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2022 Coaching turnover

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There have already been multiple D1 coaches fired or who have stepped down-
Mark Turgeon at Maryland - Danny Manning interim
Matt McCall fired by UMass
Dan Muller fired by Illinois State - Brian Jones interim
Richard Barron fired by Maine
Chris Mack resigned at Louisville - Mike Pegues interim
Tubby Smith resigned at High Point -G.G. Smith (Tubby's son) takes over
Brian Katz retired at Sacramento State- Brandon Laird interim
Fran O'Hanlon retired at Lafayette
Jim Hayford resigned at Seattle - Chris Victor takes over
Mike Krzyzewski to retire after season ends- Jon Scheyer to replace him

And today, one new name- UW-Milwaukee fires Pat Baldwin after 5 losing seasons
https://www.jsonline.com/story/sport...ee/9340848002/

Baldwin's record-
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...baldwin-1.html

Expect his son Patrick Baldwin, Jr,, to transfer. He was a 4-star recruit who had offers from Duke, UCLA, Kentucky, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, and numerous other top programs. He committed to Milwaukee to play for his father. He was the highest rated recruit ever to play for a Horizon League team. But he fought injuries all year, and never could stay healthy. In 11 games, he averaged 12.1 ppg and 5.8 rpg.
No doubt, many of those same top teams will pursue him if he does leave Milwaukee (which he will).
Milwaukee's leading scorer DeAndre Gholston (14.3 ppg) wasted no time deciding. Moments after the firing of Coach Baldwin, Gholson announced he was entering the transfer portal. Expect others to follow.
 
ESPN+ has listed a Press Conference for Illinois State basketball on Monday at 11 am. My guess is a new coach may be introduced. They are also looking for a new Volleyball coach, but the schedule did say basketball.
 
BraveBird said:
ESPN+ has listed a Press Conference for Illinois State basketball on Monday at 11 am. My guess is a new coach may be introduced. They are also looking for a new Volleyball coach, but the schedule did say basketball.
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That would be really fast if they are introducing a new head coach. And the great majority of potential candidates are working for teams that are still playing.
 
houstonbrave said:
An announcement that quick would seem to indicate they were hiring someone not currently involved with a team. Steve Prohm ?
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Could it be that they just want to recognize Dan Muller with a press conference to honor him?
Maybe not, but so far, the only official word from ISU or their AD was this very brief press release consisting of this even briefer mention of Muller-
https://goredbirds.com/news/2022/2/...ian-jones-to-serve-as-interim-head-coach.aspx

"Dan informed me of his decision today to step away from coaching for the remainder of the season," ISU Director of Athletics Kyle Brennan said. "We are thankful for Coach Muller's contributions as a coach and student-athlete...
 
You certainly could be right but if you wanted to be respectful and honor Dan why announce firing so early. Seems like the reason to announce early would be to get the hiring process moving. Maybe in an effort to get things in place quickly and hopefully avoid a total exodus from the roster. Not at all sure I am right but the puzzle pieces seem to fit.
 
University of San Diego of the West Coast Conference fires Sam Scholl. He went 48-65 in 4 seasons.
 
More D1 coaches get fired today-
https://www.coachesdatabase.com/coaching-carousel-2022/
Derrin Hansen out as the head coach at the University of Nebraska Omaha (Summit League). He was 5-25 in his 10th season.
Michael Fly fired as coach at Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)- a bit surprising since he went 21-11, and 10-6 in the ASUN
Clayton Bates steps down as coach at Western Michigan (Horizon). He was 8-23 in only his 2nd season.
 
Firings continue-
Tom Crean, once one of the hottest names in college coaching, gets fired again. University of Georgia to "part ways" with Crean after the SEC Tournament, which starts Wednesday. Crean has been at Georgia for 4 seasons and has never come close to a winning season in the SEC. His record this season is 6-25, 1-17 in the SEC. His cumulative record 47-74 overall, and 15-57 in the SEC, so far.
 
I know we haven’t had any turnover among assistant coaches under Wardle, but I wonder if he’d reach out to Crean if a spot opened up.
 
ihatetea said:
I know we haven’t had any turnover among assistant coaches under Wardle, but I wonder if he’d reach out to Crean if a spot opened up.
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I think that is unlikely. I don't see Crean taking a major step down to an assistant spot at a mid-major, when he's coached virtually his entire career at high-majors.
Here is his career record as a head coach. He was extremely successful at Marquette, and had some success at Indiana too (three Sweet 16's), until his final 2 seasons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crean_(basketball)#Head_coaching_record

Crean signed a 6-year contract when he was hired at Georgia, so he has $3.2 million per year coming his way for the next 2 years.
Also, tI think here is a chance with all the open D1 head coaching spots that will be available this year and next, that he might have his choice of a head coaching job somewhere. I recall seeing some ISU people hoping he would be available as a replacement for Dan Muller. But the MVC may be too big of a step down for him. :)

Also, he was out of work for 1 year after Indiana fired him (2017) and when Georgia hired him (2018), and he did some ESPN TV analyst work. And I thought he was very good. So we might see him go back to TV work.
 
Larry Brown went from 1974-2016 as the head coach of power conference schools or nba teams and now is an assistant at Memphis. When you have earned as much as these guys sometimes you take a “lesser” job if it offers something you aren’t getting elsewhere, like working with a former player you had a good relationship with. I highly doubt Crean would come, more thinking if Wardle would give him a call. There’s not even any indications any of the assistants will move on.
 
Are there more potentials for coaching turnover in the MVC?

I would imagine Evansville would have to be looking into getting rid of Litckliter and breath some fresh air into their program.
 
Alabama State head coach Mo Williams resigns. He was 12-24 in 2 seasons there.

He is expected to be named the new head coach at Jackson State, where head coach Wayne Brent retired.
 
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