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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 12:30:24 GMT -5
Matta is a possible candidate at Louisville, so Georgia doesn't need to be on his radar. This was a topic among those of us that had a lot of time to fill at the Garden after Wednesday at the Big East. You always have some big name candidates in the mix for these kind of jobs (Thad Matta, Steve Alford, Chris Mack, etc.), some retreads (Tom Crean, Buzz Williams, Mike Gottfried, etc.) and some up and comers (Danny Hurley, Scott Drew, Will Wade, etc.) But a name you aren't hearing is John Thompson III. Putting aside his exit at Georgetown (and nearly every ex-coach can empathize with a story like his), a question--does JT3 have a future in coaching? Yes, but probably needs to start down a level imo..
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Post by LCPolo18 on Mar 14, 2018 12:43:02 GMT -5
Matta is a possible candidate at Louisville, so Georgia doesn't need to be on his radar. This was a topic among those of us that had a lot of time to fill at the Garden after Wednesday at the Big East. You always have some big name candidates in the mix for these kind of jobs (Thad Matta, Steve Alford, Chris Mack, etc.), some retreads (Tom Crean, Buzz Williams, Mike Gottfried, etc.) and some up and comers (Danny Hurley, Scott Drew, Will Wade, etc.) But a name you aren't hearing is John Thompson III. Putting aside his exit at Georgetown (and nearly every ex-coach can empathize with a story like his), a question--does JT3 have a future in coaching? In part two of Ben Standig's interview with JT3 he asks him about his future coaching aspirations. Obviously doesn't cover whether other schools might be interested in him, but you can get a sense of how he currently feels about the topic.
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Post by hoyaboya on Mar 14, 2018 12:47:35 GMT -5
Myreon Jones back on the board?
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Post by hoyaboya on Mar 14, 2018 12:49:29 GMT -5
Matta is a possible candidate at Louisville, so Georgia doesn't need to be on his radar. This was a topic among those of us that had a lot of time to fill at the Garden after Wednesday at the Big East. You always have some big name candidates in the mix for these kind of jobs (Thad Matta, Steve Alford, Chris Mack, etc.), some retreads (Tom Crean, Buzz Williams, Mike Gottfried, etc.) and some up and comers (Danny Hurley, Scott Drew, Will Wade, etc.) But a name you aren't hearing is John Thompson III. Putting aside his exit at Georgetown (and nearly every ex-coach can empathize with a story like his), a question--does JT3 have a future in coaching? Yes, but probably needs to start down a level imo.. Agreed, I don't think any high majors would touch him while his dad is still around. No need for the headache. Also, JT3 probably has 6 million reasons or so not to be in any hurry to get another coaching job. Maybe he'll take a lower level gig in 2021 if he's bored. Will never need to work another day in his life financially, unlike some of the other coaches whose names we hear.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 12:49:56 GMT -5
Myreon Jones back on the board? Maybe, but only if Penny or whoever they hire doesn't want him. He doesn't really have a lot of options currently.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Mar 14, 2018 12:57:43 GMT -5
Yes, but probably needs to start down a level imo.. Agreed, I don't think any high majors would touch him while his dad is still around. No need for the headache. Also, JT3 probably has 6 million reasons or so not to be in any hurry to get another coaching job. Maybe he'll take a lower level gig in 2021 if he's bored. Will never need to work another day in his life financially, unlike some of the ther coaches whose names we hear. I actually do think he could get a high major job. Sure, there's no way he would ever get a premium job (like Louisville, for example), but I think there are plenty of high-majors that might give him a shot. I also think the JT Jr. thing is much less of an issue outside the Georgetown sphere. I think the most likely landing spot in a "Power 5" (or 6) conference would be a school sort of like Virginia Tech (or one of the bad SEC schools), which hired Buzz Williams, but isn't known as being a basketball power either. I don't see any reason he would have to go down to something like the A-10 when retreads like Leitao, with much less of a record of success, get hired at high major programs.
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Post by bostonfan on Mar 14, 2018 12:58:37 GMT -5
Penny is going to attract some big time players from the high school and AAU teams he currently coaches. Should make Memphis an interesting program in a hurry.
