Charleston - Bobby Cremins (retirement) - replaced by Dave Wojcik (ex-Tulsa)
Colorado State - Time Miles (to Nebraska) - replaced by Larry Eustachy (Southern Miss)
Duquesne - Ron Everhart - replaced by Jim Ferry (LIU)
FIU - Isiah Thomas - replaced by Richard Pitino (UofL asst)
Illinois - Bruce Weber - replaced by Jim Groce (Ohio)
Kansas State - Frank Martin (to South Carolina) - replaced by Bruce Weber (ex-Illinois)
LSU - Trent Johnson (to TCU) - replaced by Johnny Jones (North Texas)
Miami U. - Charlie Coles (retirement) - replaced by John Cooper (Tennessee St)
Mississippi St - Rick Stansbury (retirement) - replaced by Rick Ray (Clemson asst)
Nebraska - Doc Sadler - replaced by Tim Miles (Colo St) Rhode Island - Jim Baron - replaced by Dan Hurley (Wagner)
SMU - Matt Doherty - replaced by Larry Brown (former Charlotte Bobcats, etc.)
South Carolina - Darrin Horn - replaced by Frank Martin (K-State)
Southern Illinois - Chris Lowery - replaced by Barry Hinson (Kansas asst & former Mizzou St HC)
Southern Miss - Larry Eustachy (to Colo St) - replaced by Donnie Tyndall (Morehead State) TCU - Jim Christian (to Ohio) - replaced by Trent Johnson (LSU)
Tulsa - Doug Wojcik - replaced by Danny Manning (Kansas asst)
UAB - Mike Davis - replaced by Jerod Haase (UNC-CH asst)
UNC Greensboro - Mike Dement - replaced by asst Wes Miller (UNCG asst) Virginia Tech - Seth Greenberg
Western Kentucky - Ken McDonald - replaced by asst Ray Harper (WKU asst) Winthrop - Randy Peele - replace by Pat Kelsey (former Xavier asst)
We laugh at the idea that Lebo could have been our coach, but Matt Doherty interviewed against Bobby Lutz for the job. I cringe thinking what might have happened if we had been suckered into that hire like a growing list of other schools have been.
I remember when Doc Sadler’s best team ran roughshod over us in the NIT. We all know about Baron, while Horn has been terrible at South Car.
Lowery everyone thought was a great coach. He played for SIU and guided them to a sweet 16 early in his career (although I remember some 9er victories against him). Doherty never was good, he got people to hire him for his ‘pedigree’ I suppose. Wojcik had a couple of 25 win seasons and fielded some good teams, but never an NCAA - remember the big 7 footer they had (Jordan?) that battled Phil Jones one game? Ken McDonald was fired 3 1/2 seasons into his stint with Western Kentucky…kind of early, but they were declining in wins every year. And then they make the NCAAs this year (albeit with a losing record) and won their first game!
No comment necessary on Peele, though he did go to 2 NCAA’s in 5 years at Winthrop. Thats not so shabby.
[ul][li]Frank Martin leaves K-State to take over at South Carolina[/li]
[li]former Mizzou State coach Barry Hinson returns to the Valley at Southern Illinois[/li]
[li]UNC-CH assistant Jared Haase hired by UAB[/li][/ul]
[quote=“49r9r, post:11, topic:26535”]Glad to see Carolina decided to hire a coach with integrity. Wasn’t Martin banned from coaching high school in the entire state of Florida?
Does this mean Dalonte will be moving to Columbia? [/quote]Haven’t heard anything about Hill leaving Maryland to rejoin Martin at USC.
As far as Martin goes, this is from his Wiki page:
At the same time, he had begun his career in basketball as the head coach of the boys' junior varsity squad at [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_High_School]Miami High School[/url] in 1985. He served in that position for eight years until he was appointed to his first varsity coaching job at [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Miami_High_School]North Miami High School[/url] after he completed his studies at FIU in 1993. He returned to Miami Senior two years later to head its [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_team]varsity team[/url].[sup][3][/sup] Under his watch, the Stingarees won three consecutive state championships from 1996 to 1998. The last of those titles was later vacated due to recruiting violations involving school employees and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_club]boosters[/url] who gave housing assistance to the players.[sup][2][/sup] Although he was never personally accused of any wrongdoing, Martin was dismissed in 1999.[sup][4][/sup] He next served as head coach at [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Washington_High_School_(Miami)]Booker T. Washington High School[/url] for one year.[sup][3][/sup]
I am mixed about Groce. His Bobcats team was very 3 point dependent and his MAC record is less than impressive. He wins NCAA games though, which is a bonus.
Agree on Groce. Verdict is out with a 34-30 MAC record. If they dont win the MAC Tourney this year I am not sure they make the tourney but who knows. We’ll find out at Illinois. Has all the resources he needs.
Wow, Danny Manning to coach Tulsa, that should be interesting.
What’s even more interesting to me is that Kansas is losing their director of basketball ops to be the head coach at southern illinois??? Is that the best southern illinois can do? I mean, I know Kansas is a huge program, but you figure they could at least pick up an assistant coach.
[quote=“Iron9er, post:18, topic:26535”]What’s even more interesting to me is that Kansas is losing their director of basketball ops to be the head coach at southern illinois? ??? Is that the best southern illinois can do? I mean, I know Kansas is a huge program, but you figure they could at least pick up an assistant coach.[/quote]FWIW, Barry Hinson was HC at Oral Roberts (1997-99) and Missouri State (1999-2008) prior to landing at Kansas. During his first tenure in the Valley, Mizzou State won more games (10) against an SIU team that won 6 straight MVC titles (2002-07) than any other school in the conference. Most memorable was the 2005-06 MSU team went 22-9 and a #21 RPI but was left out of the Big Dance (NOTE: relegated to the 2006 NIT after the NCAA snub, the Bears posted wins over Stanford and Houston before losing to Louisville). Anyway, too many NITs and SIU dominance in the MVC basically got Hinson canned at MSU in 2008, though I’ve always felt the 2006 NCAA Selection Committee screwed MSU. Apparently 4 MVC bids were the max that season, not 5!
Wow, Danny Manning to coach Tulsa, that should be interesting.
What’s even more interesting to me is that Kansas is losing their director of basketball ops to be the head coach at southern illinois? ??? Is that the best southern illinois can do? I mean, I know Kansas is a huge program, but you figure they could at least pick up an assistant coach.[/quote]
Yeah, maybe Manning can employ the old “hire your recruit’s father” technique to get some blue chippers. :
