Coaching Carousel 2024

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Division I (D1) Coaching Changes (2024)

School	Conference	Former Coach	New Coach
William & Mary	CAA	Dane Fischer	TBD
West Virginia	Big 12	Bob Huggins	Josh Eilert (INTERIM)
Washington	Big Ten	Mike Hopkins
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	Bryan Mullins	TBD
Pepperdine	WCC	Lorenzo Romar	TBD
Pacific	WCC	Leonard Perry	TBD
Old Dominion	Sun Belt	Jeff Jones	Mike Jones
Ohio State	Big Ten	Chris Holtmann	Jake Diebler (INTERIM)
Missouri State	Missouri Valley	Dana Ford	TBD
Loyola Maryland	Patriot League	Tavaras Hardy	TBD
IUPUI	Horizon	Matt Crenshaw	TBD
Houston Christian	Southland	Ron Cottrell’s	TBD
Fairfield	MAAC	Jay Young	Chris Casey (INTERIM)
Detroit Mercy	Horizon	Mike Davis	TBD
DePaul	Big East	Tony Stubblefield	Matt Brady (INTERIM)
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Cliff Ellis	Benny Moss (INTERIM)
Charleston Southern	Big South	Barclay Radebaugh	Saah Nimley
Central Arkansas	ASUN	Anthony Boone	TBD
Cal Poly	Big West	John Smith	TBD
Bryant	America East	Jared Grasso	Phil Martelli, Jr

 

[Old Man]

Division I (D1) Coaching Changes (2024)

School	Conference	Former Coach	New Coach
DePaul	Big East	Tony Stubblefield	Matt Brady (INTERIM)

For DePaul, is that the same Matt Brady that did such a great job at JMU?

 

[psyclone]

For DePaul, is that the same Matt Brady that did such a great job at JMU?

Yes...he was the head asst when they fired the head coach a few months back, I think.

 

[Falco]

Yes...he was the head asst when they fired the head coach a few months back, I think.

DePaul baffles me. What did Stubblefield ever do to deserve a Big East HC job? Pretty rare somesones first HC job is in the Big East right?

 

[Falco]

Division I (D1) Coaching Changes (2024)

School	Conference	Former Coach	New Coach
William & Mary	CAA	Dane Fischer	TBD
West Virginia	Big 12	Bob Huggins	Josh Eilert (INTERIM)
Washington	Big Ten	Mike Hopkins
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	Bryan Mullins	TBD
Pepperdine	WCC	Lorenzo Romar	TBD
Pacific	WCC	Leonard Perry	TBD
Old Dominion	Sun Belt	Jeff Jones	Mike Jones
Ohio State	Big Ten	Chris Holtmann	Jake Diebler (INTERIM)
Missouri State	Missouri Valley	Dana Ford	TBD
Loyola Maryland	Patriot League	Tavaras Hardy	TBD
IUPUI	Horizon	Matt Crenshaw	TBD
Houston Christian	Southland	Ron Cottrell’s	TBD
Fairfield	MAAC	Jay Young	Chris Casey (INTERIM)
Detroit Mercy	Horizon	Mike Davis	TBD
DePaul	Big East	Tony Stubblefield	Matt Brady (INTERIM)
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Cliff Ellis	Benny Moss (INTERIM)
Charleston Southern	Big South	Barclay Radebaugh	Saah Nimley
Central Arkansas	ASUN	Anthony Boone	TBD
Cal Poly	Big West	John Smith	TBD
Bryant	America East	Jared Grasso	Phil Martelli, Jr

Good for ODU. I remember thinking Mike jones would be a good hire for Mason before I ever even heard of Kim English.

 

[Walter]

Oh, not the Mike Jones who won at Radford and is now at UNCG.

 

[GMU79]

Oh, not the Mike Jones who won at Radford and is now at UNCG.

With VT in between?

 

[Pablo]

Illinois-Chicago fires HC Yaklich after 4 seasons

Illinois-Chicago coach Luke Yaklich was fired Sunday after the Flames went 12-21 in his fourth season.

www.espn.com

 

[Pablo]

Justin Gray Named Coastal Carolina Men's Basketball Head Coach - Coastal Carolina University Athletics

CONWAY, S.C. – Justin Gray has been named the men's basketball head coach at Coastal Carolina, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and University Recreation

goccusports.com

"CONWAY, S.C. – Justin Gray has been named the men's basketball head coach at Coastal Carolina, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and University Recreation Matt Hogue announced today.

Gray will be formally introduced to the Teal Nation on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at 3:00 ET inside the HTC Center on the campus of Coastal Carolina. The introductory press conference will be carried live on ESPN+.

Gray joins the Chanticleers following a three-year run as the head coach at Western Carolina, where he led the Catamounts to the Southern Conference Tournament semifinals and the College Basketball Invitational in 2023."