Feel bad for Tubby, it sounded like he had that Memphis team playing hard for him. He seems to wear out his welcome in places fairly quickly, not sure why.
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Newly added information is in bold. Former Big East Conference head coaches are indicated in italics. Open Division I head coaching positions are indicated by underline. There are presently 26 Division I head coaching vacancies.
ARIZONA (Pacific 12)-- Sean Miller (9 years; 22-6 this season; 242-72 at 'Zona; 312-119 overall) advised his team February 24 that he would not coach in that evening's game at Oregon after being implicated in a discussion to pay a potential recruit, as captured by an FBI wiretap, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis February 24 by Lorenzo Romar (associate head coach at 'Zona and former head coach at Washington). Miller denied any involvement during a March 1 press conference, and was reinstated as head coach that day. ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK (Sun Belt)-- Wes Flanigan (2 years; 7-25 this season; 22-42 at UA Little Rock and overall) was fired March 9. BRYANT (Northeast)-- Tim O'Shea (10 years; 3-24 this season; 96-206 at Bryant; 216-301 overall) announced his retirement February 11, effective at the end of the season. CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE (Big West)-- Dennis Cutts (5 years; 5-9 this season; 50-87 at UC Riverside and overall) was fired January 1, replaced as head coach on an interim basis by Justin Bell (associate head coach at UC Riverside), and replaced as head coach March 14 by David Patrick (associate head coach at Texas Christian). CALIFORNIA STATE NORTHRIDGE (Big West)-- Reggie Theus (5 years; 6-24 this season; 53-105 at CSN; 94-128 overall) was fired March 6, and was replaced as head coach March 12 by Mark Gottfried (former head coach at Murray State, Alabama and North Carolina State). CHICAGO STATE (Big West)-- Tracy Dildy (8 years; 3-29 this season; 53-188 at CSU and overall) was fired March 12. COLORADO STATE (Mountain West)-- Larry Eustachy (6 years; 10-14 this season; 121-74 at CSU; 523-330 overall) was placed on administrative leave February 3 after the commencement of an internal investigation January 31 into allegations of misconduct with players, assistant coaches and other staff members, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis February 3 by Steve Barnes (associate head coach at CSU). Barnes was himself placed on administrative leave February 10 for undisclosed reasons, and was replaced as interim head coach on an interim basis February 10 by Jase Herl (assistant coach at CSU). Eustachy announced February 26 that he was "stepping down" as head coach, in a statement released by CSU; Eustachy will officially remain on administrative leave until June 30, when he will tender his resignation. CONNECTICUT (American)-- Kevin Ollie (6 years; 14-18 this season, 127-79 at UConn and overall) was fired March 10 "for just cause" resulting from an ongoing NCAA investigation into program violations, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis by Raphael Chillious (associate head coach at UConn). DELAWARE STATE (Mid-Eastern)-- Keith Walker (5 years, including one as an interim head coach; 3-25 this season; 42-91 at DSU and overall) was fired February 22, and replaced as head coach on an interim basis by Keith Johnson (assistant coach at DSU). DETROIT MERCY (Horizon)-- Bacari Alexander (2 years; 0-1 this season; 8-23 at UDM and overall) was indefinitely suspended for a "personnel matter" November 13, and replaced as head coach on an interim basis November 13 by Jermaine Jackson, Sr. (assistant coach at UDM). Alexander was reinstated as head coach by UDM on December 6, after missing seven games. EAST CAROLINA (American)-- Jeff Lebo (8 years; 2-4 this season; 116-122 at ECU; 327-277 overall) resigned November 29, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis November 29 by Michael Perry (assistant coach at ECU). EASTERN KENTUCKY (Ohio Valley)-- Dan McHale (3 years; 11-20 this season; 38-55 at EKU and overall) was fired February 26, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis February 26 by Reese Gains (assistant coach at EKU). EVANSVILLE (Missouri Valley)-- Marty Simmons (11 years; 17-15 this season; 184-175 at UE; 282-248 overall) was fired March 13. FRESNO STATE (Mountain West)-- Rodney Terry (7 years; 21-11 this season; 126-108 at Fresno) resigned March 12 to accept the head coaching position at Texas El Paso. GEORGIA (Southeast)-- Mark Fox (9 years; 18-15 this season; 163-133 at UGA; 286-176 