2019-2020 Coaching Carousel

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well, now that this stuff is hitting the fan and will break in the next few days....
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...l-1-violations

I think we will see a couple coaches on the hot seat real soon....

Holy Cross - Bill Carmody steps down - OPEN
Idaho - Don Verlin fired - Zac Claus is interim
Northern Arizona - Jack Murphy leaves to take an assistant spot at Arizona - OPEN

**Arizona, USC, Kansas, Oklahoma State, USC, and Auburn all gonna be hearing form NCAA soon - will any look to fire their head coaches?

[Da Coach]

University of Idaho fires Head Coach Don Verlin.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/20...-verlin-after/

Assistant coach Zac Claus has been named interim head coach and will serve in that role through next season.

[tornado]

former ilini player and Valparaiso assistant coach Roger Powell is hired as
Gonzaga assistant

https://gozags.com/news/2019/6/17/mens-basketball-powell-joins-gonzaga-coaching-staff.aspx

[Da Coach]

Holy Cross head coach Bill Carmody just announced his retirement.

[tornado]

We have the first new hire of the 2019-2020 season!
Marquette assistant Brett Nelson is hired as the new head coach of Holy Cross


Cleveland State - Dennis Felton out - OPEN
Holy Cross - Bill Carmody steps down - Brett Nelson HIRED
Idaho - Don Verlin fired - Zac Claus is interim
Northern Arizona - Jack Murphy leaves to take an assistant spot at Arizona - OPEN (Shane Burcar is interim head coach)

[tornado]

A familiar name is hired as Director of Basketball Operations at Texas Tech

Bob Donewald, Jr.

https://texastech.com/news/2019/7/11/mens-basketball-beard-adds-donewald-to-coaching-staff.aspx

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Looks like another head coaching spot about to open up.....Cleveland State

Rumor - rumbling that the (Cleveland State) AD may be looking for a new head basketball coach..........

https://twitter.com/wkyc/status/1149728729842802688

https://twitter.com/RonPotesta/status/1149738126442737664

[64NIT]

Cleveland State fired Dennis Felton and his entire staff:

Cleveland State has fired Dennis Felton as its men’s basketball coach. His staff has been relieved as well.

https://twitter.com/GaryParrishCBS/status/1149754346646777856

I feel for the staff they bring in. What kind of recruits will they get at this late stage? Wardle's first team would look like a top 50 in comparison. It would appear logical for CSU to skip a year and not field a men's team in 19-20 but, there are probably contracts in place.

[tornado]

Felton has only been there two years, so this is NOT just a case of didn't get enough wins - the wording in some statements was
that they needed to completely clean house to get the culture back where it needs to be.
His contract when he signed in 2017 was 5 years at $450K - https://www.crainscleveland.com/arti...al-can-earn-up

Just a couple months ago, they had a big scandal with a coach and a couple Athletic Dept people got run out..
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/...-drug-use.html


Then, all their best basketball players started transferring out a few weeks ago...
The real doofus here is the AD Scott Garrett - he must have known the situation possibly as much as a month or more ago - so why wait til now?


***update - some new info on MVC coach salaries

https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/college/msu/2019/07/17/missouri-state-university-valley-conference-coaching-salaries-compared/1407908001/

[Da Coach]

Cleveland State fired Dennis Felton and his entire staff:

Cleveland State has fired Dennis Felton as its men’s basketball coach. His staff has been relieved as well.

https://twitter.com/GaryParrishCBS/s...54346646777856

I feel for the staff they bring in. What kind of recruits will they get at this late stage? Wardle's first team would look like a top 50 in comparison. It would appear logical for CSU to skip a year and not field a men's team in 19-20 but, there are probably contracts in place.

Cleveland State is rumored to be hiring Florida State assistant coach Dennis Gates.

https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1154574909118603264

https://seminoles.com/staff/dennis-gates/

Gates is starting his 9th season at Florida State under long time head coach Leonard Hamilton.

