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2019-2020 Coaching Carousel

Samford is reportedly about to hire Bucky McMillan as their next head coach. He was previously head coach at Mountain Brook High School in Alabama. He will also hire Jake Headrick as an assistant. Headrick has been an assistant under Dana Ford for the last 2 seasons.
 
A bit off topic but from 72-75 Ron Harris was the Head Coach at samford. Ron was an assistant for Joe Stowell, a Bradley graduate and later returned to Peoria. I remember Bradley playing Samford at the Fieldhouse in Ron’s second season at Samford.
 
I remember Ron well. He got out of coaching after his years at Samford and into private business in Peoria. He remained a dedicated Bradley fan and was at nearly every home game for many years. He was limited by Parkinsons Disease his last few years, but still tried to make it to games and Braves Club functions. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2018-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...is-passes-away
Obit- https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pjstar/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-v-harris&pid=190189658&fhid=10868
 
Da Coach said:
Loyola Marymount will hire Marquette associate head coach Stan Johnson as their new head coach.
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Marquette Associate Head Coach Stan Johnson takes the head coaching job at Loyola Marymount.
https://marquettewire.org/4030114/sports/breaking-stan-johnson-receives-head-coaching-job-at-lmu/

That leaves a prime opening on the Marquette coaching staff under Head Coach Steve Wojciechowski. I am hearing there are a lot of coaches with connections in the state of Wisconsin who are interested in applying.
It will be interesting to see who is hired to fill the opening, or will they promote from within?
Rob Judson is there as a "Special Assistant to the Head Coach", a non-coaching position, although he is a qualified coach-
https://gomarquette.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2019-20#sidearm-roster-coaches

Could there be anyone at Bradley with interest? :wink:
 
UIC to hire Texas assistant Luke Yaklich. He has also been an assistant at Michigan and Illinois State. He did not play college basketball but was a student manager for the Illinois State team in the late 1990s.
 
I would wheel in Ron to some games. Yes he suffered from Parkinson's but was a dedicated BU fan until the end. Too bad he passed before seeing the recent success. He was more optimistic than me!
 
As posted above, former Wisconsin-Milwaukee head coach and current Minnesota assistant Rob Jeter is finalizing contract details and will become the next head coach at Western Illinois. Jeter was a candidate for the Bradley head coaching job in 2011 when he was then head coach at UW-Milwaukee, and it was rumored that Jeter was the personal favorite of President Joanne Glasser at one time, but other issues took him out of consideration.

Current coaching changes-

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Holy Cross - Bill Carmody retires - Brett Nelson, an assistant coach at Marquette hired as head coach
Cleveland State - fired Dennis Felton - Dennis Gates, an assistant coach at Florida State, hired as head coach
UNC-Wilmington - fired C.B. McGrath - Rob Burke interim head coach- named Takayo Siddle as new head coach 3/13/20
Evansville- fired Walter McCarty - named Bennie Seltzer interim head coach, then hired Todd Lickliter as their new head coach
University of Idaho - fired Head Coach Don Verlin - Assistant coach Zac Claus named head coach
Central Arkansas - Brad Pennell will not return - Assoc. Head Coach Anthony Boone named Head Coach
Iona- Tim Cluess steps down due to health reasons- Rick Pitino hired as head coach
Grand Canyon- Dan Majerle fired, Bryce Drew hired as new head coach
Wyoming- fired Allen Edwards, and hired Jeff Linder
UAB- Robert Ehsan fired; Andy Kennedy hired
Loyola Marymount- fired MIke Dunlap; hired Stan Johnson
Northern Colorado- Jeff Linder left to take Wyoming job; Steve Smiley promoted to head coach.
Samford- fired Scott Padgett; hired Bucky McMillan
SEMO- Rick Ray fired; Brad Korn hired
James Madison- fired Louis Rowe; hired Mark Byington of Georgia Southern
UIC- Steve McClain fired; to hire Luke Yaklich
Western Illinois- Billy Wright let go after WIU does not renew contract; Rob Jeter hired as new head coach.
Northern Arizona - Jack Murphy takes an assistant spot at Arizona - Asst. coach Shane Burcar named Head Coach
Georgia Southern- Head Coach Mark Byington left to take James Madison job; Hired Texas Tech assistant Brian Burg
Western Michigan- Steve Hawkins fired; Clayton Bates promoted to head coach
Air Force- fired Dave Pilipovich; Joe Scott hired
New Div. I member Tarleton State hires Billy Gillispie

Interim-
IUPUI - Jason Gardner fired - assistant coach Byron Rimm still listed as Interim Head Coach; now rumor that IUPUI is temporarily suspending their search
North Carolina A&T- Jay Joiner still listed as head coach, but remains suspended; Asst. Coach Will Jones is still interim head coach. He was named MEAC Coach of the Year



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Northern Arizona will make Shane Burcar their Head Coach.
Burcar has served as interim head coach since June 2, 2019, when head coach Jack Murphy left to become an assistant at Arizona.


Another school with an interim head coach IUPUI, is rumored to be temporarily suspending their search.
No announcement has been made when it will resume or about their head coaching position.
 
Georgia Southern, whose head coach Mark Byington left to take the James Madison job, will be hiring Texas Tech assistant Brian Burg as their next head coach.
 
Western Michigan promotes their Associate Head Coach Clayton Bates to the position of new head coach.
 
Air Force hires re-Joe Scott, who coached Air Force from 2000-2004 and won a Mountain West Championship in 2004 and went to the NCAA Tournament. He left in 2004 to take the head coaching job at Princeton. He was also head coach at Denver, and an assistant at Holy Cross and Georgia.
 
One other coaching change of significance....
Tarleton State University is a Division II school that will join Division I officially on July 1, 2020. They just replaced their head coach, naming Billy Gillispie as their new head coach-
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/te...-Tarleton-State-head-coach-Div-I-15167615.php

Billie Gillispie is a former assistant coach at Tulsa and Illinois under Bill Self. He has been the head coach previously at UTEP, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Texas Tech. He has had issues of player abuse and NCAA violations in his past, as well as a history of alcohol abuse and multiple arrests for DUI. But he is also known as a superb recruiter, and he has a history of winning, so Tarleton State is rolling the dice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gillispie
 
One D1 head coach who many thought was on the "hot seat" this season was Dave Leitao of DePaul. But despite going just 3-15 in the Big East and finishing in last place for the 4th straight season, Leitao just got a contract extension through 2023-24 from DePaul. Leitao is a good guy and it's nice for him, but DePaul fans are not too happy with this.
https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/sta...80556186619905

Note that the replies to this tweet are not so kind.
 
Da Coach said:
One D1 head coach who many thought was on the "hot seat" this season was Dave Leitao of DePaul. But despite going just 3-15 in the Big East and finishing in last place for the 4th straight season, Leitao just got a contract extension through 2023-24 from DePaul. Leitao is a good guy and it's nice for him, but DePaul fans are not too happy with this.
https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/sta...80556186619905

Note that the replies to this tweet are not so kind.
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I heard Janet Glasser was the President at DePaul now.
 
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