overall) was fired March 10, and was replaced as head coach March 15 by Tom Crean (former head coach at Indiana and Marquette). HIGH POINT (Big South)-- Scott Cherry (9 years; 14-16 this season; 146-134 at HPU and overall) resigned "by mutual agreement" March 7. INCARNATE WORD (Southland)-- Ken Burmeister (12 years, last five in Division I; 7-21 this season; 74-67 at UIW in Division I and 127-71 at UIW overall; 186-182 overall) was fired March 6. LONGWOOD (Big South)-- Jayson Gee (5 years; 7-26 this season; 42-120 at Longwood; 202-169 overall) resigned March 2. LOUISVILLE (Atlantic Coast)-- Rick Pitino (16 years; 25-9 this past season; 416-141 at UL; 770-269 overall) was placed on administrative leave, as a prelude to being fired for cause, September 26 after announcement of a Department of Justice investigation into the payment of money by athletic shoe/apparel manufacturers to high school basketball players as facilitated through college basketball coaching staffs members, in which Louisville has been implicated, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis September 29 by David Padgett (assistant coach at UL); Pitino was fired for cause October 17. MAINE (America East)-- Bob Walsh (4 years; 6-26 this season; 24-100 at Maine; 228-163 overall) announced March 5 that he would not seek an extension of his expiring four-year contract, and was replaced as head coach March 5 by Richard Barron (special assistant to the Maine director of athletics, and former Maine women's basketball head coach). MARIST (Metro Atlantic)-- Mike Maker (4 years; 6-25 this season; 28-97 at Marist; 175-129 overall) was fired March 5. McNEESE STATE (Southland)-- Dave Simmons (12 years; 11-17 this season; 154-212 at McNeese and overall) was fired March 4, and was replaced as head coach March 15 by Heath Schroyer (assistant coach at Brigham Young, and former head coach at Tennessee Martin, Wyoming and Portland State). MEMPHIS (American)-- Orlando "Tubby" Smith (2 years; 21-13 this season; 40-26 at UofM; 597-302 overall) was fired March 14. MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE (Conference USA)-- Kermit Davis (16 years; 25-7 this season; 332-187 at MTSU; 453-249 overall) resigned March 15 to accept the head coaching position at Mississippi. MISSISSIPPI (Southeastern)-- Andy Kennedy (12 years; 11-16 this season; 245-155 at Ole Miss; 266-168 overall) announced his resignation February 12, effective at the end of the season. Kennedy announced February 18 that he would step down as head coach immediately rather than at the end of the season, was replaced as head coach on an interim basis February 18 by Tony Madlock (assistant coach at Ole Miss), and was replaced as head coach March 15 by Kermit Davis (head coach at Middle Tennessee State, and former head coach at Idaho and Texas A&M). MISSOURI STATE (Missouri Valley)-- Paul Lusk (7 years; 18-15 this season; 106-121 at MSU and overall) was fired March 3. NICHOLLS STATE (Southland)-- Richie Riley (2 years; 21-11 this season; 35-28 at Nicholls and overall) resigned March 15 to accept the head coaching position at South Alabama. NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE (Conference USA)-- Mark Price (3 years; 3-6 this season; 30-42 at UNCC and overall) was fired December 14, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis December 14 by Houston Fancher (assistant coach at UNCC). Fancher (3-17 this season as interim coach) was fired March 6. PEPPERDINE (West Coast)-- Marty Wilson (8 years, including one as an interim head coach; 4-22 this season; 89-135 at Pepperdine and overall) was informed February 13 that his contract would be terminated at the end of the season, and was replaced as head coach by Lorenzo Romar (associate head coach at Arizona, and former head coach at Pepperdine, Saint Louis and Washington). PITTSBURGH (Atlantic Coast)-- Kevin Stallings (2 years; 8-24 this season; 24-41 at Pitt; 479-324 overall) was fired March 8. SAN DIEGO (West Coast)-- Lamont Smith (3 years; 18-12 this season; 36-50 at USD and overall) was placed on administrative leave February 26 after his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence charges, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis "for the entire post-season" February 26 by Sam Scholl (assistant coach at USD). Smith resigned March 7. SOUTH ALABAMA (Sun Belt)-- Matthew Graves (5 years; 14-18 this season; 65-96 at USA and overall) was fired March 8, and was replaced as head coach March 15 by Richie Riley (head coach at Nicholls State). SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE (Atlantic Sun)-- Kyle Perry (1 year; 7-25 this season, at Upstate and overall) was fired March 1. SOUTHERN (Southwest)-- Roman Banks (5 years; 22-13 this past season; 99-67 at SU and overall) resigned March 31 to accept the athletic director position at SU, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis March 31 by Morris Scott (associate head coach at SU, and former interim head coach at Okaloosa-Walton College, now JUCO Northwest Florida State). TEXAS EL PASO (Conference USA)-- Tim Floyd (8 years; 1-5 this season; 138-99 at UTEP; 444-282 overall) announced his retirement November 27 immediately after a UTEP loss to Lamar, was replaced as head coach on an interim basis November 28 by Phil Johnson (assistant coach at UTEP), and was replaced as head coach March 12 by Rodney Terry (head coach at Fresno State). UTAH STATE (Mountain West)-- Tim Duryea (3 years; 17-17 this season; 47-49 at USU and overall) was fired March 11. WESTERN CAROLINA (Southern)-- Larry Hunter (13 years; 13-19 this season; 193-229 at WCU; 397-277 overall) resigned March 4.
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Post by hoyas315 on Mar 15, 2018 18:43:28 GMT -5
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Post by hoyaboya on Mar 16, 2018 9:41:14 GMT -5
Crean at Georgia is not great news for Georgetown, given Coach Kirby's recruiting roots in the South. A good analysis from Rivals: "Crean will have one scholarship available heading into his new gig. Rumors have swirled for a while that Hagans could move up to the 2018 class, so he immediately becomes Crean’s biggest target in the short term. If he’s on campus next season, he changes Georgia’s whole roster immediately. Beyond that there's not a lot left in the class of 2018. Crean will likely at least inquire about five-star power EJ Montgomery but Montgomery is already pretty far down the road with national powers like Duke, Kentucky and North Carolina among others. Three-star point guard Myreon Jones recently backed out of his commitment to Memphis following Tubby Smith’s dismissal and could be an option as could three-star combo guard Tye Fagan if he opts out of his Middle Tennessee State letter of intent with Kermit Davis heading to Ole Miss. In the 2019 class, there are quite a few players for Crean to immediately get involved with. Four-star wings Marcus Watson, Isaac Okoro and Elias King are all talented wings located within 100 miles of Georgia’s campus. Kyle Sturdivant and Brendan Tucker are point guards ranked in the Rivals150 located just down highway 316 in Gwinnett County. There are also under the radar prospects like Jaylin Williams, Rodney Howard and Jamir Chaplin who could pop up on Georgia’s radar just in the state alone. If the Bulldogs are able to reel Hagans back in, five-star wing Christian Brown is a prospect Georgia’s previous staff made a lot of progress with as he’s close friends with Hagans and a former Game Elite teammate. It should also be noted that five-star forward Trendon Watford's brother, Christian, played for Crean at Indiana." basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/what-is-georgia-getting-in-tom-crean-
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Post by bostonfan on Mar 16, 2018 10:19:30 GMT -5
Crean at Georgia is not great news for Georgetown, given Coach Kirby's recruiting roots in the South. A good analysis from Rivals: "Crean will have one scholarship available heading into his new gig. Rumors have swirled for a while that Hagans could move up to the 2018 class, so he immediately becomes Crean’s biggest target in the short term. If he’s on campus next season, he changes Georgia’s whole roster immediately. Beyond that there's not a lot left in the class of 2018. Crean will likely at least inquire about five-star power EJ Montgomery but Montgomery is already pretty far down the road with national powers like Duke, Kentucky and North Carolina among others. Three-star point guard Myreon Jones recently backed out of his commitment to Memphis following Tubby Smith’s dismissal and could be an option as could three-star combo guard Tye Fagan if he opts out of his Middle Tennessee State letter of intent with Kermit Davis heading to Ole Miss. In the 2019 class, there are quite a few players for Crean to immediately get involved with. Four-star wings Marcus Watson, Isaac Okoro and Elias King are all talented wings located within 100 miles of Georgia’s campus. Kyle Sturdivant and Brendan Tucker are point guards ranked in the Rivals150 located just down highway 316 in Gwinnett County. There are also under the radar prospects like Jaylin Williams, Rodney Howard and Jamir Chaplin