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UNLV hires TJ Otzelberger
https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/unlv-names-tj-otzelberger-new-mens-basketball-head-coach
https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/unlv-names-tj-otzelberger-new-mens-basketball-head-coach
I wish him the best and he is young enough to get another coaching job after his stint at Alabama inevitably fails. It is very hard to succeed at the football schools that don't have any real basketball legacy.
I thought it was a weird hire. Granted he s done well record wise but he doesn’t seem to be a good fit personality and logistically speaking. I don’t know who would be a good hire for Bama to be honest. Maybe Kyle flood?
He played and coached at a very Christian college in Wisconsin... maybe he’ll fit in.
Wonder if Rick Stansbury at Western Kentucky was considered for the Alabama job? Former coach at Mississippi State who won an SEC title.
Buffalo screwed it up themselves------give a hot guy a 5 year deal and put his buyout at 750k ?
Bama spends that on Wings for the Training Table during Spring Ball.
Hoiberg has been hired at $3.57 for seven years and double the assistant coach money that Miles had.
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211797823
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Charlie Henry who was an assistant coach with Hoiberg at ISU and with the Bulls and is now the Bulls G League head coach is coming to NU as an assistant as well.
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Great hire for them. If anyone is going to turn Nebraska basketball into a consistent tournament team, this would seemingly be the guy.
why does he make Pearl look clean.
Did the NCAA go after him or a program he ran?
He retired from coaching in 2012 when he was Mississippi State's HC.
But there wasn't any mention of any NCAA investigations during his 14 years as Miss St'as HC
Ended his retirement after 2 years and became a TAM assistant during the two years he was there..
Didn't find any problems when he was there.
Went on to Western Kentucky becoming their HC and I don't know of any investigation into that program after he became HC.
I think it's just a fan site but this is the first I've seen pikiell mentioned by an opposing fanbase. Good to see he's starting to get recognized by those outside of the program.
VT...doubt they'd hire him at this point though
https://m.herosports.com/amp/college-basketball/buzz-williams-texas-am-virginia-tech-ahah
VT...doubt they'd hire him at this point though
https://m.herosports.com/amp/college-basketball/buzz-williams-texas-am-virginia-tech-ahah
Has Bruce Pearl won an SEC title? Pearl is a terrific coach and has a great eye for talent. So does Stansbury. Stansbury is an accomplished coach. Pretty successful, too. If you’re not cheating you’re not competing is the SEC’s motto.
Stackhouse official to Vandy
https://www.tennessean.com/story/sp...jerry-stackhouse-basketball-coach/3283052002/
https://www.tennessean.com/story/sp...jerry-stackhouse-basketball-coach/3283052002/
I don't really think that's a good fit. I can't imagine Mrs. Musselman enjoying living in Fayetteville.
With his hire and the VT hire, it seems to me that coaches are smartening up on going to tough jobs when they are already in a good place.
need Savino back at RU!
https://gobearcats.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1547&path=mbball
Darren Savino has played a key role in helping guide the Bearcats to nine consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances since arriving in Cincinnati prior to the 2010-11 campaign.
Savino was elevated to an associate head coach in April 2018. He held that title temporarily during the 2014-15 season, taking on additional responsibilities for the final 25 games of the year while head coach Mick Cronin missed practices and games due to health reasons.
A talented recruiter with long ties to the New York metro area, Savino’s 23-year college coaching career has included stops at schools along the east coast, southwest and Ohio Valley.
Savino joined the UC staff after a four-year stint at Rutgers where he was a key New York and New Jersey recruiter. He was named the Scarlet Knights interim head coach in April 2010 after the resignation of head coach Fred Hill.
Savino played a key role in recruiting McDonald’s All-American and fellow Jersey City, New Jersey native Mike Rosario to the Knights in 2008. Before transferring to Florida, Rosario had made a name for himself in the BIG EAST Conference at Rutgers, averaging 16.2 and 16.7 points as a freshman and sophomore, respectively.
