2018 College Basketball Coaching Carousel

[hoyas315]

[hoyas315]

[SDHoya]

Who in their right mind would want that Pitt job right now? They may not have a team next year at this rate.

[njhoya78]

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 25 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, and was replaced as head coach March 19 by Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway (entrepreneur active in sports promotional activities in Memphis, and former player with NBA's Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, New York Knickerbockers and Miami Heat).
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, and was replaced as head coach March 19 by Ron Sanchez (associate head coach at Virginia).
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.

[TrueHoyaBlue]

I don't think I'd want the Pitt job, but if Willard was looking to bounce, now's as good a time as ever, as the Hall will have a significant rebuild coming up.

[boxout05]

You'd think he'd learn from Jamie Dixon. Things didn't go well when he had to recruit his rugged NYC players to play in a whistle-happy Tobacco Road.

[hoyaboya]

Still think we blew it not getting this guy when we had the chance last year...great article on Danny Hurley.

“In my opinion, Danny is very, very good,” one A-10 assistant coach told ZAGSBLOG. “I think he’d do really, really well. As an opposing team I’ll personally send a bottle of wine to get him out of the league.”

www.zagsblog.com/2018/03/20/dan-hurley-would-be-a-recruiting-force-at-uconn-or-pitt-college-high-school-and-aau-coaches-say/

[jwp91]

Mar 20, 2018 10:39:20 GMT -5 hoyaboya said:

Still think we blew it not getting this guy when we had the chance last year...great article on Danny Hurley.

“In my opinion, Danny is very, very good,” one A-10 assistant coach told ZAGSBLOG. “I think he’d do really, really well. As an opposing team I’ll personally send a bottle of wine to get him out of the league.”

www.zagsblog.com/2018/03/20/dan-hurley-would-be-a-recruiting-force-at-uconn-or-pitt-college-high-school-and-aau-coaches-say/

If there is such a thing as blasphemy on this board, I suggest this would be it. We have Patrick Ewing who is hustling his a** recruiting which was the one major question about him. And you are pining for Hurley? Shaking my head.

[hoyaboya]

Mar 20, 2018 10:41:22 GMT -5 jwp91 said:

Mar 20, 2018 10:39:20 GMT -5 hoyaboya said:

Still think we blew it not getting this guy when we had the chance last year...great article on Danny Hurley.

“In my opinion, Danny is very, very good,” one A-10 assistant coach told ZAGSBLOG. “I think he’d do really, really well. As an opposing team I’ll personally send a bottle of wine to get him out of the league.”

www.zagsblog.com/2018/03/20/dan-hurley-would-be-a-recruiting-force-at-uconn-or-pitt-college-high-school-and-aau-coaches-say/

If there is such a thing as blasphemy on this board, I suggest this would be it. We have Patrick Ewing who is hustling his a** recruiting which was the one major question about him. And you pining for Hurley. Shaking my head.

How is that blasphemy? Hurley has accomplished far more than Ewing as a college basketball coach. It's not even close.

[DallasHoya]

Mar 20, 2018 10:51:24 GMT -5 hoyaboya said:

Mar 20, 2018 10:41:22 GMT -5 jwp91 said:

If there is such a thing as blasphemy on this board, I suggest this would be it. We have Patrick Ewing who is hustling his a** recruiting which was the one major question about him. And you pining for Hurley. Shaking my head.

How is that blasphemy? Hurley has accomplished far more than Ewing as a college basketball coach. It's not even close.

This board wouldn't exist without Patrick Ewing playing at Georgetown.

[EtomicB]

Mar 20, 2018 8:05:48 GMT -5 TrueHoyaBlue said:

I don't think I'd want the Pitt job, but if Willard was looking to bounce, now's as good a time as ever, as the Hall will have a significant rebuild coming up.

Seton Hall will be competitive again next season, Powell, Cale & Thompson are a good start for any team..

The roster Willard will have coming back will be light years ahead of Pitt's..

[jwp91]

Mar 20, 2018 10:57:56 GMT -5 EtomicB said:

Mar 20, 2018 8:05:48 GMT -5 TrueHoyaBlue said:

I don't think I'd want the Pitt job, but if Willard was looking to bounce, now's as good a time as ever, as the Hall will have a significant rebuild coming up.

Seton Hall will be competitive again next season, Powell, Cale & Thompson is a good start..

The roster Willard will have coming back will be light years ahead of Pitt's..

Depaul next year will be years ahead of Pitt.

[hoyaboya]

Another good article on Hurley's current decision...

www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/dan-hurleys-decision-pitt-uconn-or-rhode-island-in-demand-coach-has-tough-choice/

[NCHoya]

Mar 20, 2018 10:57:56 GMT -5 EtomicB said:

Mar 20, 2018 8:05:48 GMT -5 TrueHoyaBlue said:

I don't think I'd want the Pitt job, but if Willard was looking to bounce, now's as good a time as ever, as the Hall will have a significant rebuild coming up.

Seton Hall will be competitive again next season, Powell, Cale & Thompson are a good start for any team..

The roster Willard will have coming back will be light years ahead of Pitt's..

Willard would be a natural fit for Pitt, but the current state of that program has to scare him away. He is secure at SHU after 3 straight NCAAs, while at Pitt he would probably need 3 years just to get that program to where Georgetown is right now.

[hoyaboya]

Jon Rothstein
@jonrothstein

The offers made to Dan Hurley by both UConn and Rhode Island are less monetarily than Pitt, but still very much in play, per multiple sources. Decision likely in next 24 hours.

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If you saw the stupid, Coach K-esque faces and spittle-filled ref rants Hurley was making on the sidelines on Saturday, you couldn't possibly want him as the head coach of any team you were going to root for.

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[KHoyaNYC]

Hurley over ewing? No thanks

[blueandgray]

I love what ewing brings to the table. Ewing at Georgetown has a much higher ceiling at Georgetown than Hurley would at Georgetown or Pitt. We are one solid guard away from being a sweet 16 contender next year.

[daveg023]

Mar 20, 2018 19:55:43 GMT -5 blueandgray said:

I love what ewing brings to the table. Ewing at Georgetown has a much higher ceiling at Georgetown than Hurley would at Georgetown or Pitt. We are one solid guard away from being a sweet 16 contender next year.

I too like Ewing more than Hurley for us, but let’s just make the tournament before we proclaim we are a contender for something we haven’t done in 10+ years, even with teams that had Top 10 talent.