Coaching Carousel 2024

[mkaufman1]

True. But they were all relatively young during the covid year. Kolek Fr., Oduro So., and Miller Jr. Also it was the offseason after that in which Oduro lost a bunch of weight and became a monster his Jr year.

I also think we would have been decent the year before that had Kier not gotten hurt. We were 12-4 before Kier got hurt and finished the 2nd half of the season 5-11 without him. If we had Kier the entire season, Paulsen would have had 20+ wins which might have gotten him another extention.

It is what it is though. Great to see Kolek, Miller and JO do well after their departures. I Love where Mason is at with Tony. Paulsen got a year of severance and landed another HC job so everyone wins.

Regardless of what happened to any of the players mentioned. DP wasn't going to get extra time under Brad unless he made the NCAAs. He already had the courtesy extension built into his contract (h/t to @gmubrian on sharing that with me), and plenty of time to build the program up.

Brad (and others in the AD) knew the landscape was changing (NIL, transfers, etc) and that they needed to get a new voice at the helm for our men's and woman's programs especially with the new President.

Fun offseason discussion though, haha.

 

[psyclone]

We had them all the previous year as well. That is a somewhat tough season to judge with all the cancellations, but we were 8 and 6 in conference play and got our arse handed to us by a meh Davidson in the second game of the tournament. We didn't have Kolek playing the point and there were no signs that is where Paulsen was heading with him.

I guess anything is possible, but, the previous time we had a two year season with Paulsen it didn't turn out very well, so I don't see much suggesting the second year of the Miller/Kolek/Oduro two year season would have been much more than meh as well.

DP successfully recruiting Kolek, playing him off the ball, then Shaka turning him into a Big East POY at point guard is definitely one of those things that make you go hmmmmmmmm.

In fairness, Polite was also a freshman with Kolek and likely thought to be taking the pg role down the road. That same year we had Xavier Johnson in his sophomore yr. And even looking at that season, Javon Greene was playing some pg. Kolek was a good enough shooter to make the A10 all-rookie team as a shooting forward, so he was slotted there.

That said, given the presence of both XJ and Polite on the team, it seems unlikely that DP would have used Kolek as a pg, even though it was clear that he was an excellent passer. It's to Shaka's credit (and maybe Marquette's needs at the time) to switch TK to the point.

 

[Pablo]

https://hoopdirt.com/updated-2024-coaching-changes-tracker-presented-by-d1-relocation/

Division I (D1) Coaching Changes (2024)

School	Conference	Former Coach	New Coach
Bryant	America East	Jared Grasso	Phil Martelli, Jr
Cal Poly	Big West	John Smith	Mike DeGeorge
Canisius	MAAC	Reggie Witherspoon	TBD
Central Arkansas	ASUN	Anthony Boone	John Shulman
Charleston Southern	Big South	Barclay Radebaugh	Saah Nimley
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Cliff Ellis	Justin Gray
Cornell	Ivy League	Brian Earl	TBD
DePaul	Big East	Tony Stubblefield	Chris Holtmann
Detroit Mercy	Horizon	Mike Davis	TBD
Drake	Missouri Valley	Darian DeVries	TBD
Duquesne	A-10	Keith Dambrot	TBD
Fairfield	MAAC	Jay Young	Chris Casey
Florida A&M	SWAC	Robert McCullum	TBD
Florida Atlantic	American	Dusty May	TBD
Fresno State	Mountain West	Justin Hutson	TBD
Gardner-Webb	Big South	Tim Craft	TBD
Hampton	CAA	Edward Joyner, Jr.	Ivan Thomas
Houston Christian	Southland	Ron Cottrell	Craig Doty
IUPUI	Horizon	Matt Crenshaw	Paul Corsaro
James Madison	Sun Belt	Mark Byington	TBD
Long Beach State	Big West	Dan Monson	TBD
Louisville	ACC	Kenny Payne	TBD
Loyola Maryland	Patriot League	Tavaras Hardy	TBD
Marshall	Sun Belt	Dan D'Antoni	Cornelius Jackson
Mercer	SoCon	Greg Gary	Ryan Ridder
Michigan	Big Ten	Juwan Howard	Dusty May
Missouri State	Missouri Valley	Dana Ford	TBD
Ohio State	Big Ten	Chris Holtmann	Jake Diebler
Oklahoma State	Big 12	Mike Boynton	TBD
Old Dominion	Sun Belt	Jeff Jones	Mike Jones
Pacific	WCC	Leonard Perry	TBD
Pepperdine	WCC	Lorenzo Romar	TBD
Rice	American	Scott Pera	Rob Lanier
Siena	MAAC	Carmen Maciarello	TBD
SMU	ACC	Rob Lanier	TBD
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	Bryan Mullins	TBD
St. Louis	A-10	Travis Ford	TBD
Stanford	ACC	Jerod Haase	Kyle Smith
UIC	Missouri Valley	Luke Yaklich	TBD
USC Upstate	Big South	Dave Dickerson	TBD
UT Martin	OVC	Ryan Ridder	TBD
Utah State	Mountain West	Danny Sprinkle	TBD
UTRGV	WAC	Matt Figger	TBD
UTSA	American	Steve Henson	Austin Claunch
Vanderbilt	SEC	Jerry Stackhouse	Mark Byington
Washington	Big Ten	Mike Hopkins	Danny Sprinkle
Washington State	WCC	Kyle Smith	TBD
West Virginia	Big 12	Bob Huggins	Darian DeVries
Western Carolina	SoCon	Justin Gray	Tim Craft
William & Mary	CAA	Dane Fischer	Brian Earl

