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2017-18 Coaching carousel

tornado said:
a former Northern Iowa player and assistant coach was just named head coach of the Toronto Raptors. - LINK
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Interesting. The Raptors had a very good season last year. They were 59-23 under Dwane Casey, by far the best record in franchise history, and easily the best record in the NBA Eastern Conference. Only the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference had a better record. Casey has had 5 winning seasons in a row, while the franchise had only had a total of 4 winning seasons in their entire 18 year history before that. He was named the 2018 National Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year, yet he got fired on May 11, right after the Raptors were eliminated in the 2nd round of the playoffs by Cleveland. On Monday, June 11, he was hired as the new head coach of the Detroit Pistons.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/TOR/

Nick Nurse, who was an assistant under Casey for the last 5 seasons, is the new head coach of the Raptors. He played for UNI from 1985-1989. But UNI did not join the MVC until 1991, so he never played in the MVC, and has never played against Bradley.
 
braves16 said:
https://twitter.com/TonyPaul1984/status/1006959477059391489
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UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY TO INTRODUCE NEW MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH IN THURSDAY PRESS CONFERENCE

The University of Detroit Mercy will introduce Mike Davis, a coaching veteran with a track record of success, as the 22nd Head Coach of the Titans Men’s Basketball program in a press conference, on Thursday June 14, 2018 on the University’s McNichols Campus.

WHAT: Introduction of Mike Davis as new Men’s Basketball Head Coach

WHEN: Thursday June 14, 2018 – 11 a.m.

WHERE: Student Center Building Ballroom, University of Detroit Mercy
Entrance off McNichols Road, just east of Livernois Avenue
Parking will be adjacent to the building, Lot B

WHO: Dr. Antoine Garibaldi, President, University of Detroit Mercy
Robert C. Vowels, Jr. Director of Athletics, University of Detroit Mercy
Mike Davis, Head Coach, University of Detroit Mercy Titans Men’s Basketball

HOW: After a speaking program, where the audience of journalists, alumni and University employees will hear from Dr. Garibaldi, Mr. Vowels and Coach Davis, the Coach will be available for one- on-one interviews following the press conference.

CONTACT: P.J. Gradowski-Titan Athletics
Office - (313)-993-1700 – ext. 7325
Cell - (313) 585-0982
[email protected]

Gary D. Lichtman-University of Detroit Mercy
Office- (313) 578-0336
Cell- (248 ) 207-1319

NOTE: The press conference will stream live for alumni and fans via ESPN3.com
 
ISU's Dan Muller has reportedly just hired Chris Duhon to fill the open assistant slot on his staff


Here are the recent headlines on Chris Duhon.....waiting for Kirk Wessler to write a story about ISU's renegade program...
2015 - Chris Duhon arrested for DUI after he passes out in the driver's seat - LINK
2016 - arrested for AGGRAVATED DUI and suspended from his assistant coaching job - LINK
2016 - Duhon swears he has cleaned up his life and it won't happen again - LINK
2017 - Chris Duhon resigns his job as assistant after the 3rd time he had gotten arrested for driving while his license was suspended for his prior DUI's - LINK
 
He doesn't seem to mind having players who break laws and spend much of their time in court, so why is it any surprise he'd hire a coach who has the same character issues.
 
Muller's players spend so much time in jail it pays to have a coach on the "inside." As an added bonus no more trips to the jail to bail his players out.
 
doubt many will recall him, but a native Peorian was just hired at Lamar University
as Associate Athletic Director & Chief Financial Officer...
http://lamarcardinals.com/news/2018/6/15/general-jon-haarlow-named-chief-financial-officer.aspx
https://www.panews.com/2018/06/15/lamar-hires-haarlow-as-cfo-for-athletics/

Jon Haarlow (who went by "BJ" back then) was a Peoria Christian grad, played basketball & baseball, played at ICC then went to Indiana, New Mexico and other positions from there...
 
