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2015-2016 Coaching Carousel

New UNLV head coach Marvin Menzies is going to have to grab as many spring recruits he can find just to get enough players on his roster next season to compete.
http://www.abqjournal.com/758443/sp...ire-nmsu-basketball-coach-marvin-menzies.html

He inherits a tough situation, though. Between transfers, graduated players and those who have declared for the NBA Draft, the Rebels have only four players currently on the roster. And one of those, Ben Carter, already has received his release as a possible graduate transfer, though he has said he may not leave. The team doesn??™t have a single Class of 2016 recruit who has signed a binding letter of intent. And the program, as athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy said last week, could be facing Academic Progress Rate penalties from the NCAA which, depending on severity, could lead to scholarship reductions, practice restrictions and even postseason bans.
 
Interesting housecleaning...

Heartland Community College (juco in Normal, IL) is terminating the AD from that position and eliminating his position... (as well as other positions) and saving $1.5 mil in the process!
Any work of the AD would be absorbed by people in other positions.
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/loca...cle_7841cdc1-c7f7-5f19-8cb8-cf61ec997129.html

The Heartland AD is Nate Metzger - also the baseball coach - a position he is not losing, and they went thru this back in 2013 as well then re-instated the AD position.
 
Another DI opening...
UT-Martin head coach Heath Schroyer leaves to take an assistant spot at NC State
UT-Martin will hire their own top assistant Anthony Stewart as interim for 2016-17
 
New Mexico State hires their own assistant Paul Weir
Dartmouth hires Northeastern assistant David McLaughlin

Only Delaware & No. Colorado still open
...so 51 openings (counting UNLV twice and also counting Austin Peay since they did NOT have an official head coach until their interim guy was hired)
49 are filled - two still open..


Arkansas-Little Rock - Chris Beard leaving to take UNLV - Wes Flanigan hired
Arkansas State - John Brady retiring - Grant McCasland hired
Army - Zach Spiker left for Drexel - Jimmy Allen hired
Austin Peay - Dave Loos was interim this season - now he's hired for next year
Central Connecticut - Howie Dickenman fired - Donyell Marshall hired
Central Florida - Donnie Jones fired - Johnny Dawkins hired
Columbia - Kyle Smith leaves & takes USF - Jimmy Engles hired
Cornell - Bill Courtney fired - they hired Brian Earl
Dartmouth - Paul Cormier fired - they hired David McLaughlin
Delaware - Monte Ross fired
Detroit - Ray McCallum fired - Michigan asst. Bacari Alexander hired
Denver - Joe Scott fired - Rodney Billups hired
Drexel - Bruiser Flint fired - Zach Spiker hired
Georgia Tech - Brian Gregory fired - Josh Pastner reportedly hired
Jacksonville State - James Green fired - Ray Harper hired
James Madison - Matt Brady fired - Louis Rowe hired
Maryland-Baltimore County - Aki Thomas fired - Ryan Odom hired
Memphis - Josh Pastner reportedly leaving to take Georgia Tech - Tubby Smith hired
Milwaukee - Rob Jeter fired - Lavall Jordan hired
NJIT - Jimmy Engles left to take Columbia - Brian Kennedy hired
New Mexico State - Marvin Menzies leaves to take UNLV - they hired Paul Weir
Nicholls State - JP Piper fired - Richie Riley hired
NC A&T - Cy Alexander fired - Jay Joiner hired
Northern Colorado - BJ Hill fired
Oklahoma State - Travis Ford fired - Brad Underwood hired
Pacific - Ron Verlin fired - Damon Stoudemire hired
Pitt - Jamie Dixon leaves to take TCU - Kevin Stallings hired
Portland - Eric Reveno fired - Terry Porter hired
Prairie View A&M - Byron Rimm fired - Byron Smith hired
Rutgers - Eddie Jordan fired - Steve Pikiell hired
Saint Louis - Jim Crews fired - Travis Ford hired
San Francisco - Rex Walters fired - Columbia's Kyle Smith hired
Santa Clara - Kerry Keating fired - Herb Sendek hired
South Dakota State - Scott Nagy left for Wright State - TJ Oetzelberger reported hired
Southern Utah - fired Nick Robinson - Todd Simon hired
Stanford - fires Johnny Dawkins - Jerod Haase hired
Stephen F. Austin - Brad Underwood leaves to take Oklahoma St. - Kyle Keller hired
Stony Brook - Steve Pikiell leaves to coach Rutgers - Jeff Boals hired
TCU - Trent Johnson fired - Jamie Dixon hired
Texas Tech - Tubby Smith goes to Memphis - Chris Beard hired
Tulane - Ed Conroy fired - Mike Dunleavy, Sr. hired
UAB - Jerod Haase left for Stanford - Robert Ehsan hired
UNLV - Dave Rice is fired - UALR's Chris Beard hired - he leaves for Texas Tech - see below
UNLV - Chris Beard leaves to take Texas Tech - they then hired Marvin Menzies
UT-Martin - Heath Schroyer leaves to take asst. spot at NC State - they hired Anthony Stewart
UTRGV - fired Dan Hipsher - Lew Hill hired
UTSA - Brooks Thompson fired - Steve Henson hired
Valparaiso - Bryce Drew leaves to take Vanderbilt - Matt Lottich hired
Vanderbilt - Kevin Stallings leaves to take over at Pitt - Bryce Drew hired
Western Kentucky - Ray Harper fired - Rick Stansbury hired
Wisconsin - Bo Ryan stepped down - Greg Gard was Interim - now hired as Head Coach
Wright State - Billy Donlan fired - report- Scott Nagy hired
Wyoming - Larry Shyatt resigns - Allen Edwards hired