While at Rutgers, Savino also is credited with developing big man Hamady Ndiaye, who was selected by the Washington Wizards in the second round of the 2010 NBA Draft.
https://gobearcats.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1547&path=mbball
Darren Savino has played a key role in helping guide the Bearcats to nine consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances since arriving in Cincinnati prior to the 2010-11 campaign.
Savino was elevated to an associate head coach in April 2018. He held that title temporarily during the 2014-15 season, taking on additional responsibilities for the final 25 games of the year while head coach Mick Cronin missed practices and games due to health reasons.
A talented recruiter with long ties to the New York metro area, Savino’s 23-year college coaching career has included stops at schools along the east coast, southwest and Ohio Valley.
Savino joined the UC staff after a four-year stint at Rutgers where he was a key New York and New Jersey recruiter. He was named the Scarlet Knights interim head coach in April 2010 after the resignation of head coach Fred Hill.
Savino played a key role in recruiting McDonald’s All-American and fellow Jersey City, New Jersey native Mike Rosario to the Knights in 2008. Before transferring to Florida, Rosario had made a name for himself in the BIG EAST Conference at Rutgers, averaging 16.2 and 16.7 points as a freshman and sophomore, respectively.
While at Rutgers, Savino also is credited with developing big man Hamady Ndiaye, who was selected by the Washington Wizards in the second round of the 2010 NBA Draft.
Thad Matta?
Did not know Savino was so well-traveled ...
“Darren Savino: He's been a key member of Cronin's staff at UC since 2010 and has been associate head coach the past year. He has also coached at Rutgers, Murray State, Quinnipiac University, University of New Mexico, East Carolina University and St. John’s University.”
Full article on likely candidates ...
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...mes-think-mick-cronin-replacement/3411633002/
Did not know Savino was so well-traveled ...
“Darren Savino: He's been a key member of Cronin's staff at UC since 2010 and has been associate head coach the past year. He has also coached at Rutgers, Murray State, Quinnipiac University, University of New Mexico, East Carolina University and St. John’s University.”
Full article on likely candidates ...
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...mes-think-mick-cronin-replacement/3411633002/
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I just can’t see the fit between these two. Cronin is a very good coach but his style doesn’t really have the flash that I think the UCLA folks would like to see on the court. Just seems like an odd choice for Hollywood to me. But then again, I’m a dumbass so maybe it’s perfect.
Winning will solve that problem. He is not flashy by any means but as the old saying goes, you start winning games & UCLA has not been winning for some time by their standards & they will get behind him. I think he accomplished all he could at Cincy & so this move made sense.
UCLA was very successful under Ben Howland and they weren’t flashy at all. Winning cures all.
Except they chased Howland away after he went to multiple Final 4's & recruited guys like Westbrook & Love
UCLA still expects Wooden like results from every one of their HCs hired after he retired
Gene Bartow succeeded John and left after 2 years with a 52-9 record but no NCs.
The claim was he left to start the UAB's MBB program and be the AD there.
But you will probably be right in saying he just wanted to get away from being compared with Wooden on every coaching decision he made.
Next came Gary Cunningham. He was 50-8, won two more conference championships, but never got past the final eight. He, too, departed, to become an athletic director at Wyoming.
He claimed he didn't want to remain a HC ,but perfered the duties of an AD,but I would guess being compared to John Wooden might have gotten a little old and helped in deciding being the Wyoming AD was better than winning as UCLA's MBB HC.
He's no Wooden probably still is said about the UCLA MBB HC by many of their fans after a game and even by some who weren't even born when John retired.[roll]
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I think it is a nice hire by UCLA. Unfortunately Mick probably realized that there was not much more upside at Cincinnati given the AAC affiliation.
Cronin is a very good coach, but strange hire for UCLA. They canned a very successful Ben Howland (3 Final 4's, including 1 championship game) because he played a boring brand of defense-first basketball. Cronin is largely in the same mold.
Cronin wasn't Plan A, B, C, D, E, or F. They had to go far far down on their list to get someone willing to come there.