Chicago State is one of four schools that has still not named a new coach yet after firing Tracy Dildy on March 12 (Delaware State, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Texas Southern are the other three).
But here is something I am not sure I've ever seen before-
https://twitter.com/VerbalCommits/status/1011055662024060928

It appears a 2018 recruit, 5'9" junior college point guard named Darrell Riley, Jr. of Williston State College just committed to Chicago State tonight. He played 1 season at Mississippi Valley State in 2016-17 and averaged 9.0 ppg as a freshman there, then played his sophomore season at Williston State where he averaged 15.4 ppg and 5.1 assists per game.

He seems like a decent recruit for Chicago State. But, how does a recruit commit to a college that doesn't even have a head coach? And unless I missed it, they never named an interim head coach either. I've never seen a school land a new recruit when they didn't even have a head coach. So who is doing the recruiting, and what recruit would commit to a school when he doesn't even know who the coach will be?
Just one more bizarre happening at Chicago State. I wonder if they have secretly decided on a new head coach, but are waiting to announce it? There has been a case or two in the past where a school had to wait until after July 1st to see what their budget would be before announcing the hiring of a new coach.
There have been unconfirmed rumors that assistant coach Matt Raidbard may get the job, but other basketball people in Chicago thinks that is unlikely for reasons that may be apparent-
http://www.gocsucougars.com/coaches.aspx?rc=428&path=mbball

Chicago State's other assistant coach is former Creighton player James Farr, but so far, there have been no rumors that he will get the job.
http://www.gocsucougars.com/coaches.aspx?rc=426&path=mbball

BTW, I came across this article from a year ago. Chicago State was actually considering adding football as a sport by fall of 2018! This was an interview with the Interim Athletic Director Tracy Dildy (who was also the basketball coach) saying they were considering football. However, Dildy was fired in March after a 3-29 season (1-29 vs. D1).
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories...-football-cheering-and-marching-band-programs

They did just hire former Chicago Bear Chris Zorich as their new Athletic Director, but with all the financial problems they have, I still don't think football is going to happen.
http://www.gocsucougars.com/news/20...orich-as-new-athletics-director.aspx?path=gen
 
Da Coach said:
Chicago State is one of four schools that has still not named a new coach yet after firing Tracy Dildy on March 12 (Delaware State, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Texas Southern are the other three).
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Texas Southern didn't waste any time replacing Mike Davis. I always admire ADs who skip the prolonged search process, refuse to hire those search firms who always recommend the same recycled names, and who avoid the committees that never get the job done well. As noted, just a few days after Davis left to take the Detroit job, Texas Southern announces they have hired Nevada assistant coach Johnny Jones as their new head coach-
https://www.rgj.com/story/sports/co...ing-nevada-top-post-texas-southern/731759002/

He has been head coach before at North Texas and LSU-
Head coaching record-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Jones_(basketball_coach)#Head_coaching_record