who could pop up on Georgia’s radar just in the state alone. If the Bulldogs are able to reel Hagans back in, five-star wing Christian Brown is a prospect Georgia’s previous staff made a lot of progress with as he’s close friends with Hagans and a former Game Elite teammate. It should also be noted that five-star forward Trendon Watford's brother, Christian, played for Crean at Indiana." basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/what-is-georgia-getting-in-tom-crean-I think Kirby will continue to do OK. He has had good success for years as an assistant no matter where he has been with players all over the South. Crean may develop some success down south in the next few years, but I doubt he has many existing relationships with players down there yet. He recruited much more in the Mid West than anywhere else when he was coaching.
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Post by sleepy on Mar 16, 2018 10:49:52 GMT -5
I'm still waiting for Kirby to add something to his resume at GU. Outside of Otto which was a unique situation he hasn't exactly burned it up down south. I'm assuming he was lead on Peak, White and Copeland in the end it didn't work out. Sometimes as the lead recruiter, which I may be assuming that he is, makes begin to question his overall talent evaluation ability. I could be totally of base with that thought so please feel free to correct me.
Crean game in hard to the DMV with some success and there is more than enough talent within 3 o 4 hours of Athens that I still don't get why it's been so hard down there. Can't believe its just football.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 11:17:16 GMT -5
Josh Leblanc, Tyler Adams and Carter are also Kirby recruits. He's only been on staff 2 years total..
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Post by LCPolo18 on Mar 16, 2018 11:42:41 GMT -5
I'm still waiting for Kirby to add something to his resume at GU. Outside of Otto which was a unique situation he hasn't exactly burned it up down south. I'm assuming he was lead on Peak, White and Copeland in the end it didn't work out. Sometimes as the lead recruiter, which I may be assuming that he is, makes begin to question his overall talent evaluation ability. I could be totally of base with that thought so please feel free to correct me. Crean game in hard to the DMV with some success and there is more than enough talent within 3 o 4 hours of Athens that I still don't get why it's been so hard down there. Can't believe its just football. Just to add to what yaboynyp commented, Kirby was only on staff from 2010-2012 then spent time at LSU and Memphis before coming back to Georgetown last year. In the time he has been at Georgetown he has been an effective recruiter. It seems like your concerns about recruiting were from the 2012-2017 time period, when he wasn't even on the staff.
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Post by njhoya78 on Mar 16, 2018 12:58:45 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 13:20:20 GMT -5
Agreed, I don't think any high majors would touch him while his dad is still around. No need for the headache. Also, JT3 probably has 6 million reasons or so not to be in any hurry to get another coaching job. Maybe he'll take a lower level gig in 2021 if he's bored. Will never need to work another day in his life financially, unlike some of the ther coaches whose names we hear. I actually do think he could get a high major job. Sure, there's no way he would ever get a premium job (like Louisville, for example), but I think there are plenty of high-majors that might give him a shot. I also think the JT Jr. thing is much less of an issue outside the Georgetown sphere. I think the most likely landing spot in a "Power 5" (or 6) conference would be a school sort of like Virginia Tech (or one of the bad SEC schools), which hired Buzz Williams, but isn't known as being a basketball power either. I don't see any reason he would have to go down to something like the A-10 when retreads like Leitao, with much less of a record of success, get hired at high major programs. Yeah - I think JT3 could do well at a P5 school where football is king and expectations for basketball lag behind football. Obviously the SEC is full of them, and Crean just landed one. Teams like Alabama, TX A&M, and Auburn have all had good basketball seasons, but NCAA tournament appearances for schools like that are "nice to have", not an annual expectation. For some reason, I feel like that would be a good type of place for him to land next. But - as pointed out above - he can take his time.
