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2011 coaching carousel

Alcorn State hires a high school coach from Jackson, Mississippi as their new head coach-
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20110329/SPORTS030105/103290333/0/SPORTS030103/Braves-raid-JPS-proven-winner?odyssey=nav%7Chead

And Eastern Washington hired a successful Division III coach Jim Hayford as their head coach-
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/mar/29/hayford-heading-to-ewu/

Seth Davis reporting that Mark Gottfried "is the man to beat" for the Utah job-
http://twitter.com/#!/SethDavisHoops/status/51340934771777536
though some are reporting that UNLV coach Lon Kruger is interested and will interview-
http://twitter.com/#!/espn700spence/status/51877836688064512
 
Utah is a really prime job..... they will be a Pac-10 school this fall.........lots more $$ for the schools who are playing in the same conference as UCLA, Oregon, and USC..
 
The Beaumont Express has pubished a list of 54 applicants for the Lamar head coaching job-
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/d...plicants-for-men-s-basketball-job-1313369.php

This is pretty bizarre- I have never seen a college release their entire list of applicants.
Has anyone ever seen a more pathetic list of candidates?
Most of these names I have never heard of before, including many who are not even working as coaches, or who have never coached, some who are coaching at low levels, and some who have no college experience, and one as young as 22 years of age.

Lamar men's basketball head coaching applicants
Additions to the applicant list:
Name, age, current employer
Michael Adras, NA, Northern Arizona head coach
David Calloway, 42, None
Jim Corrigan, NA, Old Dominion associate coach
Jason Durham, 40, Dallastown Basketball League
Lars Ekstrom, 47, None
Quintin Grogan, NA, Northern Arizona assistant coach
Joseph Harge, 43, New Mexico Highlands Univ. head coach
Otis Hughley, NA, Sacramento Kings assistant coach
George Kelly, NA, None
Kyle Locke, 37, University of Washington assistant
Cyril Mejane, NA, French National Basketball
Paul Mokeski, NA, Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBDL) assistant coach
Alexander Piccirillo, NA, Ward Melville High School
Bennie Seltzer, 40, Indiana University assistant coach
Jason Steadman, 40, Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBDL) assistant coach
Terry Waldrop, NA, Texas Wesleyan University head coach
Donald Williams, NA, San Jose State assistant coach
John Wilson, 55, None
Andrew Wingreen, 22, Northland International University
Previously listed applicants:
Name, age, current employer
Michael Bailey, 49, Nicholls State University assistant coach
Alvin Brooks, 51, University of Houston associate head coach
Joseph Cornell, 40, Honors Academy Charter School
Matt Cross, 27, Lamar State College-Port Arthur head coach
Glynn Cyprien, 44, University of Memphis assistant coach
Randy Dunton, NA, Dewitt Commercial Real Estate
Joseph Esposito, NA, Univ. of Minnesota dir. of basketball operations
Jessie Evans, NA, None (former Univ. of San Francisco head coach)
Jon Felmet, NA, Richland College head coach
Robert Figger, NA, Kansas State University
Robert Gilchrist, 25, None
Daniel Hoffa Jr., 32, Pittsville School District
Kermit Holmes, NA, Lamar University assistant coach
Julius Isaac, NA, African Nations Cup
Tim James, 34, U. S. Army
Shadi Kanaan, NA, Folsom Youth Basketball Association
Otis Key, 36, ABA-Kentucky Bisons
Indrek Kongats, 57, Holimont Inc.
Embry Malone, NA, Georgia Gwizzlies
Victor Mansure, NA, Canada Deaf Sports Association
Scott Monarch, NA, Marquette University assistant coach
Donovan Nemetchek, NA, Assiniboine Community College
Dwaine Osborne, NA, University of Texas-Permian Basin head coach
Zacharias Parimeros, 47, National Air Force Academy of Greece
Norris Powell, 51, Central High School (Maryland)
George "Tic" Price, 55, Lamar University assistant coach
Nathan Ramirez, NA, Harding University's Men's Basketball Program
Walter Roese , 43, University of Hawaii associate coach
Sebastian Singletary, 33, Stetson University assistant coach
Don Skelton, 46, Jones County Junior College head coach
Tim Sowden, 45, Datacard Group
Todd Triplett, 36, American Basketball Association
Fred Watson, 35, Benedict College head coach
Jason Wild, 35, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc assistant coach
John Woods Jr, NA, North Texas Job Corps
 
