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NMS Coach Chris Jan headed to Mississippi State.

ESPN is reporting that Chris Jans will be next Mississippi State coach. Good way to leverage a win over UConn. New Mexico State also beat MS State in Jackson, MS in December of 2019 over Ben Howland.
 
Good for him. His team played hard and never gave in. Great defensive team and physical

Not sure how well he can recruit and Starkville is a difficult place to have success. Get paid he deserves it
 
Very good coach. Recruiting definitely the question mark.
 
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Knew this was inevitable. He did a lot of good for the program but recruiting to Mississippi State will be a challenge in the beginning.

Not sure what NMSU does now.
 
Watched him at the halftime interview with the announcer. Seemed like a personable guy.

Looked pretty focused on the sidelines too.

Maybe, Miss. State got tired of Ben Howland and recent dropoff of wins, and no recent NCAA appearances.

Everybody wants to dance, few are invited.

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This guy is another one from the Greg Marshall tree, correct? Like Steve Forbes at Wake Forest…these guys seems to have success.
 
Tex-Lager93 said:
This guy is another one from the Greg Marshall tree, correct? Like Steve Forbes at Wake Forest…these guys seems to have success.
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Looks that way. As stated in the article, "Jans also had a stint as an assistant coach at Wichita State during the Shockers' undefeated 2013-14 regular season"

Seems like this was in motion prior to UConn win but the win over UConn and good showing against Arkansas probably confirmed it. Hard to believe they could do the necessary vetting with legal team in a few days but I could be mistaken.
 
This guy has been on the "next in line" list for a P5 job for a while. Now as good a time as any to make the leap.
 
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Tex-Lager93 said:
This guy is another one from the Greg Marshall tree, correct? Like Steve Forbes at Wake Forest…these guys seems to have success.
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Whatever his other issues, Marshall was one hell of a basketball coach.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Whatever his other issues, Marshall was one hell of a basketball coach.
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I agree. Wichita has disappeared since. Considering all of the 2nd, 3rd, etc chances being given out there, I’m surprised he’s not back on the sidelines (at South Carolina)…assuming he wants to.
 
Wikipedia already lists him as Mississippi State coach. Always interesting how quickly such things are updated.
 
Tex-Lager93 said:
I agree. Wichita has disappeared since. Considering all of the 2nd, 3rd, etc chances being given out there, I’m surprised he’s not back on the sidelines (at South Carolina)…assuming he wants to.
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He coached at Winthrop before Wichita and is from South Carolina. Seems like a great fit
 
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Tex-Lager93 said:
I agree. Wichita has disappeared since. Considering all of the 2nd, 3rd, etc chances being given out there, I’m surprised he’s not back on the sidelines (at South Carolina)…assuming he wants to.
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Does Juwan Howard need another assistant?
 
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HCCForever said:
Seems like this was in motion prior to UConn win but the win over UConn and good showing against Arkansas probably confirmed it. Hard to believe they could do the necessary vetting with legal team in a few days but I could be mistaken.
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Marvin Menzies had NMSU playing in March in 6 of his final 7 seasons prior to Jans. He went to UNLV and was mediocre. But he's available to come back if they want him. NMSU has been top of WAC for more than a decade. I imagine they'll be fine unless they hire a total schmuck. Guess they could also offer the job to Howland, who wants to stay fairly close to SoCal.
 
storrsroars said:
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Marvin Menzies had NMSU playing in March in 6 of his final 7 seasons prior to Jans. He went to UNLV and was mediocre. But he's available to come back if they want him. NMSU has been top of WAC for more than a decade. I imagine they'll be fine unless they hire a total schmuck. Guess they could also offer the job to Howland, who wants to stay fairly close to SoCal.
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Howland makes sense as I first remember him coaching Northern Arizona prior to Pitt.
 
zls44 said:
Guy is a really, really good coach. Was before this week.
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5 years as a head coach and he’s never won less than 20 games. He is a great coach who will make Mississippi State competitive.
 
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