McKie HIRED
Tennessee Tech - Steve Payne FIRED - John Pelphrey HIRED
Texas A&M - Billy Kennedy FIRED - Buzz Williams HIRED
Troy - Phil Cunningham fired - Scott Cross HIRED
Tulane - Mike Dunleavy fired - Ron Hunter HIRED
UCLA - Steve Alford FIRED in December - Mick Cronin HIRED
UMES - has an interim coach, Clifford Reed - Jason Crafton HIRED
UMKC - Kareem Richardson fired - Billy Donlon HIRED
UNLV - Marvin Menzies fired - OPEN - TJ Oetzelberger HIRED
Utah Valley - Mark Pope left for BYU - Mark Madsen HIRED
Vanderbilt - Bryce Drew fired - Jerry Stackhouse HIRED
Virginia Tech - Buzz Williams left for Texas A&M - Mike Young HIRED
Washington State - Ernie Kent fired - Kyle Smith HIRED
William & Mary - Tony Shaver fired - Dane Fischer HIRED
Wofford - Mike Young left for Va Tech - Jay McCauley HIRED

55 jobs opened, 3 still remain open

[Da Coach]

As noted above, Northern Kentucky will hire Darrin Horn as their next head coach. He formerly was head coach at Western Kentucky and South Carolina, and since 2015 has been an assistant under Shaka Smart at Texas.

[tornado]

Only two spots left open with word that Northern Kentucky is hiring Darrin Horn


Kennesaw State - Al Skinner will step down - Amir Abdur-Rahim HIRED

Kennesaw State just named former Texas A&M, Georgia & Murray State assistant Amir Abdur-Rahim as their NEW head coach...
then a week later his name comes up in the FBI/NCAA scandal testimony as making a sleazy deal to funnel cash to a recruit-
...wonder if they will void his brand new contract...
https://twitter.com/MattNorlander/st...75461715058688
Abdur Rahim has always had "a knack" for landing really top ranked recruits...hmmm...so now we kinda know how he does it...

several other formerly UN-named assistants also being identified as meeting with the agents to swing deals to take payoffs.......
BUT....they were unable to come to a mutually acceptible price or didn't agree on details...
https://twitter.com/MattNorlander/st...59965636632577

[lefty]

Jim Molinari was not held over at Nebraska by new head coach Fred Hoiberg.

http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&SPID=24&SPSID=21

Not sure where Mo will land. He'll be 65 y/o later this year. Maybe he should consider retirement.

Oklahoma

[Da Coach]

This was posted earlier today
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...996#post485996

https://hoopdirt.com/kruger-adds-jim-molinari-to-oklahoma-coaching-staff/

[tornado]

ISU just filled their open assistant coach spot that was vacated when Brendan Mullins left to go to SIU

They have hired Brian Jones, who was the HEAD COACH at North Dakota! This is a little odd for a guy to go from head coach of a midmajor to assistant at another midmajor. Not sure I know of another example. Both Jim Molinari (WIU) and Kevin McKenna (Indiana State) left head coaching jobs at midmajors to take assistant spots at POWER CONFERENCE schools where their salaries instantly went UP - but does anyone else know of a case where a guy makes such a downward move, like this? We know Paula Buscher did it on the women's side (BU to SIUE) but we all know it was because nobody wanted to work for who she worked for plus she knew she was going to get canned because she wasn't going to kiss a**.

Jones is originally from Rock Island IL, played college basketball at Northern Iowa, and has been head coach at UND for 13 seasons and is 190-217. He has gone 12-20 in 2017-18 in the Big Sky Conference and 12-18 this past year in 2018-19 in the Summit Conference.
He had gotten a 4-year contract extension in 2017 so he was signed until spring of 2021 (2 years left on his current deal), but was probably feeling the heat of having just 2 winning seasons since 2011-12 and only 5 winning seasons in his 13 years there.
His salary is $140K but the school has been having significant budget issues - https://www.westfargopioneer.com/spo...ract-extension

There may be more and it's possible the school was trying to buy him out - as they just did that to their volleyball coach and their women's basketball coach.

They don't have any kids from Illinois on the roster - but they have one that Bradley recruited out of Davenport & North Scott HS in Iowa, Marlon Stewart, who transferred there from Creighton. They do have six kids on their roster with foreign backgrounds.

[Da Coach]

13-year North Dakota head coach Brian Jones has been named Associate Head Coach at ISU under Dan Muller. IMO, that is a step up from the head coaching position at a low-major, bottom swelling Summit League/Big Sky team like UND to an Associate Head Coach position at a consistently winning MVC team like ISU. He will probably make more money at ISU. He has been at North Dakota for 13 seasons, but was only earning $140,000 per year.
He was likely headed out the door in the next year or two at UND. And he can probably help Muller win a few more games. Muller can use all the help he can get next year.
https://goredbirds.com/news/2019/5/1...ing-staff.aspx

[tornado]

so you think ISU pays their 1st year assistants more than $140K?
I don't know of any data to confirm that but I found this - that the average salary for men's assistants (across all sports) at ISU is under $60K

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/illinois-state-university/student-life/sports/

[Da Coach]

He is Associate Head Coach. I am sure he is the highest paid staff member under Muller. He is not a 1st year assistant.