And soon Bruce Weber to Purdue? Cuonzo is already taken, Lavin is already taken, and would you go with Lusk over Weber? I know many Illini fans are hoping this is how it goes down...
 
Updated -- open positions in red...

2011 coaching changes-
Alcorn State: (Larry Smith) - position opened 3/12 - just hired Luther Riley -
Arkansas: (John Pelphrey) - position opened 3/13 - Mike Anderson hired 3/24
Bradley: (Jim Les) - position opened 3/06 - Geno Ford hired 3/27
CS Bakersfield: (Keith Brown) - position opened 3/10 - just hired Rod Barnes 3/30
Colgate: (Emmett Davis) - position opened 3/16
Dayton: position opened 3/28 Brian Gregory leaves for Georgia Tech
E. Washington: (Kirk Earlywine) - position opened 3/07 - Jim Hayord hired
Fairfield (Ed Cooley) - position opened 3/22
Fla. A&M: (Eugene Harris) - position opened 3/17
Fla. Gulf Coast: (Dave Balza) - position opened 3/03 - Andy Enfield hired
Fresno State (Steve Cleveland) - position opened 3/17
Georgia St: (Rod Barnes) - position opened 3/18 - Ron Hunter hired 3/22
Georgia Tech: (Paul Hewitt) - position opened 3/22 - Brian Gregory hired 3/28
IUPUI: (Ron Hunter) - position opened 3/18
Kennesaw St: (Tony Ingle) - position opened 3/07
Kent State: position opened 3/27 - Geno Ford goes to Bradley
Lamar: (Steve Roccaforte) - position opened 3/14 - choosing between 31 applicants - link
Louisiana Tech (Kerry Rupp) - position opened 3/23 - Mike White hired
Loyola (IL): (Jim Whitesell) - position opened 3/14 - AD says "no hire will be made prior to the Final Four" - link - Tim Buckley reportedly front-runner
Manhattan: (Barry Rohrssen) - position opened 3/09
Missouri (Mike Anderson) - position just opened 3/24 - Matt Painter reported to be hired
Missouri State: Cuonzo Martin leaves to go to Tennessee on 3/27
Monmouth: (Dave Calloway) - position opened 2/27 - King Rice hired
NC State -- Sidney Lowe fired
N. Illinois: (Ricardo Patton) - position opened 3/09 - Mike Montgomery hired 3/25
Oklahoma: (Jeff Capel) - position opened 3/14
Pepperdine: (Tom Asbury) - position opened 3/10 - Mark Wilson hired 3/17
Providence: (Keno Davis) - position opened 3/11 - Ed Cooley hired 3/22
Stetson: (Derek Waugh) - position opened 2/26 - rumor Pat Knight may take over
Tennessee (Bruce Pearl) - position opened 3/21 - hired Cuonzo Martin 3/27
Tennessee Tech (Mike Sutton) - position opened 3/23 - Steve Payne hired 3/23
Tex. A&M-CC: (Perry Clark) - position opened 3/7 - Willis Wilson hired 3/24 - link
Texas Tech: (Pat Knight) - position opened 3/12 - Billy Gillispie hired 3/21
Towson: (Pat Kennedy) - position opened 3/07
UC-Davis - Gary Stewart steps down 3/30
Utah: (Jim Boylen) - position opened 3/12 - rumor they are close to signing St. Mary's coach Randy Bennett
Wyoming: (Heath Schroyer) - position opened 2/07 but their coaching search did NOT begin until 3/13 - reportedly about to hire Larry Shyatt
 