 

[GMU79]

In fairness, Polite was also a freshman with Kolek and likely thought to be taking the pg role down the road. That same year we had Xavier Johnson in his sophomore yr. And even looking at that season, Javon Greene was playing some pg. Kolek was a good enough shooter to make the A10 all-rookie team as a shooting forward, so he was slotted there.

That said, given the presence of both XJ and Polite on the team, it seems unlikely that DP would have used Kolek as a pg, even though it was clear that he was an excellent passer. It's to Shaka's credit (and maybe Marquette's needs at the time) to switch TK to the point.

Yes, I really liked DP. Still do. But he just wasn't going to get it done in the A-10.
Six years is plenty of time.

 

[mkaufman1]

Yes, I really liked DP. Still do. But he just wasn't going to get it done in the A-10.
Six years is plenty of time.

Not only is 6 years plenty of time, but he refused to try to even adapt. Everyone else in the A-10 was loading up on transfers, and after Jared Reuter he said "nope no transfers for me!".

Amongst other various issues that have been beaten on here from roster management to recruiting.

Very happy we went high potential and young with the last two hires.

 

[Jack Strop]

Mark Byington sets sail from JMU/Harrisonburg to serve as Vandy's new Commodore-in-Chief.
Poor Dukies.

 

[Falco]

https://hoopdirt.com/updated-2024-coaching-changes-tracker-presented-by-d1-relocation/

Division I (D1) Coaching Changes (2024)

School	Conference	Former Coach	New Coach
Bryant	America East	Jared Grasso	Phil Martelli, Jr
Cal Poly	Big West	John Smith	Mike DeGeorge
Canisius	MAAC	Reggie Witherspoon	TBD
Central Arkansas	ASUN	Anthony Boone	John Shulman
Charleston Southern	Big South	Barclay Radebaugh	Saah Nimley
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Cliff Ellis	Justin Gray
Cornell	Ivy League	Brian Earl	TBD
DePaul	Big East	Tony Stubblefield	Chris Holtmann
Detroit Mercy	Horizon	Mike Davis	TBD
Drake	Missouri Valley	Darian DeVries	TBD
Duquesne	A-10	Keith Dambrot	TBD
Fairfield	MAAC	Jay Young	Chris Casey
Florida A&M	SWAC	Robert McCullum	TBD
Florida Atlantic	American	Dusty May	TBD
Fresno State	Mountain West	Justin Hutson	TBD
Gardner-Webb	Big South	Tim Craft	TBD
Hampton	CAA	Edward Joyner, Jr.	Ivan Thomas
Houston Christian	Southland	Ron Cottrell	Craig Doty
IUPUI	Horizon	Matt Crenshaw	Paul Corsaro
James Madison	Sun Belt	Mark Byington	TBD
Long Beach State	Big West	Dan Monson	TBD
Louisville	ACC	Kenny Payne	TBD
Loyola Maryland	Patriot League	Tavaras Hardy	TBD
Marshall	Sun Belt	Dan D'Antoni	Cornelius Jackson
Mercer	SoCon	Greg Gary	Ryan Ridder
Michigan	Big Ten	Juwan Howard	Dusty May
Missouri State	Missouri Valley	Dana Ford	TBD
Ohio State	Big Ten	Chris Holtmann	Jake Diebler
Oklahoma State	Big 12	Mike Boynton	TBD
Old Dominion	Sun Belt	Jeff Jones	Mike Jones
Pacific	WCC	Leonard Perry	TBD
Pepperdine	WCC	Lorenzo Romar	TBD
Rice	American	Scott Pera	Rob Lanier
Siena	MAAC	Carmen Maciarello	TBD
SMU	ACC	Rob Lanier	TBD
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	Bryan Mullins	TBD
St. Louis	A-10	Travis Ford	TBD
Stanford	ACC	Jerod Haase	Kyle Smith
UIC	Missouri Valley	Luke Yaklich	TBD
USC Upstate	Big South	Dave Dickerson	TBD
UT Martin	OVC	Ryan Ridder	TBD
Utah State	Mountain West	Danny Sprinkle	TBD
UTRGV	WAC	Matt Figger	TBD
UTSA	American	Steve Henson	Austin Claunch
Vanderbilt	SEC	Jerry Stackhouse	Mark Byington
Washington	Big Ten	Mike Hopkins	Danny Sprinkle
Washington State	WCC	Kyle Smith	TBD
West Virginia	Big 12	Bob Huggins	Darian DeVries
Western Carolina	SoCon	Justin Gray	Tim Craft
William & Mary	CAA	Dane Fischer	Brian Earl

