New Head Coaches in the last 10 years

[JazzNC]

After being called foolish for suggesting SU consider all of its options (including retaining JB or replacing him) and being told that no head coach could do better, I decided to do some research. Instead of arguing back and forth, I decided to research the bigger schools to see how they fared after replacing a head coach. Understand that most head coaches are fired, or transfer to another school. There are no coaches like Boeheim that spend their entire career at one school, so finding schools/coaches that compare was quite challenging. Here's what I found:

2007

Kentucky hired Gillespie who had an 18-13, and then a 22-14 record in the two years he was there. Not bad, but not UK standards. He was replaced by Calipari.

West Va hired Huggins who went 26-11, 23-12, 31-7, 21-12, 19-16 (then two bad years when joining the B12) followed by a 25-10, 26-9, and 28-9 records.

Michigan hired Beilein who went 10-22, 21-14, 24-10, 31-8, 28-9, 16-16, 23-13 and 26-12. Still there.

2008

Indiana hired Crean who went 6-25, 10-21-, 12-20, 27-9, 17-15, 20-14, 27-8 and 18-16 before being replaced.

Marquette hired Buzz Wiliams who went 14-17, 25-10, 22-12, 22-15, 27-8, 26-9, and 17-15 during his tenure.

2009

Arizona hired Miller who went 16-15, 30-8, 23-12, 27-8, 33-5, 34-4, 25-9 and 32-5... still going strong.

Kentucky hired Calipari - need i write more.

Virginia hired Bennett who went 15-16, 16-15, 22-10, 23-12, 30-7, 30-4, 29-8 and 23-11.

2010

Oregon hired Altman who just took the Ducks to the Final Four last year.

2011

Maryland hired Turgeon who replaced retiree Gary Wililams and went 17-15, 25-13, 17-15, 28-7, 27-9, and 24-9.

2012

Uconn hired Ollie who won a National Championship right away, and went 20-10, 38-8, 20-15, 25-11, and 16-17 last season... trending down.

2013

UCLA hired Alford who went 28-9, 22-14, 15-17, and 31-5 last year with Lonzo Ball.

2014

Marquette hired Wojciechowski who went 13-19, 20-13 and 19-13 in his first 3 seasons.

2015

Florida hired White to replace legendary Billy Donovan and he went 21-15 and 27-9 his first two seasons.

Texas hired Smart who went 20-13 and 11-22 his first two seasons. This year's recruiting class is stronger.

2016

Wisconsin hired Greg Gard (assistant) who went 15-8 and 27-10 his first two seasons.

ANALYSIS: IT IS VERY POSSIBLE FOR SYRACUSE TO FIND A QUALITY HEAD COACH IF IT IS WILLING TO SPEND MONEY. THESE STATS SHOW THAT MOST COACHES TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET THEIR SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING. I AM NOT ADVOCATING REPLACING JB, BUT I AM SAYING IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE, AND WORTH CONSIDERING IF THE TREND CONTINUES.

 

[Trueblue25]

We should've hired a new head coach years ago. We didn't, we've made our bed. Fortunately the old, cranky, stubborn coach we have is JAB. Could be much worse, but I wonder why we let this happen sometimes.

 

[JazzNC]

We should've hired a new head coach years ago. We didn't, we've made our bed. Fortunately the old, cranky, stubborn coach we have is JAB. Could be much worse, but I wonder why we let this happen sometimes.

I actually like JB, but I don't think he can overcome his age, unless he has access to the fountain of youth. If he was 55 I'd love for him to stay. I am grateful to him, and think he's earned the right to stay. I just wish his ego would get out of the way and he'd realize he's now holding us back.