Jim Molinari

[tornado]

Unless something falls thru - Jim Molinari is meeting with Oklahoma head coach Lon Kruger for
the open spot on his assistant coaching staff
(Lon Kruger's son, Kevin Kruger, just left Oklahoma for an assistant coaching spot at UNLV - LINK )
You heard it here first!


(all the Oklahoma assistant basketball coaches make over $200K per year - LINK )

[Da Coach]

Unless something falls thru - Jim Molinari is meeting with Oklahoma head coach Lon Kruger for
the open spot on his assistant coaching staff
(Lon Kruger's son, Kevin Kruger, just left Oklahoma for an assistant coaching spot at UNLV - LINK )
You heard it here first!


(all the Oklahoma assistant basketball coaches make over $200K per year - LINK )

It helps to have connections.

Jim Molinari is a long time friend of Lon Kruger dating back to the early 1970's when they played together on pretty good Kansas State teams that won back-to-back Big 8 Championships coached by Jack Hartman, and they still remain friends.

[lefty]

It helps to have connections.

Jim Molinari is a long time friend of Lon Kruger dating back to the early 1970's when they played together on pretty good Kansas State teams that won back-to-back Big 8 Championships coached by Jack Hartman, and they still remain friends.

I could be wrong but I thought they were best man at each other's wedding...or maybe one or the other.....I can't remember for sure

[tornado]

I know Jim was the best man at radio broadcaster Chuck Swirsky's wedding

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:teqHJMNmnxcJ:https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-03-19-9001230862-story.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

it is now confirmed - Jim Molinari is hired at Oklahoma

https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/article229693669.html

[basketball nut]

I could be wrong but I thought they were best man at each other's wedding...or maybe one or the other.....I can't remember for sure

I think you are correct on that. Congratulations Jim

[Da Coach]

Another report-

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

[tornado]

Another report-
https://hoopdirt.com/kruger-adds-jim...oaching-staff/

That article says he spent one year playing at Kansas State but official NCAA records say he was there two years
1973-74 - http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsP...University.pdf
1974-75 - http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsP...University.pdf
He then played two years (1975-76 & 1976-77) at Illinois Wesleyan

[Da Coach]

I saw both Kruger and Molinari play against Bradley when BU and Kansas State met in the first round of the inaugural 1974 Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament in St. Louis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Collegiate_Commissioners_Association_Tournament

Joe Stowell's Bradley team beat KSU 78-74 at the old St. Louis Arena (later known as the Checkerdome that was torn down in 1999).

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Bradley played Illinois Wesleyan in both 1975-76 and 1976-77 (Bradley won both) ..
and I had a Bradley game program from the game in 76-77 when Bradley played Illinois Wesleyan - and the photo on the cover of the Bradley program showed Jim Molinari from the prior year's game playing against Bradley. I gave that program to Jim as a memento - - hope he still has it

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a short funny interview with Coach Mo
https://twitter.com/OU_MBBall/status...84338377584642

I have the game programs (BU vs. Tulsa) from 91-94 - wonder if I should send them to him