I thought there was an outside chance that Marshall would give Bob Huggins a second chance. Too soon though.

 

[Walter]

I saw where JMU fans think High Point’s Alan Huss might be a candidate. He had a great first season at HPU. HPU is playing for the CBI championship.

I had lunch with an HPU donor yesterday. He told me that he has been told that HPU’s president has said that money will not be a factor if Huss leaves; HPU is prepared to pay the market rate. He said HPU is all in on basketball.

That might keep him away from JMU, but not a P5 school.

 

[mkaufman1]

I saw where JMU fans think High Point’s Alan Huss might be a candidate. He had a great first season at HPU. HPU is playing for the CBI championship.

I had lunch with an HPU donor yesterday. He told me that he has been told that HPU’s president has said that money will not be a factor if Huss leaves; HPU is prepared to pay the market rate. He said HPU is all in on basketball.

That might keep him away from JMU, but not a P5 school.

Huss would be a great candidate- but is JMU going to pay a lot more than High Point for a basketball coach? The Sun Belt and Big South were 17th and 18th best conferences last year, so its not much of a step up. I have to think Huss is waiting to make the NCAAs so that he can get a P5 job unless something organizationally happens that hes not happy with (lack of commitment, change of leadership etc)

Fun fact, Corey Edwards is on Huss' staff at High Point.

 

[Pablo]

https://hoopdirt.com/daily-dirt-3-27-24/

"Some names that I’ve heard who have interviewed at Pacific are: Dayton associate head coach Ricardo Greer, former Stanford head coach Jerrod Haase, and USC associate head coach Chris Capko. Interesting fact…Pacific AD Adam Tschuor was the senior associate athletic director at Dayton before being hired at Pacific last July.

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I made a general reference to the search at Canisius in yesterday’s DAILY DIRT. Starting to narrow the list down a bit now. One name making the rounds is George Mason assistant Steve Curran. The longtime St. Bonaventure associate head coach joined Tony Skinn’s staff last spring. I can also confirm that two successful D3 head coaches are in deep, as is one D2 coach who has a championship background. More on this one as I hear it."

 

[mkaufman1]

https://hoopdirt.com/daily-dirt-3-27-24/

"Some names that I’ve heard who have interviewed at Pacific are: Dayton associate head coach Ricardo Greer, former Stanford head coach Jerrod Haase, and USC associate head coach Chris Capko. Interesting fact…Pacific AD Adam Tschuor was the senior associate athletic director at Dayton before being hired at Pacific last July.

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I made a general reference to the search at Canisius in yesterday’s DAILY DIRT. Starting to narrow the list down a bit now. One name making the rounds is George Mason assistant Steve Curran. The longtime St. Bonaventure associate head coach joined Tony Skinn’s staff last spring. I can also confirm that two successful D3 head coaches are in deep, as is one D2 coach who has a championship background. More on this one as I hear it."

Not surprised Curran is linked to the Canisus opening. Hopefully we can keep Steve at least another year.

 

[Pablo]

Who's next for Canisius men's basketball? Potential coaching candidates for the Griffs

Here are potential candidates Canisius could consider for the top coaching job.

buffalonews.com

"Men’s assistants to watch​

Steve Curran, George Mason: A former St. Bonaventure assistant who just completed his first season with the Patriots, Curran is known for his prowess on the recruiting trail and his ability to form and maintain relationships. He was an assistant on the Bonnies’ 2021 NCAA Tournament team.

