During the first half of conference play, the SFN community started seriously talking about coaching prospects. My main contribution: Mark Turgeon – Probably should have been our “B List” hire the last time. Now, after some great work at Texas A&M (Wichita State before that), I put him on the “A List.” He’s a former […]
Coaching Carousel
My Personal Vision For an Orderly and Civilized Transition
I don’t think it will surprise anyone to hear that Sidney Lowe’s 5th season coaching the North Carolina State Wolfpack will be his last. I honestly don’t think anyone with an IQ above room temperature would dispute that statement. Ordinarily, there would be lots of fire and brimstone when a coach is clearly in the […]
Coaches on the hotseat has deep ACC flavor
Link to Message Boards After two weeks of college football, it appears that one of the more popular topics to discuss is ‘Coaches on the Hotseat’. Fox Sports has a Top 10 List that includes Maryland’s Ralph Friedgen at #3 and Virginia’s Al Groh at #1. These two schools currently bring up the rear in […]
Grading the CBB Coaching Hires
If you follow our blog then you recognize that we enjoy following the football and basketball “coaching carousels”. After (former NC State assistant) Buzz Peterson finally accepted the App State job we thought it was the right time to review this year’s coaching carousel. Before the season began, FoxSports.com listed these 12 coaches as ‘coaches […]
Miller changes his mind and accepts Arizona job?(updated 1:25pm)
Miller changes his mind. (4/6/2009 1:05 PM Update) One of the ideal fits to potentially become NC State’s head basketball coach if Coach Lowe were to head back to the NBA or not get the job done next season may be off the market. It appears Sean Miller has changed his mind and may in […]
Sources: Tim Floyd to Arizona & more dominoes could fall
The landscape of the Pac-10 continues to transform as 2009’s coaching carousel continues with this somewhat surprising move – Tim Floyd to Arizona After unsuccessfully trying to woo Rick Pitino and reportedly going after Mark Few and Jeff Capel, Arizona is set to name Tim Floyd as its new head coach according to reports. Fox […]
Calipari to Kentucky
When a school is committed to winning, they will do what it takes to hire the right coach. When a school has competent leadership, they are prepared to execute their job responsibilities at all times. When a school is competently run – like Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia and others – the hiring of a coach doesn’t […]
Littlepage gets his man
TONY BENNETT TO VIRGINIA Washington State’s Tony Bennett is the next head basketball coach of the University of Virginia Cavaliers. He will make $1.7 million a year and start with a five-year contract. (Link) Bennett is a 39 year-old former Charlotte Hornet who compiled a 68-30 record in three seasons at Washington State, […]
Pitino publicly spurns Sendek
As a follow-up to some of our comments from our most recent Carousel entry I’m not naming a coach and its not my business, but I’ll stick my two cents in, ok? For me, last time around – Billy Gillispie is a terrific coach – I would have immediately hired either John Pelphrey or Travis […]
Saturday’s Open Entry
Please feel free to share comments and information in this thread today. A few couple items of interest: Is Jeff Capel heading back to the Commonwealth state to coach UVA? This scuttlebutt continues. If you haven’t seen the video of Billy Gillispie being chased then you should check it out by clicking here and/or here. If […]