[64NIT]

Cleveland State is rumored to be hiring Florida State assistant coach Dennis Gates.

https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1154574909118603264

https://seminoles.com/staff/dennis-gates/

Gates is starting his 9th season at Florida State under long time head coach Leonard Hamilton.

Not a rumor anymore: https://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-nam...all-head-coach

Gates, along with his wife Jocelyn, daughter Avery and son Duke, will be officially introduced at a press conference at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, July 30, in the CSU Student Center Ballroom on campus.

With roughly 2.5 months until the start of practice, I wish him well at this stage. He should and will do the best he can with what he has and start planning for 20-21.

[Da Coach]

At least 8 of the Cleveland State players have transferred out, including all their best players. Also, most of the committed players from their incoming 2019 recruiting class have decommitted due to the turmoil there, and that recruiting class had been rated as poor.

The new Cleveland State Athletic Director has been very secretive regarding what went on with former head coach Dennis Felton that caused the mass exodus, and eventually lead to Felton's firing-

https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2019/07/cleveland-state-basketball-what-is-behind-the-firing-of-dennis-felton-terry-pluto.html

Felton's contract paid him $1 million per year, and has 3 more years left on it. That is a staggering amount for a bad Horizon League team that has averaged more than 22 losses per year over the last 4 years. Cleveland State drew only 1,302 per game last season, so where will the money come from to buy out Felton's contract, and pay the new coach?

Yesterday there was a tidbit of good news. One of their incoming 2019 commits who had decommitted and asked for release has now reversed his course and he says he will honor his commitments and attend CSU. Even with that good news, they will be very shorthanded. They have only 2 returning scholarship players from last year's team, plus one transfer who sat out last year. New coach Dennis Gates will have his work cut out for him next season. He has a bunch of open scholarships, and will have to sign a few more kids just to have enough players to play next season.

[Da Coach]

Future Bradley opponent IUPUI is looking for a new head coach. Their head coach was Jason Gardner was arrested for a DUI, and today he resigned-
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/...Be9ZB3bEdhuw0s

Assistant coach Byron Rimm has been named the Interim Head Coach.

[Da Coach]

University of Central Arkansas of the Southland Conference joins the list of schools with coaching changes already for this season.
Brad Pennell was the Head Coach but announced he was taking an indefinite leave of absence on Dec. 16. After meeting with university officials today, it was announced that he would not return as head coach. Associate Head Coach Anthony Boone, who took over as Interim Head Coach on Dec. 16 will remain in that capacity through this season.
https://ucasports.com/news/2020/1/7/...a-program.aspx


Coaching changes for the 2019-20 season
Holy Cross - Bill Carmody retires - Brett Nelson, an assistant coach at Marquette hired as head coach
Northern Arizona - Jack Murphy leaves to take an assistant spot at Arizona - Assistant coach Shane Burcar named Interim Head Coach
University of Idaho - fired Head Coach Don Verlin - Assistant coach Zac Claus named interim head coach
Cleveland State - fired Dennis Felton - Dennis Gates, an assistant coach at Florida State, hired as head coach
IUPUI - Jason Gardner fired - assistant coach Byron Rimm named Interim Head Coach
Central Arkansas - Brad Pennell was on indefinite leave of absence. Now will not return - Assoc. Head Coach Anthony Boone is Interim Head Coach
UNC-Wilmington - fired C.B. McGrath - named Rob Burke interim head coach

[Da Coach]

Another Division I coach gets fired- UNC Wilmington fired their Head Basketball Coach C.B. McGrath today.
UNCW is currently 5-14 overall (only 2 of the 5 wins were against D1 schools) and 0-6 in the Colonial Athletic Association, but it is unusual, despite the losing record, to see a head coach fired at midseason like this, unless there are other issues. However, no reasons were given by their Athletic Director.
https://uncwsports.com/news/2020/1/1...asketball.aspx

Assistant Coach Rob Burke has been named interim head coach.