Who should win Big East Coach of the year?

[Jaydumo20]

Who is your choice for COTY in the BE?

 

[thekollieman]

I voted Holloway but Willard is kind of the obvious best choice in hindsight (other than Hurley, who remains the de facto best and most important coach in the conference of course).

 

[Bobol]

Holtman at DePaul has done a great job this season.

Two seasons ago DePaul was zero wins and 20 losses in the Big East - this being his second year his team has won 7 Big East games.

 

[Inyatkin]

Kim English has as good a shot as anyone

 

[DFW HOYA]

Kevin Willard.

 

[UCann]

What exactly is coach of the year supposed to be? The best coach? The coach that did the most with the least? The most improved coach? If it’s supposed to be the best coach then it’s between Hurley and Pitino. Though Pitino underperformed preseason expectations and Hurley outperformed. Therefore it should go to Hurley. Not sure how anyone else is even in consideration.

 

[Kolumbo]

Willard, Holtman, Pitino have all done very good jobs but the award should go to the Big Dog.

 

[gsmooth]

1) Kevin Willard
2) Shaheen Holloway
3) Chris Holtzmann

I am setting that based on how they exceeded expectations and the difficulty of the job relative to results. Willard had to bust his sazz to put that roster together in the last second.

Hurley and Pitino could get it as they both have done an excellent job so far, but I guess they are a victim of their own success and the fact their teams were expected to be top tier.

 

[REB1094]

Kevin Willard. Hurley and Pitino were supposed to finish 1 and 2, they breezed to 1 and 2

I get that Seton Hall was supposed to be a bottom feeder and now they’re 4th, but should .500 and being on the bubble be accepted as good enough to be in COY conversations? I don’t think so

I’d go Willard 1, Hurley 2, Pitino 3

 

[nomar]

Willard. Nova was down, he got them back up.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

I put Pitino, even though I dislike him, because I thought he did a very good job getting 11 newcomers onto the same page.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I went with Holtmann. That was a Herculean task. Willard surprised a lot of people, including myself. Dont expect much out of them in the tourney- either tourney. Last night's game, he said at the half- we have no size. I think his team over-performed. People still want to go to Nova. Ain't nobody trying to play for DePaul. Remarkable.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Close between Shaheen and Willard. I am leaning tow Shaheen considering that he was picked for last place in the BE

 

[Scoe]

Really nobody but since it has to be somebody it’s Holtman.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Really nobody but since it has to be somebody it’s Holtman.

Because the Conference votes before the BET, it can be noted that Holtman went undefeated against Central time zone competition.

 

[auror]

Do you include recruiting and retention in coach of the year? Because that's part of the job, right? That's always my struggle.

 

[FightOnCT]

There isn’t a team this year that came from the shadows to the top like SJU last year or Marquette in ‘23. Hurley frankly and remarkably has performed to almost exact expectation (currently ranked the same as preseason). Pitino has been overall disappointing.

By default, I guess Willard but I voted Sha because I think Seton Hall has had a greater relative jump in expectations and I also like him more I guess. Hard to gauge when you only have 3 tourney teams

 

[ucp990411]

I think we should all vote for Kim English. The Providence administraters might see our vote and give him another year. Their whole team would hit the portal and we could bring Vaaks on board. The guy can play but needs a coach to teach him.

 

[Greathusky]

I think one factor for voting for COY is the amount of NIL money available for a team vs. the end results. My vote goes to Holloway.

 

[ucp990411]

Holtman. DePaul might get a first round by in the conference tournament. Imagine that. I watched their game yesterday at Marquette and DePaul actually had fans there. I never knew they had fans. They should be in the NIT this year. I will be rooting for them.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Hurley only gets 26% of the vote from his own fanbase?!

Spoiled indeed.

 

[Deepster]

Explain to me how Hurley isn't the best coach in the league?

Record in conference
Recruiting
Transfer Portal use
Player development
In game coaching/XOs

A guy like Willard gets an award because he got more from a recently average program? I say nope. I say it's a great step for Nova and a great step towards maybe someday being COTY but Hurley had the best season of any coach in the league without question.

 

[nomar]

Who voted for Matta? 😀

 

[nadav]

Cooley. The concern he has for other teams attendance is unparalleled

 

[blkknight1]

Holtmann. He's won as many games in the big east this year as DePaul has won in the last 3 years.
Willard. Nova looks better than they have since 2right left, still work to do though
Holloway. Nobody thought Seton hall would do anything this year and had them on the cusp of the ncaa tournament.