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Sounds like Drake will be hiring South Dakota State head coach Eric Henderson

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Colorado State promoted Ali Forokmanesh to head coach

[Da Coach]

Sounds like Drake will be hiring South Dakota State head coach Eric Henderson

Henderson took over for T.J. Otzelberger in 2019 at SD State. He was an assistant under Oetzelberger. It was his first college head coaching job, and has done a great job there. In 6 seasons, he's won 4 regular season titles and 2 tournament championships in the Summit League, and was Coach of the Year twice.
Record- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...nderson-1.html
Bio- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_H...on_(basketball)

Colorado State promoted Ali Forokmanesh to head coach

Good for him. Most of us remember Ali Farokhmanesh. He was a high scoring guard at Kirkwood Community College and got a scholarship to Northern Iowa, where he played in 2008-09 and 2009-10. He was a pretty good shooter, and averaged just under 10 ppg each of his two seasons at UNI. But he is best remembered for his shots that helped UNI upset Kansas in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
Stats- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...hmanesh-1.html

He played 3 years professionally, then got into coaching. He was an assistant at Drake first, then moved with Niko Medved to Colorado State in 2018. Medved has moved on to Minnesota now, so Farohkmanesh gets his first head coaching job at the age of 36.

Here is a video clip of his famous shot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiwqEz50ipY

And, here was a great video he made a few years ago to recreate his famous shot that nailed down the win over Kansas in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
It's worth watching. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnOF03ownVQ

[bradleyfan124]

I think the last video is fantastic especially when the baby with the Kansas jersey on is crying

[Da Coach]

I think the last video is fantastic especially when the baby with the Kansas jersey on is crying

Yes. I don't know if that was originally in the script, but it was genius.

[yoda]

surprising report that highly successful Alabama head coach Nate Oats is expressing interest in the open Maryland spot because he's frustrated with the "revenue sharing" requirement in the SEC, where the most successful schools like Alabama are required to share some of their revenue with less successful schools.
Bobby Hurley also interested in the Maryland job.
(kinda sounds like welfare) - LINK

[yoda]

Former Bradley assistant Drew Adams is now hired as new assistant coach at Indiana (where he previously served as an assistant under Tom Crean in 2009-11)
Watch for a few Indiana kids to follow - maybe Ryan Conwell, possibly Flory Budunga, and if he gets a waiver, Connor Hickman...
LINK

[Da Coach]

Some coaching news the last couple days-
Maryland head coach Kevin Willard leaves to take the Villanova job.
And in a bit of a surprising move, Texas A&M head coach Buzz Williams leaves to take the Maryland job.

The most mentioned name to fill the Texas A&M job now is Chris Beard, the 2nd year head coach at Ole Miss. He is a graduate of Texas, and has previously coached at 7 different schools in Texas, including Texas Tech and at Texas. He was fired by Texas in the middle of his 2nd season there in January, 2023, when his fiance' accused him of a violent attack and he was arrested and charged with felony assault. But no big deal, the charges were dropped when the fiance' recanted and refused to press charges. 2 months later, he was hired by Mississippi.
Other names floating around include Illinois' Brad Underwood and Texas Tech's Grant McCasland, both of whom have ties to Texas. I've also seen Porter Moser's name mentioned.

List of coaching changes-
School: Out (49) / In (38 )
Alabama A&M Bulldogs: Otis Hughley Jr. /
Alcorn State Braves: Landon Bussie /
Arkansas State Red Wolves: Bryan Hodgson / Ryan Pannone
Bellarmine Knights: Scott Davenport / Doug Davenport
Bryant Bulldogs: Phil Martelli Jr. /
Campbell Fighting Camels: Kevin McGeehan / John Andrzejek
Chicago State Cougars: Scott Spinelli / Landon Bussie
Cleveland State Vikings: Daniyal Robinson /
Colorado State Rams: Niko Medved / Ali Farokhmanesh
Columbia Lions: Jim Engles / Kevin Hovde
Denver Pioneers: Jeff Wulbrun /
Drake Bulldogs: Ben McCollum / Eric Henderson
Florida State Seminoles: Leonard Hamilton / Luke Loucks
Fordham Rams: Keith Urgo / Mike Magpayo
Indiana Hoosiers: Mike Woodson / Darian DeVries
Iona Gaels: Tobin Anderson / Dan Geriot
Iowa Hawkeyes: Fran McCaffery / Ben McCollum
La Salle Explorers: Fran Dunphy / Darris Nichols
Longwood Lancers: Griff Aldrich / Ronnie Thomas
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns: Bob Marlin / Quannas White
Maryland Terrapins: Kevin Willard / Buzz Williams
McNeese Cowboys: Will Wade / Bill Armstrong
Miami Hurricanes: Jim Larraņaga / Jai Lucas
Minnesota Golden Gophers: Ben Johnson / Niko Medved
Murray State Racers: Steve Prohm / Ryan Miller
Navy Midshipmen: Ed DeChellis /
NC State Wolfpack: Kevin Keatts / Will Wade
New Mexico Lobos: Richard Pitino /
North Texas Mean Green: Ross Hodge / Daniyal Robinson
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles: Russell Springmann /
Penn Quakers: Steve Donahue / Fran McCaffery
Radford Highlanders: Darris Nichols / Zach Chu
Sacramento State Hornets: Michael Czepil (interim) / Mike Bibby
South Dakota State Jackrabbits: Eric Henderson / Bryan Petersen
South Florida Bulls: Amir Abdur-Rahim / Bryan Hodgson
St. Francis (PA) Red Flash: Rob Krimmel / Luke McConnell
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks: Kyle Keller / Matt Braeuer
Texas A&M Aggies: Buzz Williams /
Texas Longhorns: Rodney Terry / Sean Miller
UC Riverside Highlanders: Mike Magpayo /
UC San Diego Tritons: Eric Olen /
UL Monroe Warhawks: Keith Richard / Phil Cunningham
UNLV Rebels: Kevin Kruger / Josh Pastner
Utah Utes: Craig Smith / Alex Jensen
VCU Rams: Ryan Odom / Phil Martelli Jr.
Villanova Wildcats: Kyle Neptune / Kevin Willard
Virginia Cavaliers: Tony Bennett / Ryan Odom
West Virginia Mountaineers: Darian DeVries /
Xavier Musketeers: Sean Miller / Richard Pitino