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Clemson asst Billy Donlan, former Wright State and UMKC head coach, will be hired at Eastern Michigan University.
 
Little Rock to hire Travis Ford-
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Travis Ford has been head coach at 4 previous D1 schools, and he's had pretty good success at every stop.
He also had the privilege of being told to find another job by Joanne Glasser at Eastern Kentucky in 2005 after leading EKU to the best season in their history, going 22-9, winning the OVC Tournament and playing in the NCAAT.

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Da Coach said:
He also had the privilege of being told to find another job by Joanne Glasser at Eastern Kentucky in 2005 after leading EKU to the best season in their history, going 22-9, winning the OVC Tournament and playing in the NCAAT.
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That is a pretty interesting story...
Travis Ford was doing very well at Eastern Kentucky - in fact just before the 2004-2005 season started, Joanne LOVED how he was doing and gave him a nice extended contract!! - LINK with a salary of $200K (pretty good for a midmajot back then)

So you'd have thought all was well, but like a lot of head basketball coaches, Travis Ford wanted to do things his way and wasn't inclined to put up with all the meddling that Glasser loved to do (like she did here at Bradley as well).
So at the end of 2004-2005 Ford was having problems dealing with Glasser - and bolted for another job....
Interestingly, it was a job that did not pay more - same $200K salary but getting out of EKU and getting away from JKG was priceless.
I recall there were some comments on EKU message boards about the fractured relationship between Ford & Glasser and that Ford
left because of her obsession with micromanaging the basketball program - but we'll prob never know all the facts.
Altho I think we can make a pretty good guess.
 
yoda said:
That is a pretty interesting story...
Travis Ford was doing very well at Eastern Kentucky - in fact just before the 2004-2005 season started, Joanne LOVED how he was doing and gave him a nice extended contract!! - LINK with a salary of $200K (pretty good for a midmajot back then)

So you'd have thought all was well, but like a lot of head basketball coaches, Travis Ford wanted to do things his way and wasn't inclined to put up with all the meddling that Glasser loved to do (like she did here at Bradley as well).
So at the end of 2004-2005 Ford was having problems dealing with Glasser - and bolted for another job....
Interestingly, it was a job that did not pay more - same $200K salary but getting out of EKU and getting away from JKG was priceless.
I recall there were some comments on EKU message boards about the fractured relationship between Ford & Glasser and that Ford
left because of her obsession with micromanaging the basketball program - but we'll prob never know all the facts.
Altho I think we can make a pretty good guess.
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interestingly enough....she took her chances with another Ford at BU...lol
 
Ball State names Chris Capko as its new head coach. He will be the third consecutive coach coming up from the assistant coach ranks who has no HC experience. Let's see how this one goes. Maybe third time is a charm.

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Ball State Tabs Chris Capko as Cardinals' Head Men's Basketball Coach - Ball State University Athletics

MUNCIE, Ind. – Recognized as one of the nation's top assistant basketball coaches with a proven track record in recruiting and player development, Chris Capk...
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Da Coach said:
Western Michigan hires UTRGV head coach Kahlil Fennell
wmubroncos.com

Western Michigan Names Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Finalist Kahil Fennell Head Men’s Basketball Coach - Western Michigan University Athletics

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Western Michigan University Vice President/Director of Athletics Dan Bartholomae has announced the hiring of Kahil Fennell as the new head coach
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Bio- https://wmubroncos.com/staff-directory/kahil-fennell/1772
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Interesting, he has only 2 years of head coaching experience - and is 35-29, 22-20 in the Southland Conference.
 
yoda said:
Interesting, he has only 2 years of head coaching experience - and is 35-29, 22-20 in the Southland Conference.
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He took over a perennial losing program that won only 6 games the year before he got there.
He won 16 games his first year, despite UTRGV's move from the WAC to a tougher conference, the Southland. He won 19 games this year and went 14-8 in the Southland Conference, which is 5 more wins than they ever had before. Prior to UTRGV, he was an assistant at BYU and is credited with helping boost BYU from a mid-major into a national power.
 
Alan Huss is originally from Decatur, Illinois. He played ball at Creighton under Dana Altman from 1997-2001. Those were good teams, but Huss was a fairly deep reserve on those teams. He averaged 3.2 ppg for his career. He was an assistant at Creighton under McDermott from 2017-2023. His first college head coaching job was at High Point from 2023-2025. He took over a losing program, and won 27 and 29 games in the two seasons he was there, along with 2 Big South titles, and an NCAA Tournament appearance, the first in High Point's history. Last year, he left High Point to return to Creighton and be their "coach in waiting".
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High Point Panthers Men's Basketball Index | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Check out the High Point Panthers College Basketball History, Stats, Records, Polls, Leaders and More College Basketball Stats at Sports-Reference.com
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Alan Huss coached a few prep teams including Decatur Christian School and the freshman team at Decatur Eisenhower.
Then he coached at Culver Academy (IN) and La Lumiere (IN) and with his strong prep connections got jobs as a DI assistant.
Little known fact - while Huss was head coach at Decatur Christian and his teams were playing in the Washington Tournament
of Champions (yearly high school tourney now named the Kevin Brown Tournament of Champions) he was a poster
on this message board....
He used two different screen named back in 2006-2009 and added useful info about his players, a few of which landed at DI schools.
 
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