Mike Nardi is officially an assistant coach

[UConnKev]

 

[bjc42]

BIG day for the huskies.

 

[superjohn]

Great hire, he learned from Jay Wright and should be great working with our point guards. Also gives us some insurance if Luke or Kimani move on at some point.

 

[mauconnfan]

Great news!!

Never in doubt

 

[MDHuskFan]

Anyone know what his role on staff would be? I know Luke does a lot of the offense it seems. Kimani seems to have been over a lot the region id assume Nardi covers.

How has he been as a recruiter? Any big names he brought into Nova?

 

[Inyatkin]

Have we nailed down his position on Coldplay?

 

[RichZ]

...Also gives us some insurance if Luke or Kimani move on at some point.

Or if Tom Moore decides to retire. He'll be 60 next month.

 

[ec33]

Great hire, he learned from Jay Wright and should be great working with our point guards. Also gives us some insurance if Luke or Kimani move on at some point.

Selfishly I don't want them leaving, but my big fear has been both Luke and Kimani moving on in the same season. It would have to be a lot harder to lose 3 assistants at the same time, right?

Unselfishly it would be great to see them succeed elsewhere (well, not Nardi yet, he still has the Wildcat stink on him).

 

[djct1999]

Best staff in the country and its not even close.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I remember him from some of our battles with Nova in the mid-00s when I was in college. You're telling me that was 20 years ago and this dude is now 40?! S___ I feel old.

(Good hire though.)

 

[upstater]

I like how they rub it in to Villanova fans in that Welcome post

 

[Eric K]

I remember him from some of our battles with Nova in the mid-00s when I was in college. You're telling me that was 20 years ago and this dude is now 40?! S___ I feel old.

(Good hire though.)

I hated this guy when I watched him and Allan Ray torch us in Hartford back in 2005 (yes 20 years ago). He was Devendorf before Devendorf. I guess its time to root for the laundry...

 

[boog204]

If you told me 15 years ago we’d have a Hurley at head coach, with Bill Murray’s kid and freaking Mike Nardi as assistant coaches, I would’ve wondered what the hell happened. Yet, here we are.

 

[PNolanFan]

Or if Tom Moore decides to retire. He'll be 60 next month.

I thought Tom Moore was moving over to GM?

 

[UConnTrumbull]

I thought Tom Moore was moving over to GM?

He is

 

[Waquoit]

I thought Tom Moore was moving over to GM?

I think that was a joke

 

[Fishy]

I think that was a joke

Why would you think that?

It’s what happened.

 

[Waquoit]

Why would you think that?

It’s basically what’s happening.

Because there was some back and forth about that earlier. He's still right there, involved with the day-to-day operations of the program. He just doesn't hit the road and recruit anymore. He's making how many hundreds of thousands of dollars? Is that retiring? Also, before programs had a title of GM, many of the functions of the position still existed and were handled by an assistant coach. So that was some of my thinking.

 

[Fishy]

Because there was some back and forth about that earlier. He's still right there, involved with the day-to-day operations of the program. He just doesn't hit the road and recruit anymore. He's making how many hundreds of thousands of dollars? Is that retiring? Also, before programs had a title of GM, many of the functions of the position still existed and were handled by an assistant coach. So that was some of my thinking.

He’s not retiring - he’s the literal general manager now.

It really is a position that did not previously exist that now needs to with the introduction of portals, NIL, revenue sharing, etc., etc.

I do not think it is any small undertaking either - I suspect that job is intensive and just does not leave much room for whistles and clipboards.

 

[HooperScooper]

Because there was some back and forth about that earlier. He's still right there, involved with the day-to-day operations of the program. He just doesn't hit the road and recruit anymore. He's making how many hundreds of thousands of dollars? Is that retiring? Also, before programs had a title of GM, many of the functions of the position still existed and were handled by an assistant coach. So that was some of my thinking.

Moore, who was also the head coach at Quinnipiac for 10 seasons (2007-17) turns 60 years old on May 12. He left Quinnipiac to become an assistant under Hurley for one season at Rhode Island and then followed him to UConn to facilitate a smooth transition.

It has not yet been determined how long Moore will remain as the Huskies' GM, as his retirement could be on the horizon.

https://www.nhregister.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/uconn-mike-nardi-dan-hurley-20298517.php

 

[UconnU]

Have we nailed down his position on Coldplay?

He’s a U2 guy.

 

[temery]

UConn Adds Former Villanova Coach Mike Nardi to Staff

UConn men’s basketball announced its first significant coaching staff change in years on Monday.

storrscentral.com

 

[Lafayette]

I'll say it: gnarly!

 

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[Waquoit]

He’s not retiring - he’s the literal general manager now.

It really is a position that did not previously exist that now needs to with the introduction of portals, NIL, revenue sharing, etc., etc.

I do not think it is any small undertaking either - I suspect that job is intensive and just does not leave much room for whistles and clipboards.

I think you missed the thread here. I wasn't calling Moore's move a joke or a cushy job. I was responding to PNolan taking Rich Z's comment "Or if Tom Moore decides to retire. He'll be 60 next month" at face value. I took it to be a quip because we are both older than 60.