Ali Farokhmanesh, Colorado State: This is an out-of-left field possibility, but Farokhmanesh has helped Colorado State head coach Niko Medved craft a Mountain West contender. Farokhmanesh has been the key in developing Rams guards. As a player, he led Northern Iowa to the NCAA Tournament in 2009 and 2010.

Tray Woodall, Fordham: Woodall, a former Pittsburgh standout, just completed his second season at Fordham as associate head coach. He was an assistant on Mark Schmidt’s staff at St. Bonaventure from 2019-21 and helped the Bonnies reach the 2021 NCAA Tournament."

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[Pablo]

https://hoopdirt.com/gardner-webb-set-to-elevate-luther-to-head-coach/

"Gardner-Webb associate head coach Jeremy Luther is the choice to replace Tim Craft as the Bulldogs next head basketball coach. GWU president Dr. William Downs tweeted the following video of the team being told that Luther was the choice"

 

[bravesfan]

If I'm looking for a new coach, I'm calling Pat Kelsey first. Dude just wins.

Sources: Louisville, Kelsey agree to 5-year deal

Pat Kelsey, who guided Charleston to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances, has reached a five-year deal to become Louisville's coach, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[Pablo]

https://hoopdirt.com/jeremy-shulman-named-head-basketball-coach-at-ut-martin/

"University of Tennessee at Martin athletic director Kurt McGuffin has found a proven winner to lead the Skyhawk men’s basketball program, hiring Jeremy Shulman as the 13th head coach in program history.

A formal press conference and public reception to officially introduce Shulman will take place next week with dates and times to be announced at a later date.

A Nashville, Tenn. native, Shulman has spent the last 14 seasons as head coach at Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Fla. In that span, he became the program’s all-time wins leader (346 victories) and elevated the Titans to a national powerhouse – piling up 11 conference championships in the last 12 seasons with a pair of Final Four and three Elite Eight appearances in the NJCAA Division I Tournament. He won 80.9 percent (152-36 record) of his conference contests at the helm of Eastern Florida State."

 

[Pablo]

https://hoopdirt.com/official-cuonzo-martin-returns-to-missouri-state-as-head-basketball-coach/

"After an extensive national search, Missouri State University has selected Cuonzo Martin as its next men’s basketball head coach. The man who orchestrated Missouri State’s only Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship run during his first tenure in Springfield will be formally re-introduced to Bears fans during a news conference on Monday."

"Martin, who coached at Missouri State from 2008 to 2011, owns a 264-198 (.587) career record in 14 seasons as a Division I head coach at MSU, Tennessee, California and Missouri. His teams have made nine postseason appearances in that span, including four trips to the NCAA Tournament, four appearances in the NIT, and a CIT title with the Bears in 2010. Martin also led the Bears to a 2011 Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship and boasts 56 college graduates during his head coaching career."

 

[Pablo]

Sources: Louisville, Kelsey agree to 5-year deal

Pat Kelsey, who guided Charleston to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances, has reached a five-year deal to become Louisville's coach, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[Pablo]

Pacific hires Smart as new men's hoop coach

Pacific has hired former Texas Tech assistant and Canadian college basketball coach Dave Smart as its new men's basketball coach.

www.espn.com

 

[Pablo]

https://hoopdirt.com/report-long-beach-state-finalizing-deal-with-sdsus-acker/

"According to a Jon Rothstein report, Long Beach State is finalizing a deal with San Diego State assistant Chris Acker to become their new head basketball coach. Acker has been at SDSU for the past five seasons, and has also been an assistant at Boise State and Hawai’i. He also spent time as the head coach at West Los Angeles College and as the head coach at Citrus College. More on this one once it becomes official."

 

[Pablo]

https://hoopdirt.com/official-jakus-named-head-basketball-coach-at-florida-atlantic/

"Florida Atlantic University announced Wednesday that John Jakus has been named the school’s head men’s basketball coach. The associate head coach at Baylor, Jakus comes to Boca Raton after spending the last 12 seasons on staff at both Baylor and Gonzaga.

Jakus signed his agreement Wednesday night and will be officially introduced to the Florida Atlantic community with a press conference on Friday at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena. More details on the press conference will follow on Thursday.

One of the most highly-regarded assistant coaches in the nation, Jakus has spent his entire collegiate coaching career under two of the game’s most successful head coach in Baylor’s Scott Drew and Gonzaga’s Mark Few."

Sources: SMU targeting USC's Enfield as coach

SMU is targeting Andy Enfield for the school's basketball job, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com