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Rumors-
Wyoming close to hiring Larry Shyatt (Florida assistant)

Missouri targeting their top 3- Shaka Smart (VCU), Chris Mooney (Richmond), Doug Wojcic (Tulsa)

Towson has targeted 3 candidates- UNC assistant Jarrod Haase, Xavier assistant Pat Kelsey, and Pitt assistant Pat Skerry.
 
from what ive heard (and take it with extreme grain of salt because i dont know where he heard it), smart and ncsu is going to be a likely match. the person i talked to coaches a pretty highly rated aau program so he may be privy to information that wasnt just made up on the net

mooney just signed a long extension a few days ago.
 
Strong rumor that Towson will step up with $400,000/year and hire Dalonte Hill, a top assistant at Kansas State, and one of the highest paid assistants in the country. He is responsible for recruiting Michael Beasley, among others.
 
Article about UC-Davis head coach Gary Stewart stepping down. He will remain at UC-Davis is another capacity with the Atletic Department. Stewart is the only coach UC-Davis has had since they became Division I.

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/31/3516448/uc-davis-seeks-new-mens-basketball.html#

UC-Davis Athletic Director Greg Warzecka said this about the search for a new head coach-
"Every school is a little bit different. We need to be able to recruit highly talented students academically who can come here and be successful and graduate.
"Also a coach that's got significant experience in developing young men to be successful at a very high level in Division I athletics.
"The bottom line sometimes is just finding the right fit."


Can anyone think of a candidate that fits those criteria that might be a good fit at UC-Davis?

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And here are a couple more interesting articles-

This brilliant writer has seized upon what Utah needs in their next coach-

What Utes need most is a coach who consistently wins games
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...t-is-a-coach-who-consistently-wins-games.html
Really? Why don't all schools just hire only coaches that are going to consistently win? If they did, we would never see any losing programs. :)

Tennessee goes gonzo for Cuonzo ??” and prepares to test the adage that middling players make great coaches
http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashv...layers-make-great-coaches/Content?oid=2345997


Oklahoma interviews Central Oklahoma coach Terry Evans
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...ectid=92&articleid=20110331_92_0_NORMAN723114


No word yet on new Wyoming men's basketball coach
​
http://www.greenwichtime.com/sports...ew-Wyoming-men-s-basketball-coach-1316464.php
why bother writing an article telling us they have nothing to tell us?http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...ectid=92&articleid=20110331_92_0_NORMAN723114
 
OrangeandBlack74 said:
I noticed Alvin Brooks name among the applicants for the Lamar opening.
Click to expand...

He is one of the few on the list that seems like a reasonable candidate. Most of the others on the list seem not even to be as good of candidate as Brooks, which is what surprises me. I don't see why a lot of other D1 assistants wouldn't want their name out there as a candidate for a D1 job, even if they aren't very interested in getting the job. It never hurts to apply. Yet the list has very few good candidates.

Here is one of the candidates- Indrek Kongats- a fishing guide from upstate New York, who also is a competetive fisherman.
It appears he played some club basketball while growing up in Canada, but I can't find any evidence he has ever coached.
http://www.flwoutdoors.com/ap/bio.cfm?mid=158371

http://www.breakawayclassicadventures.com/ONT/Ontrip.htm
 
The Alvin Brooks who is on the list of possible candidates at Lamar is NOT the Alvin Brooks most Bradley fans know..

That is the Houston assistant coach Alvin Brooks, Jr. who is the father of Alvin Brooks III the ex-Bradley assistant
http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/brooks_alvin00.html



There are rumors that North Carolina State is about to announce a hire, but....
I really doubt this...........as many think they'll wait and try to go after either Shaka Smart or Gregg Marshall


Other rumors -- Utah focusing on St. Mary's Randy Bennett, Towson after Dalonte Hill, Wyoming stalling out and getting turned down
 
Updated again -- open positions in red...