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Post by sleepy on Mar 16, 2018 14:02:20 GMT -5
I'm still waiting for Kirby to add something to his resume at GU. Outside of Otto which was a unique situation he hasn't exactly burned it up down south. I'm assuming he was lead on Peak, White and Copeland in the end it didn't work out. Sometimes as the lead recruiter, which I may be assuming that he is, makes begin to question his overall talent evaluation ability. I could be totally of base with that thought so please feel free to correct me. Crean game in hard to the DMV with some success and there is more than enough talent within 3 o 4 hours of Athens that I still don't get why it's been so hard down there. Can't believe its just football. Just to add to what yaboynyp commented, Kirby was only on staff from 2010-2012 then spent time at LSU and Memphis before coming back to Georgetown last year. In the time he has been at Georgetown he has been an effective recruiter. It seems like your concerns about recruiting were from the 2012-2017 time period, when he wasn't even on the staff. Thank you for correcting me. my error is duly noted.
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Newly added information is in bold. Former Big East Conference head coaches are indicated in italics. Open Division I head coaching positions are indicated by underline. There are presently 27 Division I head coaching vacancies.
ARIZONA (Pacific 12)-- Sean Miller (9 years; 22-6 this season; 242-72 at 'Zona; 312-119 overall) advised his team February 24 that he would not coach in that evening's game at Oregon after being implicated in a discussion to pay a potential recruit, as captured by an FBI wiretap, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis February 24 by Lorenzo Romar (associate head coach at 'Zona and former head coach at Washington). Miller denied any involvement during a March 1 press conference, and was reinstated as head coach that day. ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK (Sun Belt)-- Wes Flanigan (2 years; 7-25 this season; 22-42 at UA Little Rock and overall) was fired March 9. BRYANT (Northeast)-- Tim O'Shea (10 years; 3-24 this season; 96-206 at Bryant; 216-301 overall) announced his retirement February 11, effective at the end of the season. CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE (Big West)-- Dennis Cutts (5 years; 5-9 this season; 50-87 at UC Riverside and overall) was fired January 1, replaced as head coach on an interim basis by Justin Bell (associate head coach at UC Riverside), and replaced as head coach March 14 by David Patrick (associate head coach at Texas Christian). CALIFORNIA STATE NORTHRIDGE (Big West)-- Reggie Theus (5 years; 6-24 this season; 53-105 at CSN; 94-128 overall) was fired March 6, and was replaced as head coach March 12 by Mark Gottfried (former head coach at Murray State, Alabama and North Carolina State). CHICAGO STATE (Big West)-- Tracy Dildy (8 years; 3-29 this season; 53-188 at CSU and overall) was fired March 12. COLORADO STATE (Mountain West)-- Larry Eustachy (6 years; 10-14 this season; 121-74 at CSU; 523-330 overall) was placed on administrative leave February 3 after the commencement of an internal investigation January 31 into allegations of misconduct with players, assistant coaches and other staff members, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis February 3 by Steve Barnes (associate head coach at CSU). Barnes was himself placed on administrative leave February 10 for undisclosed reasons, and was replaced as interim head coach on an interim basis February 10 by Jase Herl (assistant coach at CSU). Eustachy announced February 26 that he was "stepping down" as head coach, in a statement released by CSU; Eustachy will officially remain on administrative leave until June 30, when he will tender his resignation. CONNECTICUT (American)-- Kevin Ollie (6 years; 14-18 this season, 127-79 at UConn and overall) was fired March 10 "for just cause" resulting from an ongoing NCAA investigation into program violations, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis by Raphael Chillious (associate head coach at UConn). DELAWARE STATE (Mid-Eastern)-- Keith Walker (5 years, including one as an interim head coach; 3-25 this season; 42-91 at DSU and overall) was fired February 22, and replaced as head coach on an interim basis by Keith Johnson (assistant coach at DSU). DETROIT MERCY (Horizon)-- Bacari Alexander (2 years; 0-1 this season; 8-23 at UDM and overall) was indefinitely suspended for a "personnel matter" November 13, and replaced as head coach on an interim basis November 13 by Jermaine Jackson, Sr. (assistant coach at UDM). Alexander was reinstated as head coach by UDM on December 6, after missing seven games. EAST CAROLINA (American)-- Jeff Lebo (8 years; 2-4 this season; 116-122 at ECU; 327-277 overall) resigned November 29, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis November 29 by Michael Perry (assistant coach at ECU). EASTERN KENTUCKY (Ohio Valley)-- Dan McHale (3 years; 11-20 this season; 38-55 at EKU and overall) was fired February 26, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis February 26 by Reese Gains (assistant coach at EKU). EVANSVILLE (Missouri Valley)-- Marty Simmons (11 years; 17-15 this season; 184-175 at UE; 282-248 overall) was fired March 13. FLORIDA ATLANTIC (Conference USA)-- Michael Curry (4 years; 12-19 this season; 39-83 at FAU and overall) was fired March 16. FRESNO STATE (Mountain West)-- Rodney Terry (7 years; 21-11 this season; 126-108 at Fresno) resigned March 12 to accept the head coaching position at Texas El Paso. GEORGIA (Southeast)-- Mark Fox (9 years; 18-15 this season; 163-133 at UGA; 286-176 overall) was fired March 10, and was replaced as head coach March 15 by Tom Crean (former head coach at Indiana and Marquette). HIGH POINT (Big South)-- Scott Cherry (9 years; 14-16 this season; 146-134 at HPU and overall) resigned "by mutual agreement" March 7. INCARNATE WORD (Southland)-- Ken Burmeister (12 years, last five in Division I; 7-21 this season; 74-67 at UIW in Division I and 127-71 at UIW overall; 186-182 overall) was fired March 6. LONGWOOD (Big South)-- Jayson Gee (5 years; 7-26 this season; 42-120 at Longwood; 202-169 overall) resigned March 2. LOUISVILLE (Atlantic Coast)-- Rick Pitino (16 years; 25-9 this past season; 416-141 at UL; 770-269 overall) was placed on administrative leave, as a prelude to being fired for cause, September 26 after announcement of a Department of Justice investigation into the payment of money by athletic shoe/apparel manufacturers to high school basketball players as facilitated through college basketball coaching staffs members, in which Louisville has been implicated, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis September 29 by David Padgett (assistant coach at UL); Pitino was fired for cause October 17. MAINE (America East)-- Bob Walsh (4 years; 6-26 this season; 24-100 at Maine; 228-163 overall) announced March 5 that he would not seek an extension of his expiring four-year contract, and was replaced as head coach March 5 by Richard Barron (special assistant to the Maine director of athletics, and former Maine women's basketball head coach). MARIST (Metro Atlantic)-- Mike Maker (4 years; 6-25 this season; 28-97 at Marist; 175-129 overall) was fired March 5. McNEESE STATE (Southland)-- Dave Simmons (12 years; 11-17 this season; 154-212 at McNeese and overall) was fired March 4, and was replaced as head coach March 15 by Heath Schroyer (assistant coach at Brigham Young, and former head coach at Tennessee Martin, Wyoming and Portland State). MEMPHIS (American)-- Orlando "Tubby" Smith (2 years; 21-13 this season; 40-26 at UofM; 597-302 overall) was fired March 14. MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE (Conference USA)-- Kermit Davis (16 years; 25-7 this season; 332-187 at MTSU; 453-249 overall) resigned March 15 to accept the head coaching position at Mississippi. MISSISSIPPI (Southeastern)-- Andy Kennedy (12 years; 11-16 this season; 245-155 at Ole Miss; 266-168 overall) announced his resignation February 12, effective at the end of the season. Kennedy announced February 18 that