Here is the updated list from tornado-
Arkansas - Little Rock - Wes Flanigan fired - Darrell Walker HIRED
Bryant - Tim O'Shea steps down - Frank "Happy" Dobbs is Interim - Jared Grasso HIRED
Cal State - Northridge - Reggie Theus fired - Mark Gottfried HIRED
Charlotte - Mark Price fired after just 2+ seasons - Assistant Houston Fancher is interim but will not be retained - Virginia asst Ron Sanchez HIRED
Chicago State - Tracy Dildy fired - OPEN
Colorado State - Larry Eustachy resigns - Niko Medved HIRED
Delaware State - Keith Walker fired - OPEN- Keith Johnson is Interim
Detroit - Bacari Alexander fired - Mike Davis HIRED
Drake - Niko Medved left for Colorado State - Darian DeVries HIRED
Eastern Carolina - Jeff Lebo resigned - Michael Perry is interim - Joe Dooley HIRED
Eastern Kentucky - Dan McHale resigns - AW Hamilton to be HIRED
Evansville - Marty Simmons fired - Walter McCarty HIRED
Florida Atlantic - Michael Curry fired - Florida asst. Dusty May HIRED
FGCU - Joe Dooley leaves for ECU - Michael Fly HIRED
FIU - Anthony Evans fired - Jeremy Ballard HIRED
Fresno State - Rodney Terry leaving to take UTEP - Justin Hutson HIRED
Georgia - Mark Fox fired - Tom Crean to be HIRED
High Point - Scott Cherry fired - Tubby Smith HIRED
Incarnate Word - Ken Burmeister fired - Carson Cunningham HIRED
LaSalle - John Giannini fired - Ashley Howard HIRED
Longwood - Jayson Gee fired - Griff Aldrich to be HIRED
Louisville - Rick Pitino out - David Padgett in as interim but he will not be retained - Chris Mack to be HIRED
Loyola-Maryland - GG Smith fired - Tavaras Hardy HIRED
Maine - Bob Walsh fired - Richard Barron HIRED
Marist - Mike Maker fired - John Dunne HIRED
Maryland-Eastern Shore - Bobby Collins Fired - OPEN - Clifford Reed is "Interim"
McNeese State - Dave Simmons fired - Heath Schroyer HIRED
Memphis - Tubby Smith fired - Penny Hardaway HIRED
Middle Tennessee - Kermit Davis hired away to Ole Miss - Nick McDevitt HIRED
Mississippi - Andy Kennedy out - Kermit Davis HIRED
Missouri State - Paul Lusk fired - Dana Ford HIRED
Mount St. Mary's - Jamion Christian left for Siena - Dan Engelstad HIRED
Nicholls State - Ritchie Riley leaves for S. Alabama - Austin Claunch HIRED
North Alabama - Bobby Champaign fired - Tony Pujol HIRED
Pepperdine - Marty Wilson out at end of year - Arizona Assistant Lorenzo Romar HIRED
Pitt - Kevin Stallings fired - Jeff Capel HIRED
Rhode Island - Danny Hurley leaves for UConn - David Cox rumored HIRED
Siena - Jimmy Patsos fired - Jamion Christian of Mt. St. Mary's HIRED
St. Peters - John Dunne left for Marist - Shaheen Holloway HIRED
San Diego - Lamont Smith resigns - Sam Scholl HIRED
South Alabama - Matt Graves fired - Ritchie Riley HIRED
SC-Upstate - Eddie Payne out - Kyle Perry is interim but has not been retained - Dave Dickerson HIRED
Southern University - fires interim HC Morris Scott - Sean Woods HIRED
Tennessee State - Dana Ford left for Missouri State - ISU assistant Brian "Penny" Collins HIRED
Texas Southern - Mike Davis leaves for Detroit - Nevada assistant Johnny Jones HIRED
UC-Riverside - Dennis Cutts fired - Assistant Justin Bell is Interim - David Patrick HIRED
UConn - Kevin Ollie fired - Danny Hurley to be HIRED
UNC-Asheville - Nick McDevitt leaves for MTSU - Mike Morrell HIRED
University of South Dakota - Craig Smith leaves for Utah State - Todd Lee HIRED
UT-Arlington - Scott Cross FIRED - Chris Ogden HIRED
UTEP - Tim Floyd steps down - Phil Johnson is interim - Rodney Terry to be HIRED
Utah State - Tim Duryea fired - Craig Smith HIRED
Western Carolina - Larry Hunter steps down - Mark Prosser HIRED
Xavier - Chris Mack leaves to take Louisville - Travis Steele HIRED

3 head coaching jobs still open
 
Jones' head coaching record isn't half bad. Now, to skew it by going 0-13 in the non-con portion of the schedule, all on the road, for big fat checks, followed up by an NCAA appearance. He'd probably be able to coach anywhere. Instead, he goes to Texas Southern. It would be interesting to know what the TSU AD offered him in order to take him from Nevada (maybe a 25% cut from those big fat checks?).
 
tornado said:
interesting story
..a low level high school coach, who got fired in 2017 after somewhat of a scandal centering on a Nigerian star player who was the #1 rated recruit in the Class of 2019......
suddenly, despite no college experience, is hired as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky under Rick Stansbury. And this coach just happens to be the guardian for the 2019 stud, who just happens to commit to Western Kentucky! Imagine that coincidence...
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Western Kentucky will pay this minimally experienced assistant $200,000 per year - LINK
 
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