Coaching Hot Seat and Searches

[DrMongoose]

Holloway (Seton Hall) is a name to watch at Louisville.

SMU is awful quiet and they have a lot of money.
a lot could depend on who wins and who loses in the next 24 hours.
Buzz or Wade to OK State

[TC]

Holloway (Seton Hall) is a name to watch at Louisville.

SMU is awful quiet and they have a lot of money.
a lot could depend on who wins and who loses in the next 24 hours.
Buzz or Wade to OK State

I havent been following closely, but Wade at okie st seems like an interesting fit.

[Show-Me Hog]

I havent been following closely, but Wade at okie st seems like an interesting fit.

That does. Buzz to Stillwater seems lateral at best.

[animal]

That does. Buzz to Stillwater seems lateral at best.

May be the same reason Muss is allegedly looking for a new gig. Reset the clock extends earning potential. Buzz has done ok but not great at A&M...I'd say he's underwhelmed. Muss met or exceeded expectations until this season so it makes less sense for him to be shopping unless he truly believes he's been had.

[DrMongoose]

Wow. 3 schools bidding for his services (Michigan, Louisville, and Vandy - who paid Stack $25 M to go away - and this is the deal May gets? Low ball on money it seems.

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1771916239276781977?s=61&t=yqgft3mqzhJjVNQN1flX9A

As someone noted above, coaches are leaving to reset their clock as well as it keeps their name fresh.

Buzz has been meh at aTm but look at their BKB history, by their standards he has done very well and if he get them to the sweet 16 he may be stuck there. He also has a new AD and let's be honest, they do not care about basketball and they are weird (which he knew but it has to wear on one's soul if you aren't an alum).

Timing is everything, the guys who advance to the sweet 16 may be stuck as most schools want to hire this week because of the portal (used to be you wanted your new hire to pimp out at the final four but the portal has changed that).

SMU has money and bought their way into the ACC which let's be honest is a basketball league. They will have to buy their way in hoops with a coach of higher stature in BKB than Lashlee in FB. I would look for  them to take some swings at big names which at some point would include Muss if it gets that far down the list.

Bear in mind, it has become all about the post season (really in all sports pro and college now) which is why KY Jelly is mad at Cal but like FSU and Clemson with the ACC it makes no sense to sign or present anything longer than 5 years without a manageable out.

But as we all know, the postseason is such a fluky thing to base it all on, a bounce here, Syracuse calling a timeout they didn't have in 95, NC State this year - Keats was likely getting fired 10,days ago but now has a 2 year extension and chance to make the elite eight - Ole Miss and Moo State baseball championship runs, etc.

Bear in mind, the people (ADs) making these decisions to hire and fire or keep are the same ones who select and seed the tournament fields and whine about the NCAA rules that their bosses (Collège presidents) propose and vote on.

Only in America. And it is such great theater.

[animal]

I'm not advocating this by any stretch but I seem to recall Colorado's Tad Boyle was among the names said to be finalists for the coaching job at Arkansas prior to Muss' hiring. The other name I remember was the Iowa coach Fran whatever his name is.


Someone mentioned Fred Hoiberg the other day and I agree he would be a solid choice if Muss jets.

The NC State coach may get on some radars after making it to the Sweet 16.

He hasn't lit the world on fire in a long time but I wonder if Tommy Amaker is tired of coaching nerds at a very liberal Harvard?

[DrMongoose]

Latest rumors....

Richard Pitino (New Mexico) to Louisville. Saw Mashburn Jr entered the portal yesterday and House rumored to enter as well.

The Louisville search is all over the place.

Andy Enfield (USC after Dunk City) to SMU.

With the tournament going chalk it has slowed the hot name candidates.

Cal is back as is Cuonzo Martin at Missouri State.

[animal]

Bumping thread...tis the season for new coaches

Here's my long list of names I'd think may show interest...

Keatts (prisoner of the moment hire but not terrible overall record)
Tang
Beard
Jans
Boyle
Altman (where did Oregon end up going for conference play)
Kim English (if you want to go young)
Lamont Paris
Kyle Keller (off the wall hire but has a good pedigree working under Self for a while)
Andy Kennedy
Kevin Kruger (ok I'm giving up now)
Wade (has show cause)

[DrMongoose]

Bumping thread...tis the season for new coaches

Here's my long list of names I'd think may show interest...

Keatts (prisoner of the moment hire but not terrible overall record)
Tang
Beard
Jans
Boyle
Altman (where did Oregon end up going for conference play)
Kim English (if you want to go young)
Lamont Paris
Kyle Keller (off the wall hire but has a good pedigree working under Self for a while)
Andy Kennedy
Kevin Kruger (ok I'm giving up now)
Wade (has show cause)

Keats? No. If the kid does not  hit the buzzer beater vs uva in acc tournament to force OT on day 1 of acc tournament he is on the bread line.

https://x.com/memphomofo/status/1774584010322116803?s=61&t=yqgft3mqzhJjVNQN1flX9A

[Pigsmoke]

Hire Beard. See if Ole misses is more pissed off then we are about muss leaving.

