Maryland Men's Basketball Coaching Search Odds
Odds | Name | Current Job | Notes |
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6/1 | The Field | It's only December. | |
24/1 | Rick Pitino | Head Coach - Iona | 4/1 odds that he gets a HM job after this season, so why not this one? Will be 70 in September, comes with a ton of baggage, but has won at all of his college stops. The Maryland fanbase is desperate for someone who will win big - Pitino can do that. Won National Championships at Kentucky in 1996 and Louisville in 2013 (although the Cardinals title was vacated by the NCAA in 2018). |
25/1 | Andy Enfield | Head Coach - USC | Scored over 2000 career points at nearby Johns Hopkins + got his MBA from Maryland. Led Florida Gulf Coast to the Sweet 16 in 2013 before taking over at USC, where he has gone 163–110 in his 8+ seasons. |
30/1 | Kim English | Head Coach - George Mason | A Baltimore native, is in his first year at George Mason. Drafted by the Pistons out of Missouri in 2012, also worked as an assistant at Tennessee, Colorado, and Tulsa. |
35/1 | Nate Oats | Head Coach - Alabama | A Midwest guy coaching at a football school. 48–23 in 3+ season with the Crimson Tide, also wen 96–43 (.691) in foyr seasons at Buffalo. |
32/1 | Kevin Willard | Head Coach - Seton Hall | Has been the head coach at Seton Hall since 2010 (210–150). Seton Hall is finally building a practice facility, but the allure of the Big Ten will be a factor here for Willard. |
38/1 | John Beilein | Player Development - Detroit Pistons | Had a ton of success in the Big Ten at Michigan, leading the Wolverines to the National Championship game in 2013 and 2018. Has won 754 NCAA games with stops at UM, West Virginia, Richmond, Canisius, LeMoyne, and Nazareth. 2014 Big Ten Coach of the Year, 2018 CBS National COY. |
40/1 | Mark Schmidt | Head Coach - St. Bonaventure | Will continue to be on every HM AD's radar after the job he's done with the Bonnies. 2X A-10 COY, and won A-10 titles in 2021 and 2012. Had St. Bona ranked in the pre-season Top 25 this season for the first time in 50 years. |
60/1 | Danny Manning | Interim Head Coach - Maryland | Former teammate of ex-Terps head coach Turgeon, struggled in 6 seasons as the HC at Wake Forest (78-111). The #1 pick in the 1988 NBA draft also soent two seasons at Tulsa where he went 38-29. Manning would need a deep run inn the NCAA tourney to improve his odds. |