***Ex-ISU head coach Tom Richardson is a finalist for the Loyola job!!**

and get this -- hot rumors out east that Princeton's Sydney Johnson is leaving Princeton to be hired at Fairfield!

2011 coaching changes-
Alcorn State: (Larry Smith) - position opened 3/12 - just hired Luther Riley -
Arkansas: (John Pelphrey) - position opened 3/13 - Mike Anderson hired 3/24
Bradley: (Jim Les) - position opened 3/06 - Geno Ford hired 3/27
CS Bakersfield: (Keith Brown) - position opened 3/10 - just hired Rod Barnes 3/30
Colgate: (Emmett Davis) - position opened 3/16
Dayton: position opened 3/28 Brian Gregory leaves for Georgia Tech - Dayton targeting Duke asst. - link
E. Washington: (Kirk Earlywine) - position opened 3/07 - Jim Hayord hired
Fairfield (Ed Cooley) - position opened 3/22
Fla. A&M: (Eugene Harris) - position opened 3/17
Fla. Gulf Coast: (Dave Balza) - position opened 3/03 - Andy Enfield hired 3/31
Fresno State (Steve Cleveland) - position opened 3/17 - search committee is in Houston interviewing candidates
Georgia St: (Rod Barnes) - position opened 3/18 - Ron Hunter hired 3/22
Georgia Tech: (Paul Hewitt) - position opened 3/22 - Brian Gregory hired 3/28
IUPUI: (Ron Hunter) - position opened 3/18
Kennesaw St: (Tony Ingle) - position opened 3/07
Kent State: position opened 3/27 - Geno Ford goes to Bradley - just interviwed Ohio State asst. Jeff Boals
Lamar: (Steve Roccaforte) - position opened 3/14 - choosing between 31 applicants - link
Louisiana Tech (Kerry Rupp) - position opened 3/23 - Mike White hired
Loyola (IL): (Jim Whitesell) - position opened 3/14 - AD says "no hire will be made prior to the Final Four" - link - Tim Buckley reportedly front-runner
Manhattan: (Barry Rohrssen) - position opened 3/09
Missouri (Mike Anderson) - position just opened 3/24
Missouri State: Cuonzo Martin leaves to go to Tennessee on 3/27 - Paul Lusk hired 4/1
Monmouth: (Dave Calloway) - position opened 2/27 - King Rice hired
NC State -- Sidney Lowe fired
N. Illinois: (Ricardo Patton) - position opened 3/09 - Mike Montgomery hired 3/25
Oklahoma: (Jeff Capel) - position opened 3/14 - hired Lon Kruger 4/1
Pepperdine: (Tom Asbury) - position opened 3/10 - Mark Wilson hired 3/17
Providence: (Keno Davis) - position opened 3/11 - Ed Cooley hired 3/22
Stetson: (Derek Waugh) - position opened 2/26 - rumor Pat Knight may take over
Tennessee (Bruce Pearl) - position opened 3/21 - hired Cuonzo Martin 3/27
Tennessee Tech (Mike Sutton) - position opened 3/23 - Steve Payne hired 3/23
Tex. A&M-CC: (Perry Clark) - position opened 3/7 - Willis Wilson hired 3/24 - link
Texas Tech: (Pat Knight) - position opened 3/12 - Billy Gillispie hired 3/21
Towson: (Pat Kennedy) - position opened 3/07 - decision to be announced this Wednesday
UC-Davis - Gary Stewart steps down 3/30
Utah: (Jim Boylen) - position opened 3/12 - rumor they have narrowed now to Larry Krystkowiak and former Alabama coach Mark Gottfried
Wyoming: (Heath Schroyer) - position opened 2/07 but their coaching search did NOT begin until 3/13 - hired Larry Shyatt 3/31
 
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