I'm genuinely asking this, but does he actually want to be a HC? I mean, making close to $1M/yr at a blue blood as an AHC seems like a dream gig to me...Life at a mid-major for marginally more money and infinitely less job security doesn't seem like a great trade off to me.
It does but I could also see a guy like Kimani end up being the next hot coach at Fairfield like Ed Cooley was and parlay that into running his own high level program.
You gotta start somewhere if you want a life as a head coach at higher levels. You don't typically go from assistant to a major program head coach.
I understand that, but being an AHC at a certified blue blood seems like a better quality of life than a low/mid major head coach, especially in the days of NIL and transfer portal. Every good player is going to get poached which makes mid major jobs 100x harder.
I can kind of see that, but feel like taking the job is pretty low risk too. I think both of them could parlay it into a good mid major or even high major job eventually, but worst case if they flame out the spot is always open to come back. Just like Tom Moore did after his stint at Quinnipiac
Actually, I think when the coach proposed a recruiting trip to Bangkok, the AD said enough is enough.
Cooley was ok, good recruiter and teacher of the game, but never had a clue on how to improve a program from the bottom up. Fairfield hasn’t seen anyone like that since Fred Barakat, who used to throw me and my high school buddies out of the gym, right before practice.
True but I think Ed does show that Fairfield is a good enough first job to begin stepping up the rings of a ladder for a quality assistant to eventually run their own major program.
