Coaching openings

[Basket]

Stephanie Norman has, of course, not said anything publicly but the consensus opinion here in Louisville is that she is content where she is. She and Purcell are the two lead recruiters, and she and Purcell share the scouting and game planning duties.

Purcell was the lead recruiter for Georgia native Asia Durr and also recruited Myisha Hines-Allen and Sam

Just because she wasn't hired in previous interviews doesn't mean she didn't perform well during them. No different than a job interview. You can knock it out of the park to your potential employer but they still go in a different direction.

If you can get Buffalo to the NCAA tourney more than once you should be in demand. I think the bad experience in Indiana should be far enough behind her. Few coaches can do what she has done in Buffalo.

 

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[Plebe]

Wow.

By low-major standards, this is a quick trigger for a 5-year HC who'd won two conference regular season titles and been to one NCAAT. But, certainly, this was a bad season for the Aggies of the Las Cruces (10-19 overall, 10th out of 14 teams in the WAC).

 

[Kat]

Interesting. I wonder if due to their last few years of less than stellar seasons, less than great recruiting, And oh yeah, a certain close proximity school who has now passed them in results and prestige has the school athletic department exerting any pressure on her. What do you think VG?

She took ASU to the sweet sixteen in 2019, the last season before covid times. 25 years at ASU, 3 seasons at Northern AZ--that's a lot. "It's just time" she said. A great coach who wants to do other things now.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

This made me think about the commitment from Nika Muhls little sister Hana. She was an Illinois commit.

 

[Geew1992]

West Virginia Coach, Mike Carey, is retiring

 

[cancontent]

West Virginia Coach, Mike Carey, is retiring

Will be interesting to see who ends up taking over this program.

 

[Argonaut]

Syracuse is a good fit for her, I suspect.

As to the rest, she has baggage from her time at Indiana. Nothing horrible, but she didn't do well there and the issue would not arise at every school (or with every team).

I will be SHOCKED if she isn’t announced as the next Syracuse HC within a week after UB’s season ends.

And I really believe she can turn them into a top 5 ACC team again.

 

[Basket]

I will be SHOCKED if she isn’t announced as the next Syracuse HC within a week after UB’s season ends.

And I really believe she can turn them into a top 5 ACC team again.

I dont understand why they waited and didn’t offer this past year

 

[Argonaut]

I dont understand why they waited and didn’t offer this past year

Honestly, I think the coaching change happened so late in the summer that she might not have felt like she could abandon UB. I think there is a reason Syracuse kept a coach they’d have no qualms with kicking to the curb at the end of this season to make way for the hometown hero to return. The exodus of players already happened and the portal thoroughly picked, so regardless of who took the reins this season, it was going to be ROUGH.

 

[Dillon77]

Here's a bit more on that, via Raoul:

 

[Coler]

GG should be looked at for the Illinois job. She's from the midwest. I think she could turn that program around.

 

[Geew1992]

Cynthia Cooper-Dyke has announced her retirement

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[tigers4ever]

The question was what top coach could be lured to TAMU?
Most of them are pretty strongly tied to the school as an alum or being from the area, or what they’ve built so far. I don’t see them leaving — Geno Frese wesM dawn Walz Vic Mulkey Tara Moren bluder graves.

So who does that leave (in terms of existing established coaches) that might consider it?

(And yes they could hire an asst or lower tiered HC too)

I would think a good AD would already have a coach lined up at aTm since they've known about retirement for over a year. Vic Schaefer is an aTm alum and he recently went on tirade re: lack of support that Texas wbb gets in terms of attendance.

 

[bballnut90]

GG should be looked at for the Illinois job. She's from the midwest. I think she could turn that program around.

I hope someone gives her a shot, I know it was 15 years ago but Duke was a true powerhouse and title favorite many years under her. Her career is one of the biggest "what ifs" when it comes to coaches.

 

[Plebe]

I hope someone gives her a shot, I know it was 15 years ago but Duke was a true powerhouse and title favorite many years under her. Her career is one of the biggest "what ifs" when it comes to coaches.

I'm sure she'll be given a shot, especially given her current team's surge.

Unfortunately, her stint at Texas just fell flat and when your resignation statement says you're "tired" then it tends to tank your market value a bit. She's done the right thing by taking assistant positions, first at CMU and now at Kentucky.

