Whew. It looks like Wake Forest has found its man. Good thing nobody knew about this prior to today. This coaching search was fairly laughable. Wake better hope Bzdelik wins in a hurry or things with the fan base could get ugly (or uglier I guess). Wake gets Bzdelik to lead Deacs Wake Forest has […]
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Fox Sports: Wake to hire Bzdelik
Stay tuned for more on this…check back later. Wake reaches deal with Bzdelik Wake Forest has agreed to a deal with Colorado head coach Jeff Bzdelik, according to multiple sources. Bzdelik, 57, has been at Colorado for the past three years and spent two seasons in the NBA as the head coach of the Denver […]
Brad Stevens Signs New 12-year Deal With Butler
NDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Brad Stevens is content to keep coaching the Butler way. The 33-year-old coach, who came within a buzzer-beating shot of winning the NCAA men’s basketball championship, signed a 12-year deal Thursday that extends through the 2021-22 season.
The ACC’s Coaching Carousel in full orbit
I was going to spend a bunch of time leading my coaching carousel entry writing about Butler’s Brad Stevens until I ran across Rush The Court’s entry on Stevens that served to save me a lot of time. You can view it by clicking here. Stevens’ profile on Tobacco Road has been elevated since the […]
Wake Forest fires Dino Gaudio
After three seasons and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, it looks like Dino Gaudio has been fired by Wake Forest. A press conference is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Check back later today for more and check out the forums for more discussion. WXII: Gaudio out at Wake Forest Wake Forest University head basketball coach […]
Boston College Fires Al Skinner, Lavin to St. John’s [Updated 3 pm]
Boston College basketball coach Al Skinner has been fired, according to sources at Boston College. A press conference is scheduled for noon today. We will have much more later. For the moment, Eagle in Atlanta has put together his initial list of potential candidates (faster than Lee Fowler was able to find a single telephone […]
Coaching Carousel Begins in Earnest – Lutz out at Charlotte
Wow. Judy Rose doesn’t play around. Just a day after a case could be made that UNC-Chapel Hill’s political prowess stole an NIT bid from the Charlotte 49ers, Rose moved to fire the 49ers all-time winningest coach after failing to land in postseason play for the second consecutive season. (Link to article and conversation) The […]
Skip Holtz jumps ECU for USF
Fascinating story developed in Greenville the last 24 hours…and the ‘main stream media’ took another punch to the face when ‘AOL’s Fanhouse’ – a blog platform that SFN was invited to join when it was first formed – is credited for breaking the news that Skip Holtz is leaving East Carolina for South Florida. Here’s […]
Urban Meyer to step down amid report he had heart attack during season (Sunday Noon)
Please share updates as you find them. You can also follow some of the developments by clicking here. As usual, we will also follow news and insight from across the “Tweetesphere” that you can follow from our Twitter page. Sunday, 11am Update Meyer will hold a press conference around 4:30pm this afternoon. The Gainesville […]
ESPN Insider: Is Butch Davis on Notre Dame’s list? (Updated 4:45pm)
We are taking the entire quote from ESPN Insider Brian Hamilton of the Chicago Tribune first included UNC coach Butch Davis on his list of possible successors to Charlie Weis eight days ago, and Davis is still on the Trib’s updated list today — as one of the “favorites,” no less, behind Brian Kelly, Bob […]