[jdcatty]

Wonder if Beard's agent is Jimmy Sexton.  Anybody know?

[animal]

Wonder if Beard's agent is Jimmy Sexton.  Anybody know?

Bret Just I believe

[Pumpkin Escobar]

If Hunter can't get Beard away from Ole Piss, then he needs to start exploring his options, too.

[Piggielicious]

If Hunter can't get Beard away from Ole Piss, then he needs to start exploring his options, too.

No doubt. 0-2 vs ole miss for coaches is the equivalent of 0-8 in football. Time for a change.

[animal]

Dropping some names I think you'll see on the rise over the next few years...

Will Wade (McNeese)
Kim English (Providence)
Wes Miller (Cincinnati)
Grant McCasland (Texas Tech)
Bryce Drew (Grand Canyon) may get another p5 opportunity sooner rather than later
Takayo Siddle (UNCW)
Eric Konkol (Tulsa) ....built La Tech into a respectable program while there
KT Turner (UTA)
Casey Alexander (Belmont)
Bucky McMillan (Samford)


I always like to come back to these threads and see how wrong I am.


One semi interesting thing I see is most of the top programs either don't hire black guys or don't keep them very long. To include Michigan's Juwan Howard (he's had some blow ups there and Michigan historically is not bashful about firing) a stint that included some unimpressive overall records but a 1 elite 8 and 1 sweet 16 in a relative short period of time. Like Arkansas dropped like a rock.

Stackhouse sucked. Penny Hardaway looks lost as fuck most of the time. Meanwhile there are other guys who paid their dues that never get an opportunity.

I'm struggling to recall who is the best black guy head coach in college basketball right now. Surely it's not Rodney Terry or the dude that went to Georgetown from Providence. Dennis Gates flopped big time this season at Mizzou. Lamont Paris at South Carolina came on strong and probably should get a look for Arkansas. Leonard Hamilton is old as fuck. Tang maybe?

[DrMongoose]

Dropping some names I think you'll see on the rise over the next few years...

Will Wade (McNeese)
Kim English (Providence)
Wes Miller (Cincinnati)
Grant McCasland (Texas Tech)
Bryce Drew (Grand Canyon) may get another p5 opportunity sooner rather than later
Takayo Siddle (UNCW)
Eric Konkol (Tulsa) ....built La Tech into a respectable program while there
KT Turner (UTA)
Casey Alexander (Belmont)
Bucky McMillan (Samford)


I always like to come back to these threads and see how wrong I am.


One semi interesting thing I see is most of the top programs either don't hire black guys or don't keep them very long. To include Michigan's Juwan Howard (he's had some blow ups there and Michigan historically is not bashful about firing) a stint that included some unimpressive overall records but a 1 elite 8 and 1 sweet 16 in a relative short period of time. Like Arkansas dropped like a rock.

Stackhouse sucked. Penny Hardaway looks lost as fuck most of the time. Meanwhile there are other guys who paid their dues that never get an opportunity.

I'm struggling to recall who is the best black guy head coach in college basketball right now. Surely it's not Rodney Terry or the dude that went to Georgetown from Providence. Dennis Gates flopped big time this season at Mizzou. Lamont Paris at South Carolina came on strong and probably should get a look for Arkansas. Leonard Hamilton is old as fuck. Tang maybe?

I was impressed with Siddle when his team came in here and kicked our ass. very well coached.

[RPL]

One semi interesting thing I see is most of the top programs either don't hire black guys or don't keep them very long. To include Michigan's Juwan Howard (he's had some blow ups there and Michigan historically is not bashful about firing) a stint that included some unimpressive overall records but a 1 elite 8 and 1 sweet 16 in a relative short period of time. Like Arkansas dropped like a rock.

Stackhouse sucked. Penny Hardaway looks lost as fuck most of the time. Meanwhile there are other guys who paid their dues that never get an opportunity.

I'm struggling to recall who is the best black guy head coach in college basketball right now. Surely it's not Rodney Terry or the dude that went to Georgetown from Providence. Dennis Gates flopped big time this season at Mizzou. Lamont Paris at South Carolina came on strong and probably should get a look for Arkansas. Leonard Hamilton is old as fuck. Tang maybe?

There's a coach at Houston that's been doing a hell of a job.

[DrMongoose]

what the odds if Beard falls through that he tries to hire Sampson's kid who is the coach in waiting at Houston?

[buff2.0]

what the odds if Beard falls through that he tries to hire Sampson's kid who is the coach in waiting at Houston?

Wouldn't surprise me a bit but I hope HY isn't that stupid.

[The Whyte Boar]

There's a coach at Houston that's been doing a hell of a job.

What if I told you Sampson ain't black.  He is Lumbee.