I was going to say that I was surprised that they would take Dooley…again. Then I stopped and thought about what I was saying.
I am hoping it will be Lutz for Bobby’s sake, but I want Dooley for me. It will be easy to keep hating on EZU if Bobby is not there.
Same here, Nugget. I will always pull for Bobby no matter what, but damn I do loathe EZU…
I wouldn’t wish ECU basketball on anyone. IMO only an idiot takes that job.
Or someone desperate to get back into the college coaching ranks…Lutz might be that desperate.
Technically this would be the first posting in the 2019 Coaching Carousel with Fran Dunphy supposed leading Temple through next season, but since we’re still in the 2018 cycle, will place it here.
https://www.fanragsports.com/news/rothstein-aaron-mckie-to-succeed-fran-dunphy/
clt says the EZU MBB job should come with a struggle bus.
That’s bullshit to fire him as the head basketball coach and give him a shit job hoping he’ll quit so you don’t have to pay him. Not to mention he’s an alum and all time winningest coach.
Thought Rhode Island would do the same as Xavier and they still might. Per Jeff Goodman, URI associate head coach David Cox still in the mix to succeed Dan Hurley, as are John Becker of Vermont and Joe Dooley of FGCU. Cox largely responsible for recruiting the top 2018 class in the A-10 that’s rated 30th nationally by 247Sports.
Latest update.
School - Former Coach - NEW COACH
CHARLOTTE - Mark Price/Houston Fancher (interim) - RON SANCHEZ
Bryant - Tim O’Shea - JARED GRASSO
Cal State Northridge - Reggie Theus - MARK GOTTFRIED
Chicago State - Tracy Dildy
Colorado State - Larry Eustachy - NIKO MEDVED
Delaware State - Keith Walker
Drake - Niko Medved - DARIAN DEVRIES
East Carolina - Jeff Lebo
Eastern Kentucky - Dan McHale - A.W. HAMILTON
Evansville - Marty Simmons - WALTER MCCARTY
Florida Atlantic - Michael Curry - DUSTY MAY
Fresno State - Rodney Terry
Georgia - Mark Fox - TOM CREAN
High Point - Scott Cherry - TUBBY SMITH
Incarnate Word - Ken Burmeister - CARSON CUNNINGHAM
Little Rock - Wes Flanigan - DARRELL WALKER
Longwood - Jayson Gee - GRIFF ALDRICH
Louisville - Rick Pitino/Dave Padgett (interim) - CHRIS MACK
Loyola Maryland - G.G. Smith - TAVARAS HARDY
Maine - Bob Walsh - RICHARD BARRON
Marist - Mike Maker
Maryland Eastern Shore - Bobby Collins
McNeese State - Dave Simmons - HEATH SCHROYER
Memphis - Tubby Smith - PENNY HARDAWAY
Middle Tennessee - Kermit Davis - NICK MCDEVITT
Mississippi - Andy Kennedy - KERMIT DAVIS
Missouri State - Paul Musk - DANA FORD
Nicholls State - Richie Riley - AUSTIN CLAUNCH
North Alabama - Bobby Champagne
Pepperdine - Marty Wilson - LORENZO ROMAR
Pittsburgh - Kevin Stallings - JEFF CAPEL
Rhode Island - Dan Hurley
San Diego - Lamont Smith
South Alabama - Matthew Graves - RICHIE RILEY
South Dakota - Craig Smith
Tennessee State - Dana Ford - PENNY COLLINS
UC Riverside - Dennis Cutts - DAVID PATRICK
UConn - Kevin Ollie - DAN HURLEY
UNC Asheville - Nick McDevitt
USC Upstate - Kyle Perry - DAVE DICKERSON
UT Arlington - Scott Cross
UTEP - Tim Floyd - RODNEY TERRY
Utah State - Tim Duryea - CRAIG SMITH
Western Carolina - Larry Hunter - MARK PROSSER
Xavier - Chris Mack - TRAVIS STEELE
Per Jeff Goodman, FIU has fired Anthony Evans.
Reading that Wyoming assistant Tony Pujol has been hired by North Alabama as the school transitions to D-I as a member of the A-Sun. Got his start in college coaching as an assistant to Houston Fancher at App State before serving on Anthony Grant’s staff at both VCU and Alabama.
Looks like Dooley to ECU, again.
Reading that a couple of recently fired head coaches not staying unemployed very long after landing assistant positions - former Missouri State HC Paul Lusk to Creighton and former Pepperdine HC Marty Wilson to California.
Other former head coaches rumored to be returning to the sidelines as assistants include Dino Gaudio (Wake Forest) to Louisville; Jim Harrick (Georgia) to Cal State Northridge; and Mike Rice (Rutgers) to Pitt.
The Rhode Island search was somewhat bizarre, with URI issuing a statement that they had not offered the position to Rick Pitino after a local news website published a story that the AD had been vetoed by the school president in seeking to hire the disgraced former Louisville coach!
UT Arlington AD has his guy now. We’ll see how long it takes for UTA to become the “Gonzaga” of the Sun Belt!