he would step down as head coach immediately rather than at the end of the season, was replaced as head coach on an interim basis February 18 by Tony Madlock (assistant coach at Ole Miss), and was replaced as head coach March 15 by Kermit Davis (head coach at Middle Tennessee State, and former head coach at Idaho and Texas A&M). MISSOURI STATE (Missouri Valley)-- Paul Lusk (7 years; 18-15 this season; 106-121 at MSU and overall) was fired March 3. NICHOLLS STATE (Southland)-- Richie Riley (2 years; 21-11 this season; 35-28 at Nicholls and overall) resigned March 15 to accept the head coaching position at South Alabama. NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE (Conference USA)-- Mark Price (3 years; 3-6 this season; 30-42 at UNCC and overall) was fired December 14, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis December 14 by Houston Fancher (assistant coach at UNCC). Fancher (3-17 this season as interim coach) was fired March 6. PEPPERDINE (West Coast)-- Marty Wilson (8 years, including one as an interim head coach; 4-22 this season; 89-135 at Pepperdine and overall) was informed February 13 that his contract would be terminated at the end of the season, and was replaced as head coach by Lorenzo Romar (associate head coach at Arizona, and former head coach at Pepperdine, Saint Louis and Washington). PITTSBURGH (Atlantic Coast)-- Kevin Stallings (2 years; 8-24 this season; 24-41 at Pitt; 479-324 overall) was fired March 8. SAN DIEGO (West Coast)-- Lamont Smith (3 years; 18-12 this season; 36-50 at USD and overall) was placed on administrative leave February 26 after his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence charges, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis "for the entire post-season" February 26 by Sam Scholl (assistant coach at USD). Smith resigned March 7. SOUTH ALABAMA (Sun Belt)-- Matthew Graves (5 years; 14-18 this season; 65-96 at USA and overall) was fired March 8, and was replaced as head coach March 15 by Richie Riley (head coach at Nicholls State). SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE (Atlantic Sun)-- Kyle Perry (1 year; 7-25 this season, at Upstate and overall) was fired March 1. SOUTHERN (Southwest)-- Roman Banks (5 years; 22-13 this past season; 99-67 at SU and overall) resigned March 31 to accept the athletic director position at SU, and was replaced as head coach on an interim basis March 31 by Morris Scott (associate head coach at SU, and former interim head coach at Okaloosa-Walton College, now JUCO Northwest Florida State). TEXAS EL PASO (Conference USA)-- Tim Floyd (8 years; 1-5 this season; 138-99 at UTEP; 444-282 overall) announced his retirement November 27 immediately after a UTEP loss to Lamar, was replaced as head coach on an interim basis November 28 by Phil Johnson (assistant coach at UTEP), and was replaced as head coach March 12 by Rodney Terry (head coach at Fresno State). UTAH STATE (Mountain West)-- Tim Duryea (3 years; 17-17 this season; 47-49 at USU and overall) was fired March 11. WESTERN CAROLINA (Southern)-- Larry Hunter (13 years; 13-19 this season; 193-229 at WCU; 397-277 overall) resigned March 4.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Mar 16, 2018 14:58:13 GMT -5
Yeah, as others have said, Kirby wasn't on staff for the recruitment of Peak, White, Copeland. Obviously, Kirby did great with getting Otto Porter, but also don't forget that Tyler Adams was a top 100 recruit, 80 on the RSCI index. It is unfortunate he never got to play, but my guess is that had Adams not faced the medical problems, he would have been high impact.
I was very impressed with Kirby the first time he was with the team, and sad to see him go when he left. I think he's a huge asset for this team. He also hasn't been here for even a year yet - while it's true he had preexisting relationships with some players, it's hard to fully evaluate an assistant after one year. I am confident given time he will deliver.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 17, 2018 18:58:40 GMT -5
Meanwhile, at Pitt:
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