A Thread to Put Ideas for Men's BBall Coaching Candidates
As much as I love seeing new threads about the first thing that pops into OP's head every five seconds, I feel we will all benefit from putting said ideas into one place.
Chris Collins or Fred Hoiberg
Call should be made to Billy Donovan, given state of the Bulls. But that likely would go nowhere. Living in Washington, can testify that Kyle Smith has done a remarkable job at WSU, which is an incredibly difficult place to win.
Billy Donovan has been out of the college game for almost a decade now, mutually do not think it’s a great idea for either party.
Brian Dutcher, 27 years later. He's 64 and just signed an extension but makes $1M less than Juwan this season so Michigan could certainly make him an offer he couldn't refuse. Bring him back, hang the banners, stabilize the program and hopefully smooth over any hard feelings from former players upset about Juwan.
64 years old? I have to assume you're joking.
I'm a huge Dutcher fan with what he & Coach Fisch have done building the program @ SDSU. I have no doubt he'd succeed at UM, but think he'd find it difficult to come aboard after his close friend & mentee Juwan just got fired. Don't think this is realistic - but I'd love if he was on the top call list.
Darian DeVries at Drake, longtime Creighton assistant and now winning ~75% of his games over a 6 year tenure.
(My actual #1 is Otzelberger but that seems unlikely)
DD is a stud!! Agree with this
Norman Dale
I hear he's a little rough on his players sometimes.
Dusty May. The coach, not the pornstar.
I just hope the official announcement today was wrong, and we started our search process weeks (months?) ago. OTOH, Warde could do worse than use this board as a resource for ideas!
I'm mad I missed out on the Becky Hammon thread. Too slow.
She's already getting paid over $3 million so I don't know if she'd be interested, but Dawn Staley seems like an all around great coach who's done it at both a middle and top level of women's college basketball. Coaching and recruiting, she's killing it
I do kinda love that we’ve now recommended two women and they’re debated on the merits rather than some kind of non sequitir
There is merit to this merit.
There are very few realistic "home run" names we could get that would draw immediate national attention. Kelvin Sampson, for instance; no idea if he'd leave but $$$ talks.
However, the alternative to a home-run hire is "some dude" who basketball junkies be like "oh yeah!" and the rest of the nation never hears about because they don't move the needle. Drake's coach? JMU's? TTU's? Whatever. They are all just... dudes. Maybe they'd be great. Maybe not. No one will notice, unless it works out spectacularly. If it doesn't, well, we're in this boat already.
Now, Dawn Staley... like Sampson, I have no idea if she would entertain the idea. But like any of the no-name dudes, it would be a hit-or-miss swing. No idea if it would work out. But our program sucks, it has nowhere to go but up. Why not do a "hit or miss" swing that WILL draw national attention? If it works... awesome. If not... we are no worse than we are now.
Not saying she should be our top choice. But this is business, and, it's not a bad business idea.
Going to go out on a limb here and say she loves the women's game, views it as equal, and loves supporting women by coaching women.
Mark Pope BYU. High character guy, former NBA player. Had a great season for BYU in their first Big12 season. Recruits internationally really well.
Andy Bronkema from Ferris State. Won a Natty.
I don't know much more than that. Winners win?
User name checks out?
Never before has this been more appropriate
a natty? you can win one, or pick one up at the store on the way home
The criteria I'm hoping to see met:
1. HC success at two or more schools (not just one amazing season)
2. Under 55-ish
3. Ability to beat a few of the big boys
Researching a few teams with coaches:
1. Cronin - is he tiring of UCLA and the pressure (lots of success until this year)?
2. McCasland (TTU) - he's revived a program that crashed the year before
3. Dixon (TCU), although 58, he's done well at Pitt and TCU - may not leave because he played at TCU
4. May (FAU), McDermott (Creighton, age 59), and a few other mentioned here.
I'd love the guy at Iowa St but that's a huge hoops school since Johnny Orr revived the program in the 1980s.
McDermott just signed a contract extension that presumably has a large buyout. He's going to retire at Creighton.
Phil Jackson. 78 years young and has some head coaching experience (albeit at the NBA level).
Never Heard of him. Did he have amy success in the NBA?
Yes, Amy loved his pink triangle offense
Pay Jay Wright whatever he wants. Seriously.
I'm a Syracuse basketball fan and the only move that I really wanted to see (despite knowing it would never happen in our case) was for them to back the Brinks truck up onto Jay Wright's lawn. Maybe he could be convinced given that a rebuild can be a much quicker process in the NIL era. He certainly has nothing to prove though and I'd stay happily retired if I were him.
John Beilein should help recruit him here
"As much as I love seeing new threads about the first thing that pops into OP's head every five seconds,"
You too? I thought I was the only one.
Craig James.
at least we know he can draw in a full team of 5.
He'd kill it on the recruiting trail.
Danny Sprinkle Utah State
Watched him coach Montana St to consecutive tourney appearances which hasn’t happened in forever, then he took over Utah St this year and they won their conference. I’d love a young, up and coming coach to come in and turn things around
Mike Barrett
Otzelberger
My #1 is probably Otzelberger but he seems really unlikely.
My #2 is Dusty May but seems he’s going to Louisville.
Others:
Greg McDermott (Creignton) but he just got a contract extension and seem to love where he’s at.
Anthony Grant (Dayton) good coach but at his Alma mater
John Becker (Vermont) dude just simply wins 20+ games a year
Amir Abdul-Rahin (USF) can turn around a program and is a good coach
Younger up and coming coaches to consider are Mark Pope (BYU), Danny Sprinkle (Utah St), Pat Kelsey (Charleston), Bucky McMillan (Samford), Will Wade (McNeese), Darien DeVries (Drake)
Color me slightly unimpressed with Otzel.
he’s good, but maybe not program building good.
Let's just run through the entire Fab Five.
Next up...uh, Jalen Rose, I guess.
Fab Five did not work out, why not try the Fab Five 2? Maceo Baston?
Phil Jackson
Ok but hear me out, Phil Jackson. Lots of titles. Deserves a thread.
Knicks fans disagree.
Danny Sprinkle
Casey Alexander
Darian Devries
Man people take this site too seriously. You guys get all bent out of shape over things like having to do a few extra clicks. Not gonna get those more milliseconds back I guess.
BBB ...Bring Back Belein
With Yaklich and his son. With the understanding his son will take over in 2 years max.
Keep the Harbaugh connection and hire Tom Crean lol
If OSU doesnt hire Diebler, I think he would be worth a look. He's done an amazing job over the last 3 weeks
Dawn Staley. Leaders and best!