 

[Pablo]

https://hoopdirt.com/joyner-out-as-head-mens-basketball-coach-at-hampton/

"Edward Joyner, Jr., a fixture on the Hampton sidelines for the past 15 years, will not have his contract renewed as head basketball coach, it was announced today."

https://hoopdirt.com/report-mercer-parts-ways-with-head-basketball-coach-greg-gary/

"According to a Field of 68 report, Mercer has parted ways with men’s basketball coach Greg Gary.

Gary had spent the past five seasons at Mercer, where he put together a 81-79 (.506) record. This past season, the Bears went 16-17 (8-10 SoCon). Prior to his time at Mercer, Gary spent eight seasons working as an assistant to Matt Painter at Purdue."

 

[Pablo]

https://collegesportswire.usatoday.com/lists/college-basketball-head-coaching-vacancies-ohio-state-washington-depaul/

"3
DePaul Blue Demons​

Departing Coach: Tony Stubblefield

Potential Target: Drew Valentine (Loyola Chicago)

DePaul’s quest to find someone local to Chicago who can help them recruit in the area should lead them to Valentine, who was reportedly the youngest head coaching hire in Division 1 when he took over at Loyola Chicago in 2021.

Valentine was an assistant under Porter Moser when the Ramblers went to the Final 4, and after taking over in 2021-22 the program went 25-8 and won the Missouri Valley Conference, even earning a top 25 spot. They stumbled last year, their first in the A10, but tied for first this season despite competing against Dayton, vcu, and UMass.

The Blue Demons would no doubt love to land a young, successful head coach in their own city — it doesn’t get much better than that."

 

[psyclone]

DePaul has been a bottom dweller for a VERY long time. I don't know their financial resources but I'd think Valentine could do better elsewhere after the year he's had.

 

[Pablo]

https://hoopdirt.com/monson-long-beach-state-agree-to-mutually-part-ways/

"Long Beach Athletics Executive Director of Athletics Bobby Smitheran and Head Coach Dan Monson met this morning and agreed to mutually part ways following the conclusion of the season. Monson, who has served as head basketball coach since 2007, will remain as the coach of the team through the postseason including the upcoming Big West Championship, but will not return in 2024-25."

 

[GMUgemini]

DePaul has been a bottom dweller for a VERY long time. I don't know their financial resources but I'd think Valentine could do better elsewhere after the year he's had.

Agreed. I would actually be surprised if DePaul had more resources at this point. Certainly they don’t have the fan base of Loyola.

 

[Pablo]

Men's coaching carousel: With Mark Pope moving to Kentucky, a Big 12 job opens

The first dominos of John Calipari's move to Arkansas are falling. Is the cycle finally slowing down?

www.espn.com

"The men's college basketball coaching carousel truly picked up steam over the weekend, with three firings on Friday -- including a power conference program in Washington -- three more on Sunday and the expected hire of Justin Gray at Coastal Carolina creating another opening at Western Carolina. There will be plenty of movement this week, as the big conferences get their tournaments underway.

There's a bit more urgency for schools to move on coaches either before the season ends or as soon as their teams get eliminated from the postseason, because the transfer portal opening the day after Selection Sunday. The longer a coaching situation stays in flux, the more roster uncertainty it creates."

"As a point of reference, there were 61 job changes last year, 60 in 2022 and 57 in 2021."

 

[Walter]

They do get Big East media money, so it is possible. But if I were Valentine, I’d pass.

 

[GMU79]

Men's coaching carousel: With Mark Pope moving to Kentucky, a Big 12 job opens

The first dominos of John Calipari's move to Arkansas are falling. Is the cycle finally slowing down?

www.espn.com

"The men's college basketball coaching carousel truly picked up steam over the weekend, with three firings on Friday -- including a power conference program in Washington -- three more on Sunday and the expected hire of Justin Gray at Coastal Carolina creating another opening at Western Carolina. There will be plenty of movement this week, as the big conferences get their tournaments underway.

There's a bit more urgency for schools to move on coaches either before the season ends or as soon as their teams get eliminated from the postseason, because the transfer portal opening the day after Selection Sunday. The longer a coaching situation stays in flux, the more roster uncertainty it creates."

"As a point of reference, there were 61 job changes last year, 60 in 2022 and 57 in 2021."

So glad we're not in that situation!
Go Coach Tony!!

 

[Pablo]

Fairfield drops interim tag, names Casey as HC

Fairfield University has removed Chris Casey's interim tag and named him as head coach of the Stags, the school announced Tuesday.

www.espn.com

 

[Pablo]

Sources: L'ville to inform Payne he's out as coach

After Louisville's season-ending 94-85 loss to NC State in the ACC tournament, school officials were expected to inform Kenny Payne that he will not return as head coach, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[GSII]

Travis Ford has been fired.