2022 Coaching Carousel

[dr. gunnie]

Dennis Gates would be a home run hire for Mizzou!

Ok, full disclosure - I don’t know anything about Dennis Gates, I just know he’s not Kim English.

 

[Pablo]

Report: Mizzou targets Cleveland State's Dennis Gates in coaching search

Gates, 42, is 50-40 in three seasons at the Horizon League school.

www.ktbs.com

"COLUMBIA, Mo. - Cleveland State coach Dennis Gates has emerged as the target in Missouri’s basketball coaching search to replace Cuonzo Martin, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Friday night. Thamel reported there was "clear mutual interest between both parties," but not a final deal. Missouri did not confirm the report or announce a hire Friday. Mizzou fired Martin after he went 78-77 in five seasons.

Gates, 42, is 50-40 in three seasons at Cleveland State with two straight Horizon League regular-season championships and one NCAA Tournament appearance last year. Gates, a Chicago native, played in college at California in the Pac-12 and later spent eight seasons as an assistant at Florida State under Leonard Hamilton. He's signed through 2027 with a salary of $550,000.

There's a mizzou connection to Gates' time at Cleveland State: Former athletics director Mike Alden was serving as CSU's senior advisor to the school's president shortly before Gates was hired there in 2019

MU was thought to be pursuing George Mason coach Kim English, a popular former MU player, as well as San Francisco coach Todd Golden and Murray State's Matt McMahon. Florida announced Golden as its head coach earlier Friday. McMahon's team plays St. Peter's in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday."

 

[Junkees9]

Dennis Gates to Missouri would be a home run for Mason as well. Fingers crossed that Gates is their choice.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

More of the same.

Sources: Mizzou targets Cleveland State's Gates

Dennis Gates, whose Cleveland State teams won back-to-back Horizon League regular-season titles, has emerged as the target in Missouri's men's basketball search, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[GSII]

Caputo to GW.

 

[mkaufman1]

Caputo to GW.

Link to an article? I saw gw hoops was talking about him but no idea if there’s any teeth to it.

 

[psyclone]

Link to an article? I saw gw hoops was talking about him but no idea if there’s any teeth to it.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1505218145652465664

View: https://twitter.com/RumorsCoach/status/1505218145652465664

 

[gmujim92]

Hearing JT3 might be in play for GW, which would be wild.

If I was a Saint Joe’s fan, I’d be absolutely disgusted to be stuck with Billy Lange given what is happening with the quality of coaching in the A-10. Their AD should admit she screwed up and cut bait because they’re not getting out of the pillow fight round with Lange as coach.

 

[psyclone]

"A source confirmed reports on Saturday that Mizzou is close to hiring Cleveland State's Dennis Gates as the university's new men's basketball coach. ESPN's Pete Thamel first reported late Friday night that Mizzou was close to ending its search for a new coach by targeting Gates. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and PowerMizzou.com both reported that Gates will be the choice pending approval by the Missouri Board of Curators, information that a KOMU 8 source confirmed on Saturday afternoon.

Gates, who took over the Cleveland State program starting with the 2019-20 season, is the two time Horizon League Coach of the Year. He has led the Vikings to the NCAA Tournament once in three seasons, losing to Houston in the 1st round in 2021. Gates' overall record as head coach at Cleveland State is 50-40.

Cleveland State just wrapped up a 20-11 season with a 1st round loss in the NIT to Xavier. Prior to his time at Cleveland State Gates was an assistant to Leonard Hamilton at Florida State. He was on the bench in Tallahassee for 8 years, including FSU's 2018 Elite Eight run that started with a 1st round win over Missouri."

Mizzou close to hiring Dennis Gates as MBB coach

Multiple KOMU 8 sources confirmed reports that Dennis Gates is likely to become the next men's basketball coach at Mizzou pending approval by the Board of Curators

www.komu.com

 

[Walter]

Tiger fans are hating the hire. But this was always going to end like this. A big name was never going to go to Columbia. It was always going to be a guy with potential. Let’s just hope he is successful at Mizzou. But more importantly, let’s hope KE is successful here.

 

[gmujim92]

Xavier is hiring Sean Miller, so at this point if Matt McMahon is looking to move on from Murray State the power conference jobs available are Kansas State, South Carolina and Mississippi State.

 

[gmujim92]

Tiger fans are hating the hire. But this was always going to end like this. A big name was never going to go to Columbia. It was always going to be a guy with potential. Let’s just hope he is successful at Mizzou. But more importantly, let’s hope KE is successful here.

My bet is Kim kills it at Mason and stays here just long enough for Maryland to get sick of Willard, then takes that job 4-5 years from now and stays there for a long time.

 

[Walter]

Oh my, the things being posted on TigerBoard. I am sure it doesn't reflect most Mizzou fans, but I can't believe what I am reading.

 

[Walter]

Just read that LSU is trying to get Gates before he agrees to accept MU’s offer. I hate LSU.

 

[gmujim92]

Just read that LSU is trying to get Gates before he agrees to accept MU’s offer. I hate LSU.

Why would Gates take the LSU job, knowing they’re about to go on probation? Can the $ be that much better?

 

[mkaufman1]

Hearing JT3 might be in play for GW, which would be wild.

If I was a Saint Joe’s fan, I’d be absolutely disgusted to be stuck with Billy Lange given what is happening with the quality of coaching in the A-10. Their AD should admit she screwed up and cut bait because they’re not getting out of the pillow fight round with Lange as coach.

Completely agree and I’ve been thinking about this the last day or so. Between Mason hiring English, URI hiring Miller, Fordham getting Neptune plus the already quality coaches up and down from Rhoades to Ford to Mooney to Schmidt etc, the league got a tune up. Lasalle St Joes and even Duquense are going to be left in the dust at this juncture.

 

[Earl the Squirrel]

Hearing JT3 might be in play for GW, which would be wild.

If I was a Saint Joe’s fan, I’d be absolutely disgusted to be stuck with Billy Lange given what is happening with the quality of coaching in the A-10. Their AD should admit she screwed up and cut bait because they’re not getting out of the pillow fight round with Lange as coach.

Right you are, Jim.

Jordan Hall just announced he's leaving SJU to turn pro, which IMO is the right move. One more mediocre year and Hall's pro prospects plummet more than they already have.

SJU has lost half their team, including their leading scorers, Hall and Funk. Who in their right mind wants to transfer into SJU next year to play for a lame duck coach and a bottom-feeder?

 

[Walter]

Reports are that Mizzou wanted McMahon but he wants the South Carolina job. If Gates had said no, I think English was going to be next.

 

[Junkees9]

Great news on Gates and Missouri. Now I feel much better about KE staying with us and restocking the cupboard with lots of good players.

 

[gmutom]

Great news on Gates and Missouri. Now I feel much better about KE staying with us and restocking the cupboard with lots of good players.

I've become so paranoid that I actually worried last night that Barnes would be fired after Tennessee's early exit.