Shea discusses Vandy, as a program, and the university itself. I’ve been listening to Shea in press conferences for a couple decades and was still struck by how intelligent and well-spoken she is. Shea may coach Vandy but she’s still one of Our Girls and I couldn’t be prouder
Shea would be crazy to “voluntarily” leave a program that is in a Power 2 conference. UConn needs to get invited into a reconfigured ACC or B12 for Shea to even consider UConn. Even then it would be a long shot.
It's Vanderbilt, Nashville, new practice facility, etc.,etc.,etc. A great spot for a top level student athlete, and that is what Shea is all about. She may not get the top high school recruits because of entrance requirements, but she will certainly get the best people.
Very good point. Of course the men's program will drive that decision if ever there is a decision to be made. Myself, I believe Shea is gone, gone, gone. But life is full of surprises too.
Shea signed the #8 ranked player in the 2024 recruiting class. Justine Pissott, one of the Vandy players reference in the below article, is a transfer from Tennessee and was ranked #11 in high school and Jordyn Oliver, a transfer from Duke, was #12 out of high school. Shea has some talent on her team.
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I think she’s clearly on the short list of desired successors but as she (unsurprisingly imo) brings Vandy into contender status, I find myself worrying that she might not be interested in coming back. She now has facilities that match up with anywhere, she is starting to sign top level talent, and it would not surprise me in the least to see Vandy right up there with LSU, SC, and Texas within two to four years. I can only hope that when the time comes, her deep ties to UConn will carry the day! I must say though, I’m not nearly as confident as I once was!
Vanderbilt is a good coaching job. I say good, but not great because in the recent history prior to Shea there hadn't been a lot of success. The university is investing in athletics generally and in women's basketball in particular. Shea's husband previously was a coach with the program so he already had familiarity with the university and the area. Shea is from the south and as she noted in the interview family and friends enjoy coming to Nashville. She is now having some success there and her programs seems to be trending where she wants it to be heading. All of those things make it incredibly unlikely that any program could lure her away from there. I suspect that Connecticut is one of the few that she would seriously consider, but I doubt she's going anywhere.
She is clearly the one, but I’m thinking she may have chosen a different path and we will not see her back at UConn! There's no way Shea leaves Vandy to go to UConn as an assistant/HC in waiting. I have doubts she'd go back at all but I definitely don't see it the way you've outlined.
CD will retire when Geno does. She has already stated this multiple times. I also don't think that Shea will be coming back. I think Vandy is too good of a fit for her.
I hope as a fan with all the the betting sites you are not putting your money on this. Shea spent a lot of years at UConn.
That's my bet.
Depends on your major.
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