BTW - with two Michigan assistants hired elsewhere (LaVall Jordan & Bacari Alexander) - the talk there is
that John Beilein's son Pat Beilein (ex-BU assistant) will get hired at Michigan as assistant.
 
someone asked me today why neither Rob Judson nor Jerrance Howard got hired for a head coaching spot this spring...

well, I have no idea, maybe they were called or interviewed, but...
either way, I think the reasons it didn't happen are pretty obvious..and it sure isn't because they aren't great candidates - and I'll bet it does happen some day.
Judson has been a head coach and just this past year one of his own close friends left the IU staff (Steve McClain) to be hired elsewhere and left the spot for Rob to move up!
Jerrance was willing to leave if the position paid well and was ideal - and that was his own home town school - but it got torpedoed.

But, the reasons -
First- this spring there were a remarkably high number of positions that were really LOW majors that I have to think would be bad or dead end jobs where you'd never be able to win - jobs like Army, Jacksonville State, Prairie View A&M, NC A&T, UTRGV, etc...
It's hardly any wonder that a top assistant at a TOP BCS-caliber school wouldn't even submit a resume for such a low level position.

Then, you gotta remember - that those top BCS schools pay their assistant upwards of $250,000, $300,000 and more!!!
Very few midmajor jobs pay anywhere close to that! (the guy hired to replace Wardle at Green Bay, Linc Darner, is getting just over $200K)
So - again, why would anyone leave a secure job with perks earning $300K to take a shaky position that's a total rebuild for far less than that?

Then, lastly, at least in the case of Jerrance - the answer is simply because it's KANSAS...
he can afford to be extremely picky and wait until the absolute right spot or best conceivable option comes along BECAUSE IT EVENTUALLY WILL.
That's what we saw when Northwestern came calling for Chris Collins, and Wisconsin finally asked for Greg Gard to take over...
 
Interesting breaking story brewing on Jeff Neubauer, who is currently the head coach at Fordham where ex-Bradley assistant Jaden Uken is currently an assistant under Neubauer.

Neubauer was also Dr. Joanne Glasser's hire at Eastern Kentucky when Travis Ford left.

Briefly stated, it appears he went to Europe occasionally for scouting/recruiting purposes, and had "affairs" (to choose a 'nice' way to say it) with a Czech woman and now his wife has found out and is tweeting some interesting comments. Some are tweeting calls for his resignation.
https://twitter.com/RunKnitTravel/status/731117850220498944
https://twitter.com/RunKnitTravel/status/729661357705076736
https://twitter.com/runknittravel


Last summer they landed a kid from Czech Republic
http://news.fordham.edu/athletics/david-pekarek-joins-mens-basketball-program/

..and have another Czech kid coming in this fall
https://twitter.com/eurohopes/status/721061255813971968
 
based on a few unsubstantiated reports, that this is more complicated than anyone really knows, but hopefully it turns out for the best for all involved.....
..she may have known about this last year but only now is changing her tone due to further actions by her husband...
 
Illinois State seeing more exodus of talent...
they lose another assistant on their basketball coaching staff.

Will Veasley, who functioned as ISU's Director of Basketball Operations
is hired as an assistant for the North Dakota State Bisons under former UNI assistant Dave Richman



also - former SIU FB head coach Jerry Kill gets REUNITED with Bruce Weber...
he is hired as Associate Athletic Director at Kansas State
http://www.startribune.com/jerry-ki...-athletic-director-at-kansas-state/379779791/
 
Just a little more activity in DI coaching...

