2025 WCBB Coaches Hot Seat edition

[cancontent]

I wonder if the coach from SMU is on the hotseat.

If she isn't, I'd be very surprised.

 

[Dillon77]

I'm gonna go ahead and say it's just about impossible to predict if it will work out or not. I can come up with examples of coaches who went from mid major (or even non D1) to P4/P5 and did well, but I think much more often they get canned after somewhere between 3-5 years that don't pan out very well. There's pretty much 3 options when it comes to coaching hires: get an established coach or roll the dice on someone from the mid major level or an assistant coach w/ no previous head coaching experience.

Thanks.

Oh, I was just going along with the Missouri Valley Conference example. As you know, most of us have been watching/commenting on/drawing information on the coaching carousel for years. We've seen some hires from mid-majors do well (see Bowling Green to Michigan State) and others, not so well. Coach Mox is probably going to get some more time to keep going up the hill in Charlottesville.

I like a person like Cunningham because she's got more than 10+ years on coaching winning mid-major programs and has assisted on a very successful P5 team. Stay tuned.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Meh, she always seems to find a way to sneak into the tournament (and could very well do so again this year despite having no quality wins). Arizona is going to hesitate to fire her (she's an alum, after all) unless they find that she's abusive.

They almost certainly won't fire her. The issue would almost certainly not be the results on court, per se, but I suppose there could be some salary vs. results angst.

To be clear, we are not really talking about this year, unless they offer an extension and she says "no" at what is offered. UA offered an extension to only one of 4 coaches that would typically be at that point, and one is ranked in the top 10 in their sport. I can not stress enough that the school simply doesn't have funds to throw around.

The public relations hit, OTH, would be huge. Adia is adored by most of the fan base, actually I like her a good deal as well. As one of the opponent media said, she is one of the few coaches who is brutally honest about her program.