[egib52]

In 2017 as an assistant coach, Brian Reese made a $112K. One would think that the associate head coach will make substantially more.

[tornado]

Morgan State now filled - so just Howard & North Dakota open

Alabama - Avery Johnson fired - Nate Oats HIRED
Alabama A&M - Donnie Marsh resigned back in 2018 - Dylan Howard HIRED
Appalachian State - Jim Fox fired - Dustin Kerns HIRED
Arkansas - Mike Anderson fired - Eric Musselman HIRED
Belmont - Rick Byrd steps down - Casey Alexander HIRED
Buffalo - Nate Oats left for Alabama - Jim Whitesell HIRED
BYU - Dave Rose steps down - Mark Pope to be HIRED
Cal - Wyking Jones fired - Mark Fox to be HIRED
Cal Poly - Joe Callero fired - John Smith HIRED
Cincinnati - Mick Cronin left for UCLA - John Brannen HIRED
Elon - Matt Matheny fired - Mike Schrage HIRED
Fairfield - Sydney Johnson fired - Jay Young HIRED
George Washington - Maurice Joseph fired - Jamion Christian HIRED
Georgia State - Ron Hunter left for Tulane - Rob Lanier HIRED
Howard - Kevin Nickelberry steps down - Kenny Blakeney HIRED
Idaho State - Bill Evans fired - Ryan Looney HIRED
Kennesaw State - Al Skinner will step down - Amir Abdur-Rahim HIRED
Lipscomb - Casey Alexander left for Belmont - Lenny Acuff HIRED
Mercer - Bob Hoffman fired - Greg Gary HIRED
Mississippi Valley State - Andre Payne fired - Lindsay Hunter HIRED
Montana State - Brian Fish fired - Danny Sprinkle HIRED
Morgan State - Todd Bozeman fired - Kevin Broadus HIRED
Nebraska - Tim Miles fired - Fred Hoiberg HIRED
Nevada - Bill Musselman leaving for Arkansas - Steve Alford HIRED
Niagara - Chris Casey fired - Pat Beilein HIRED
North Dakota - Brian Jones left to be assistant at ISU - OPEN
Northern Kentucky - John Brannen left for Cincinnati - Darrin Horn HIRED
Ohio - Saul Phillips fired - Jeff Boals HIRED
Presbyterian - Dustin Kern left for Appalachian State - Quinton Ferrell HIRED
St. John's - Chris Mullin steps down - Mike Anderson HIRED
St. Joseph's - Phil Martelli out - Billy Lange HIRED
San Francisco - Kyle Smith left for Washington State - Todd Golden HIRED
Siena - Jamion Christian leaves for George Washington - Carmen Maciariello HIRED
SIU - Barry Hinson gone -Bryan Mullins HIRED
SIUE - Jon Harris fired - Brian Barone HIRED
South Dakota State - TJ Oetzelberger left for UNLV - Eric Henderson HIRED
Southeast Louisiana - Jay Ladner left for Southern Miss - David Kiefer HIRED
Southern Miss - Doc Sadler left for Nebraska - Jay Ladner HIRED
Stetson - Corey Williams fired - Donnie Jones HIRED
Stony Brook - Jeff Boals left to take Ohio - Geno Ford HIRED
Temple - Fran Dunphy steps down - Aaron McKie HIRED
Tennessee Tech - Steve Payne FIRED - John Pelphrey HIRED
Texas A&M - Billy Kennedy FIRED - Buzz Williams HIRED
Troy - Phil Cunningham fired - Scott Cross HIRED
Tulane - Mike Dunleavy fired - Ron Hunter HIRED
UCLA - Steve Alford FIRED in December - Mick Cronin HIRED
UMES - has an interim coach, Clifford Reed - Jason Crafton HIRED
UMKC - Kareem Richardson fired - Billy Donlon HIRED
UNLV - Marvin Menzies fired - OPEN - TJ Oetzelberger HIRED
Utah Valley - Mark Pope left for BYU - Mark Madsen HIRED
Vanderbilt - Bryce Drew fired - Jerry Stackhouse HIRED
Virginia Tech - Buzz Williams left for Texas A&M - Mike Young HIRED
Washington State - Ernie Kent fired - Kyle Smith HIRED
William & Mary - Tony Shaver fired - Dane Fischer HIRED
Wofford - Mike Young left for Va Tech - Jay McCauley HIRED

55 jobs opened, 1 still remain open

[tornado]

Evansville appears to be trimming their Athletic Department budget

https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/college/evansville/2019/05/02/former-tv-sports-reporters-lance-wilkerson-joe-downs-out-ue-athletics-department/3650940002/

[Da Coach]

I am hearing rumors that there might still be some possible turnover of Bradley's coaching staff. One of Bradley's assistants might be a candidate for an open position elsewhere.
Nobody wants to see changes when things are trending upward, but we certainly wish our guys good luck!

[tornado]

success on the court and in recruiting will get a guy noticed.....and our staff are getting noticed...

[Da Coach]

Howard University, one of the only 2 remaining open head coaching jobs, appear to be filled today.
The job has been offered to Columbia assistant Kenny Blakeney, and he will reportedly accept.
The only remaining open job now is University of North Dakota.