McKay is officially at Liberty…
[URL=http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm?PID=10869&newsID=1232&TeamID=][B]Liberty Names Ritchie McKay Head Men’s Basketball Coach[/B][/URL], LibertyFlames.com
If I were Kentucky, I would go after their former player there, Travis Ford. Ford is a great young coach and I don’t think there is anyway he could turn down the Kentucky job.
The AD at Kentucky came from Oregon. I don’t think he’s necessarily thinking it has to be a UK family member, just a winner. Ford’s a good coach but in 8 years of D-I coaching is only 122-113 (.519) and that will scare some of the Wildcat faithful away.
[QUOTE=HP49er;227093]Ford’s a good coach but in 8 years of D-I coaching is only 122-113 (.519) and that will scare some of the Wildcat faithful away.[/QUOTE]
HP, a lot of those losses came while rebuilding/resurrecting the respective programs at Eastern Kentucky and UMass. He began at NAIA Campbellsville (KY).
Season School Overall (Conf.) Notes
1997-98 Campbellsville 16-17 (7-5) Mid-South Semifinals
1998-99 Campbellsville 28-3 (10-2) Mid-South Coach of Year
1999-00 Campbellsville 23-11 (8-4) NAIA/Mid-South Semis
2000-01 Eastern Kentucky 7-19 (1-15)
2001-02 Eastern Kentucky 7-20 (3-13)
2002-03 Eastern Kentucky 11-17 (5-11)
2003-04 Eastern Kentucky 14-15 (8-8) OVC Semifinals
2004-05 Eastern Kentucky 22-9 (11-5) NCAA/OVC Champions
2005-06 Massachusetts 13-15 (8-8)
2006-07 Massachusetts 24-9 (13-3) NIT/A-10 Regular-Season Co-Champs
TOTALS 10 Years 165-135 (74-73)
BTW, Eastern Kentucky won the OVC again in 2007 and played the Tar Heels in the first round in the NCAAs, so Ford seems to have laid a pretty good foundation there.
Still, Ford would be a longshot to get the UK job at this time.
Kentucky will make a play for Crean. If they can’t get him, they’ll “settle” for Ford. $.02
[QUOTE=NinerAdvocate;227116]Kentucky will make a play for Crean. If they can’t get him, they’ll “settle” for Ford. $.02[/QUOTE]
They are going all out for Donavan after the season is over…
Heath out at Arkansas! :ohmy:
Heath out at Arkansas! :ohmy:
My project manager is an Arkansas grad and a huge athletics supporter, he has been saying this was going to happen for about 3 months now.
[QUOTE=ninerID;227156]My project manager is an Arkansas grad and a huge athletics supporter, he has been saying this was going to happen for about 3 months now.[/QUOTE]
Funny how the Hawgs’ season pointed to this until they got hot in the SEC tourney and made the Big Dance. Then it seemed like quite a few writers were telling us that the selection committee had “saved” Heath. Now both he and Reynolds of Long Beach State can say that 20 wins plus an NCAA tourney spot aren’t always enough to keep your job!
Funny how the Hawgs' season pointed to this until they got hot in the SEC tourney and made the Big Dance. Then it seemed like quite a few writers were telling us that the selection committee had "saved" Heath. Now both he and Reynolds of Long Beach State can say that 20 wins plus an NCAA tourney spot aren't always enough to keep your job!I don't know what the expectations are at Arkansas. I would assume to be a Final Four contender every season, when you look at the success they had in the early 90's.
They have pretty good facilities, and a strong following. I know not too many people around here think they aren’t a kentucky, kansas, duke, but in the state of Arkansas, they think they aren’t to many steps behind.
Houston Nutt saved his career there with this season as well.
It will be interesting to see who they go after, I also find it interesting that they didn’t do this last year and get Mike Anderson.
[QUOTE=ninerID;227170]It will be interesting to see who they go after…[/QUOTE]
Well, if you can believe this…
In addition to the lack of postseason success, other factors cost Heath his job in the “other” Fayetteville…
Arkansas has not won an NCAA Tournament game since 1999, the second-longest drought among SEC schools. Only South Carolina has gone longer, not winning one since 1973.…
Economics most likely figured into the decision to fire Heath. Season tickets are down 2,000 during his tenure to 14,779, a low since Walton Arena opened for the 1994 season. The school designates up to 17,700 seats to be sold as season tickets.
The 2007 season was the fourth in a row that all the games did not sell out at 19,200-seat Walton Arena. Walton and its predecessor, Barnhill Arena, sold out 334 consecutive games from the 1977 through 2003 seasons.
ArkansasOnLine.com: Stan Heath Fired, University of Arkansas says
[QUOTE=run49er;227112]HP, a lot of those losses came while rebuilding/resurrecting the respective programs at Eastern Kentucky and UMass. He began at NAIA Campbellsville (KY).[/QUOTE]
Exactly my point. He’s a rebuilder, Kentucky doesn’t exactly need rebuilding.
- Georgetown assistant Kevin Broadus is taking over at Binghamton.
- Saul Phillips, a current assistand at North Dakota State, gets the head coaching nod.
- Michigan State assistant coach Jim Boylen is expected to accept the Utah opening.
Nobody wants to be the South Florida coach.
[QUOTE][B]Pelphrey not interested in USF[/B]
[I]Posted By Brett McMurphy, Tampa Tribune, at Mar 26, 2007 at 03:17 PM
Updated Mar 26, 2007 at 03:55 PM[/I]
The University of South Florida’s coaching search took another hit Monday when South Alabama coach John Pelphrey said he is no longer a candidate.
“I am not a candidate for any job,” Pelphrey told the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register Monday.
In the past two days, the only two current coaches USF AD Doug Woolard interviewed - Winthrop’s Gregg Marshall and Pelphrey - both have indicated they are not interested in USF.
To paraphrase Henny Youngman: “Take the USF job, please!”
The only others to interview are former coaches Pete Gillen and Fran Fraschilla.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=HP49er;227182]Nobody wants to be the South Florida coach.[/QUOTE]
HP, I bet there’s a certain “as of today” ex-coach from the SEC who would take the job in Tampa. :biggrin:
They’d better grab him. I believe that’s as good as they’ll get now.
[QUOTE=HP49er;227185]They’d better grab him. I believe that’s as good as they’ll get now.[/QUOTE]
In all seriousness, it would be a good hire for USF.
Maybe Lutz still has a chance at USF…
USF offered Marshall $750-800K yesterday. He is holding out for the South Carolina job in the next couple of years. He is happy in Rock Hill and Winthrop is giving him a new contract for $400K a year for 10yrs.
Billy Donovan to the Miami Heat?