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Bradley hires new coach- Geno Ford

Welcome to BU Coach Ford and good luck as you put your staff together and talk to these young men and I hope you can keep all of them if they fit your system.
 
Welcome, Coach Ford! Get ready to be embraced by Brave Nation.

Hmmmm.....now if we can just get a mascot! A car or F-150 perhaps to "drive" down the lane? Anyway, I'm excited to get a proven winner and am looking forward to our Braves being built Ford tough. Is it November yet?
 
Here is one interesting connection between a coach at Kent State and Bradley President Joanne Glasser, though I doubt this played any part in the hiring of Geno Ford-

Geno Ford's top assistant is Associate Coach Rob Senderoff-
http://www.kentstatesports.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/Rob_Senderoff

Now, we don't know if Geno Ford will bring any of his assistant coaches with him, but it seems like a good chance he might bring Senderoff, his right-hand man and chief recruiter. Among Senderoff's former assistant coaching stops was a 1 year stint at Towson State University from 2001-2002 under first year head coach Michael Hunt.
The Executive Vice President and chief advancement officer at Towson University was Joanne Glasser, who left Towson late in August of 2001 to take over as President at Eastern Kentucky University. There would have been a few months overlap between the time Senderoff was hired as an assistant at Towson, and when Glasser left, so there is a chance they knew each other.


One more tidbit of information- Kent State, despite winning the MAC for the last 2 years, only averaged 3,464 fans per game at home. Coach Ford should be pleasantly surprised with the crowds at the Civic Center.
 
BUSongwriter said:
Welcome, Coach Ford! Get ready to be embraced by Brave Nation.

Hmmmm.....now if we can just get a mascot! A car or F-150 perhaps to "drive" down the lane? Anyway, I'm excited to get a proven winner and am looking forward to our Braves being built Ford tough. Is it November yet?
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Mustang Sally.
 
Jeff Goodman of FoxSports.com calls Geno Ford "one of the funniest guys in the business". So we know he has a sense of humor. That's good!:D

One blogger lists these guys as possible replacements at Kent State-
Rob Senderoff, Pat Kelsey, Orlando Antigua, Archie Miller, Jeff Boals, Dane Fife, Pat Skerry & Matt Graves.

I doubt they will be able to get Antigua (top Kentucky assistant and regarded by some as the top recruiter in the country), or Matt Graves (top Butler assistant, and likely to get higher offers)
 
Da Coach said:
Here is one interesting connection between a coach at Kent State and Bradley President Joanne Glasser, though I doubt this played any part in the hiring of Geno Ford-

Geno Ford's top assistant is Associate Coach Rob Senderoff-
http://www.kentstatesports.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/Rob_Senderoff

Now, we don't know if Geno Ford will bring any of his assistant coaches with him, but it seems like a good chance he might bring Senderoff, his right-hand man and chief recruiter. Among Senderoff's former assistant coaching stops was a 1 year stint at Towson State University from 2001-2002 under first year head coach Michael Hunt.
The Executive Vice President and chief advancement officer at Towson University was Joanne Glasser, who left Towson late in August of 2001 to take over as President at Eastern Kentucky University. There would have been a few months overlap between the time Senderoff was hired as an assistant at Towson, and when Glasser left, so there is a chance they knew each other.


One more tidbit of information- Kent State, despite winning the MAC for the last 2 years, only averaged 3,464 fans per game at home. Coach Ford should be pleasantly surprised with the crowds at the Civic Center.
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This hire looks good. I'm really glad that the hiring process is complete. BU definitely kept this quiet.
 
Good hire. Completes my checklist nicely:

1) Proven winner - 2 MAC titles. Has that program just ahead of the other programs in the MAC.

2) Quality scheduler - me personally, one thing I worried about was replacing Les' ability to schedule up in the non-con and be relevant on a national stage. Kent St usually leads the MAC in RPI and always has solid SoS numbers.

3) Midwest ties - local enough to take advantage of local recruiting opportunities
 
Also, it's pretty sad what's happened to the MAC. 10 years ago, this was a premier mid-major conference. Now, their best program is losing a coach to the MVC, something I would've laughed at if you told me that 10 years ago.

You could make an argument that Kent St is even a better job at the moment than Bradley, but the ceiling for Bradley's program is so much higher than at Kent St. This makes me excited because if Geno could keep Kent St at the top of the MAC, keeping Bradley at the top of the MVC is going to come with much bigger and better results.
 
Congrats and welcome to Coach Ford. Being a guy who is also folically challenged it's nice to see another one come on board. I would think it's possible that he may have already talked to some of his new players. I hope we'll see them at the press conference. It will be interesting to see who he brings in as assistant coaches, which current assistants he'll keep and if any of his Kent St. recruits will come with him. I hope Coach Ford knows just how passionate Braves nation can be. All he has to do is get on this web site to find out just how much.
 
Welcome Coach Ford. Good luck in getting the current players to stay and the recruits to come on board. You will love the fan support.
 
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