Only Delaware is still open
but a new spot just opened up then filled...
Canisius' head coach Jim Baron suddenly steps down & retires, with assistant Pat Clarke taking over as interim

...so 52 openings with just one left open


...so far nothing new on the Fordham/Jeff Neubauer situation - except this - LINK - LINK


Arkansas-Little Rock - Chris Beard leaving to take UNLV - Wes Flanigan hired
Arkansas State - John Brady retiring - Grant McCasland hired
Army - Zach Spiker left for Drexel - Jimmy Allen hired
Austin Peay - Dave Loos was interim this season - now he's hired for next year
Canisius - Jim Baron retires - Pat Clarke takes over and is hired as interim
Central Connecticut - Howie Dickenman fired - Donyell Marshall hired
Central Florida - Donnie Jones fired - Johnny Dawkins hired
Columbia - Kyle Smith leaves & takes USF - Jimmy Engles hired
Cornell - Bill Courtney fired - they hired Brian Earl
Dartmouth - Paul Cormier fired - they hired David McLaughlin
Delaware - Monte Ross fired
Detroit - Ray McCallum fired - Michigan asst. Bacari Alexander hired
Denver - Joe Scott fired - Rodney Billups hired
Drexel - Bruiser Flint fired - Zach Spiker hired
Georgia Tech - Brian Gregory fired - Josh Pastner reportedly hired
Jacksonville State - James Green fired - Ray Harper hired
James Madison - Matt Brady fired - Louis Rowe hired
Maryland-Baltimore County - Aki Thomas fired - Ryan Odom hired
Memphis - Josh Pastner reportedly leaving to take Georgia Tech - Tubby Smith hired
Milwaukee - Rob Jeter fired - Lavall Jordan hired
NJIT - Jimmy Engles left to take Columbia - Brian Kennedy hired
New Mexico State - Marvin Menzies leaves to take UNLV - they hired Paul Weir
Nicholls State - JP Piper fired - Richie Riley hired
NC A&T - Cy Alexander fired - Jay Joiner hired
Northern Colorado - BJ Hill fired - Jeff Linder hired
Oklahoma State - Travis Ford fired - Brad Underwood hired
Pacific - Ron Verlin fired - Damon Stoudemire hired
Pitt - Jamie Dixon leaves to take TCU - Kevin Stallings hired
Portland - Eric Reveno fired - Terry Porter hired
Prairie View A&M - Byron Rimm fired - Byron Smith hired
Rutgers - Eddie Jordan fired - Steve Pikiell hired
Saint Louis - Jim Crews fired - Travis Ford hired
San Francisco - Rex Walters fired - Columbia's Kyle Smith hired
Santa Clara - Kerry Keating fired - Herb Sendek hired
South Dakota State - Scott Nagy left for Wright State - TJ Oetzelberger reported hired
Southern Utah - fired Nick Robinson - Todd Simon hired
Stanford - fires Johnny Dawkins - Jerod Haase hired
Stephen F. Austin - Brad Underwood leaves to take Oklahoma St. - Kyle Keller hired
Stony Brook - Steve Pikiell leaves to coach Rutgers - Jeff Boals hired
TCU - Trent Johnson fired - Jamie Dixon hired
Texas Tech - Tubby Smith goes to Memphis - Chris Beard hired
Tulane - Ed Conroy fired - Mike Dunleavy, Sr. hired
UAB - Jerod Haase left for Stanford - Robert Ehsan hired
UNLV - Dave Rice is fired - UALR's Chris Beard hired - he leaves for Texas Tech - see below
UNLV - Chris Beard leaves to take Texas Tech - they then hired Marvin Menzies
UT-Martin - Heath Schroyer leaves to take asst. spot at NC State - they hired Anthony Stewart
UTRGV - fired Dan Hipsher - Lew Hill hired
UTSA - Brooks Thompson fired - Steve Henson hired
Valparaiso - Bryce Drew leaves to take Vanderbilt - Matt Lottich hired
Vanderbilt - Kevin Stallings leaves to take over at Pitt - Bryce Drew hired
Western Kentucky - Ray Harper fired - Rick Stansbury hired
Wisconsin - Bo Ryan stepped down - Greg Gard was Interim - now hired as Head Coach
Wright State - Billy Donlan fired - report- Scott Nagy hired
Wyoming - Larry Shyatt resigns - Allen Edwards hired
 
Delaware had been without an AD for a while, and was waiting until that spot got filled before hiring a head coach.
Delaware's new AD just started in his position-
http://collegead.com/university-delaware-14/

And now they are interviewing candidates-
http://www.delawareonline.com/story...delaware-hones-hunt-new-hoops-coach/84532846/

They are using the Parker Executive Search firm. But the first person they wanted to interview just backed out already-
https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/733340964895477760
 
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