2023-24 Coaching Carousel

[FRANKIEFAN]

Exactly what I was going to post. Excellent hire but incredibly tough job. Their relatively new arena is pretty nice and certainly better than when they played at Allstate, but it is still kinda far from campus and they just have zero cache out here at this point.

Big East is much better than it was when Nova was tearing through it during their 6-7 year run of being elite.

X was down last year but they should be contenders with Miller most years, Smart has made Marquette a top 10 program, Creighton is damn close to a top 10 program, Seton Hall is talented, Butler tough, Providence very good considering their coach dumped them. Even Cooley signed a huge class for next year. If St Johns gets in watch Pitino make the second weekend.

Don't see DePaul being good anytime soon no matter who they have as the coach.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

UVM just won their 8th straight America east playoff game. They will be the favorites to win the championship again on Saturday. This has been one of Beckers weakest teams in years, but they are still tough. No idea how he hasn’t gotten scooped up yet by a bigger program.

John Becker leading by example today, coaching his team to the conference championship despite separating his shoulder earlier in the week. True grit.

 

[Frozen]

Canisius job is open

Canisius announces Witherspoon will not return as men's basketball coach after 8-year tenure

Canisius University will not renew Reggie Witherspoon's contract after eight seasons and is launching a search for its next men’s basketball coach. The school termed the decision a mutual parting of ways in announcing Saturday that Witherspoon will not return. The move comes after an...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Cuse181]

Idk if we had the LBSU story talked about yet, but wow was it stupid to fire their coach before the end of their season. Now they’re off to the tourney with a lame duck coach

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[CU44SE]

Scumbag in a scumbag conference

Unfortunately, there are a lot more scumbags out there. Winning makes people overlook a lot

 

[RyanCuse44]

Too bad for Indiana State, they had a really nice season but their SOS did them in, plus all the upset in some of the conference tourneys.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Fly Rodder]

Pivoting from a comment in another thread:

The SEC hasn't won any titles in a while (3 since 2000, last was 2012), but they've really committed to revamping their coaches for basketball. And there are some solid to great names in there. The longest tenured coach is Cal at UK at 15 years. There's been smoke about Oats, Musselman, Golden, BEard, Paris, and Buzz being poached by more traditional basketball schools, whether likely or not, which got me thinking, which coaches in the ACC would anyone try to poach?

School	Current Coach	Years
Alabama Crimson Tide	Nate Oats	2019-
Arkansas Razorbacks	Eric Musselman	2019-
Auburn Tigers	Bruce Pearl	2014-
Florida Gators	Todd Golden	2022-
Georgia Bulldogs	Mike White	2022-
Kentucky Wildcats	John Calipari	2009-
LSU Tigers	Matt McMahon	2022-
Mississippi State Bulldogs	Chris Jans	2022-
Missouri Tigers	Dennis Gates	2022-
Ole Miss Rebels	Chris Beard	2023-
South Carolina Gamecocks	Lamont Paris	2022-
Tennessee Volunteers	Rick Barnes	2015-
Texas A&M Aggies	Buzz Williams	2019-
Vanderbilt Commodores	Jerry Stackhouse	2019-

 

[Owens guy]

Recently the SEC decided to increase the budgets of their basketball programs and spend more on head coaches. They saw how much money conferences can make for sending teams to the NCAA tournament.

It reminds me of the old Big East when many teams were coached by big name coaches.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[pwong]

 

[PauliePeppas]

Was waiting for that

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[pearl31]

this guy

 

[Frozen]

I think Gmac leaving for Siena would be good for him and, I have to say, for SU. Win-win.

 

[PauliePeppas]

I think Gmac leaving for Siena would be good for him and, I have to say, for SU. Win-win.

Agreed and I have no doubts that Red Would hire an ace recruiter to replace, and I highly highly highly doubt it’s someone with Syracuse as their alma mater

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I think Gmac leaving for Siena would be good for him and, I have to say, for SU. Win-win.

Bring back Beat Siena Week !

 

[Cuse4455]

If Trilly post something 95% of the time he's right!

 

[jr4750]

I think Gmac leaving for Siena would be good for him and, I have to say, for SU. Win-win.

yep, good for Gmac. He deserves a chance to be the top guy.

 

[littlereg]

I’m okay with this from both view points. We need the best staff possible, and I want Gerry to chase his dreams.

 

[pwong]

If Trilly post something 95% of the time he's right!

Shouts to the burner community, a new era of sports journalism

 

[djorange1989]

Agreed and I have no doubts that Red Would hire an ace recruiter to replace, and I highly highly highly doubt it’s someone with Syracuse as their alma mater

Mike Boynton would be a great choice. Whomever it is, 100% agree it should/will be a non SU guy

 

[cusefan88]

Mike Boynton would be a great choice. Whomever it is, 100% agree it should/will be a non SU guy

Would love to snag DJ Irving from Miami. He's their Philly guy.

 

[5OutFred]

Would love to snag DJ Irving from Miami. He's their Philly guy.

Maybe, just maybe, he even brings a certain player he recruited with him, Mr. Bethea...