Dillon77
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A (possible) topic to bat around while waiting for the McDonald's game and, then, the Final Four weekend.
Jonathan Tsipis -- who spent nine years working with Muffet McGraw before taking over George Washington for four years -- will be introduced as the new head coach at Wisconsin on Thursday. UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez -- a former Irish coach (football) himself before heading to Madison -- said he was looking for a candidate who had worked with a successful, long-standing coach.
With that in mind, where does GW -- now a firmly re-established mid-major -- go with its next HC choice? They hired Tsipis before he had head-coaching experience, but had worked with McGraw on recruiting and game plans. Where do they go now? Do they try to find gold with the Irish again? Or do they look at another established program? Three ideas to toss around:
- ND's Niele Ivey, who -- like Tsipis -- was also McGraw's main recruiter?
Would be a bear to lose her prowess as a recruiter coordinator and point-guard coach, but at some point it's time to make the leap for her.
Or, a former Irish player, specifically:
- Megan Duffy, now in her second stint as an assistant to Kim Barnes Arico, this time at Michigan (after doing the same at St. John's). Duffy also worked as Tsipis' top assistant at GW his first few years and recruited/coached a number of GW's top guards. This year she's worked with Katelynn Flaherty, Michigan's break-out guard.
Looking at other top programs, what about:
- Shea Ralph, who has now been at UConn for 8 years. She's learned from the best (both Geno and Chris), has high visibility and has obviously shown that she works well with guards.
On a thread a few weeks back, I saw some discussions of where/when Shea might go. GU strikes me as a good first coaching program that could parlay into a big job -- see Mr. Tsipis. Plus, in this case, it's not in bad shape at all...their big center is leaving, but three starters return.
Thoughts?
Jonathan Tsipis -- who spent nine years working with Muffet McGraw before taking over George Washington for four years -- will be introduced as the new head coach at Wisconsin on Thursday. UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez -- a former Irish coach (football) himself before heading to Madison -- said he was looking for a candidate who had worked with a successful, long-standing coach.
With that in mind, where does GW -- now a firmly re-established mid-major -- go with its next HC choice? They hired Tsipis before he had head-coaching experience, but had worked with McGraw on recruiting and game plans. Where do they go now? Do they try to find gold with the Irish again? Or do they look at another established program? Three ideas to toss around:
- ND's Niele Ivey, who -- like Tsipis -- was also McGraw's main recruiter?
Would be a bear to lose her prowess as a recruiter coordinator and point-guard coach, but at some point it's time to make the leap for her.
Or, a former Irish player, specifically:
- Megan Duffy, now in her second stint as an assistant to Kim Barnes Arico, this time at Michigan (after doing the same at St. John's). Duffy also worked as Tsipis' top assistant at GW his first few years and recruited/coached a number of GW's top guards. This year she's worked with Katelynn Flaherty, Michigan's break-out guard.
Looking at other top programs, what about:
- Shea Ralph, who has now been at UConn for 8 years. She's learned from the best (both Geno and Chris), has high visibility and has obviously shown that she works well with guards.
On a thread a few weeks back, I saw some discussions of where/when Shea might go. GU strikes me as a good first coaching program that could parlay into a big job -- see Mr. Tsipis. Plus, in this case, it's not in bad shape at all...their big center is leaving, but three starters return.
Thoughts?