Their loss to Maryland in 2006 is definitely one of the biggest missed chances ever.

 

[Basket]

She took ASU to the sweet sixteen in 2019, the last season before covid times. 25 years at ASU, 3 seasons at Northern AZ--that's a lot. "It's just time" she said. A great coach who wants to do other things now.

25 years is enough is right. Good coach that was terrific for her school. I like that she didn’t keep hanging on. Sylvia Hatchell coached too long. Very obvious the Rutgers coach should retire too. Gary Blair got out just in time. Good move.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Sadly, not a very successful coach. Not all star players make good coaches. We played Texas Southern at home, one of the few games I attended before Covid surged. Not a very good basketball team. From a dismal conference.

I was saddened that the folks sitting next to me had no idea who she was. To be fair, they had no idea who Marist was, or their coach, Brian Gorges, even though Marist had a number of successful (for their level) NCAA appearances.

Rutgers played one of Cooper-Dyke's teams years ago, I think it was Prairie View, I've always remembered her approaching Cappie mid-court post game, post handshake line, and signaling her that she needed to shoot more. Nice move from one star player to another.

 

[triaddukefan]

Although the WBB Coaching changes can be ruthless at times... it still pales in comparison to the men's side. Xavier won its first game in the NIT... and fired its coach the next day. Miss State lost last night in the NIT.. coach is fired today.

I'm sure she'll be given a shot, especially given her current team's surge.

Unfortunately, her stint at Texas just fell flat and when your resignation statement says you're "tired" then it tends to tank your market value a bit. She's done the right thing by taking assistant positions, first at CMU and now at Kentucky.

Their loss to Maryland in 2006 is definitely one of the biggest missed chances ever.

Logs onto this site in a good mood...

sees this post.... not in a good mood anymore Ranks right beside Super Bowl 50 as the worst sports Ioss in my entire life.

Lemme log off and eat a donut and go for a walk

 

[bballnut90]

Sadly, not a very successful coach. Not all star players make good coaches. We played Texas Southern at home, one of the few games I attended before Covid surged. Not a very good basketball team. From a dismal conference.

I was saddened that the folks sitting next to me had no idea who she was. To be fair, they had no idea who Marist was, or their coach, Brian Gorges, even though Marist had a number of successful (for their level) NCAA appearances.

Rutgers played one of Cooper-Dyke's teams years ago, I think it was Prairie View, I've always remembered her approaching Cappie mid-court post game, post handshake line, and signaling her that she needed to shoot more. Nice move from one star player to another.

All of the WNBA's original Big 3 have struggled to find success in the coaching ranks (Swoopes, Thompson, Cooper)

 

[BRS24]

 

[triaddukefan]

A sportswriter's thoughts on who WVU should look for. I didn't know that BC's coach was a WV Native and former Mountaineer assistant

Who Will Be WVU’s Next Women’s Basketball Coach?

 

[StlRon]

ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis University Director of Athletics Chris May announced today that SLU is moving forward with a coaching change in its women's basketball program. The decision comes after an in-depth, postseason review of the program.

"Lisa Stone did an exemplary job of building our program to a high level of respectability," May said. "I thank Lisa for her tireless efforts in working to serve our program.

"Women's basketball is a critically important program at SLU," May said. "Our goal is to play in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship regularly. This is a great job in women's college basketball, and our program is well positioned for sustainable, long-term success with Chaifetz Arena and, in the very near future, the O'Loughlin Family Champions Center. We have begun a national search focused on a group of highly successful professionals in college basketball."

Stone is one of the most accomplished coaches in SLU women's basketball history. In 10 seasons at SLU, she amassed a 164-138 record. She has a 36-year head coaching record of 667-375 and ranked 14th in wins among active NCAA Division I head coaches prior to this season. Stone's five winning seasons and four postseason appearances at SLU are the most by a Billiken women's basketball coach.

 

[Basket]

A sportswriter's thoughts on who WVU should look for. I didn't know that BC's coach was a WV Native and former Mountaineer assistant

Who Will Be WVU’s Next Women’s Basketball Coach?

BC’s Coach Mac would do well there. I think it’s a step up from BC