Jerome Allen has had the interim tag removed from his title and will remain at Penn as the head coach. Allen took over for Glen Miller after an 0-7 start this past season. Penn went 6-15 (5-9 Ivy) after Allen stepped in, including a victory over nationally ranked Cornell. The Penn grad is currently sixth
Floyd the choice at UTEP
Tim Floyd will be announced as the Head Coach at UTEP today at a 6:00 press conference. Floyd is currently an assistant with the New Orleans Hornets. He was previously an assistant at UTEP from 1978-86 under the legendary Don Haskins. Floyd resigned as the Head Coach at USC in 2009 amid allegations that he
Early Siena candidates
The ink isn’t even dry on departed coach Fran McCaffrey’s contract at Iowa, but the names are already starting to roll in as his possible replacements at Siena. Here’s who I’ve heard so far. Mitch Buonagura – current assistant at Siena. A long time assistant (won a National Championship at Villanova in 1985) who has
Houston rumors
The search for Tom Penders replacement has really begun to heat up. Lat Friday, former Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie met with UH Athletic Director Mack Rhoades. The two worked together at UTEP when Gillispie was the head coach there and Rhoades was the executive senior associate athletics director. There are some reservations about Gillespies
Wagner Finalists
Wagner has narrowed its coaching search down to three. They will all meet with school officials this week and a decision could be made has early has this weekend. Below are the three finalists. Danny Hurley- is the youngest of the finalist, played for his father at St. Anthony’s, then went on to star at
Central Florida to hire Jones
Sources are reporting that Marshall Head Coach Donnie Jones will be announced as the next head coach at Central Florida. Jones led Marshall to a 24-9 record this past season, and advanced to the second round of the CBI tournament. He was an assistant to Billy Donovan for 11 seasons at Florida and part of
St. John’s nearing decision
Our sources are telling us that St. John’s is close to naming it’s next head coach – with an announcement expected as early as Wednesday. Former UCLA Head Coach Steve Lavin is believed to be the leader right now. If he is hired, it is expected that he will compose a staff of guys with
Houston Interviews
Houston will be interviewing three candidates this week, Texas assistant Rodney Terry,Villanova assistant Chris Walker and former Texas Tech head coach James Dickey. Dickey, who is the newest addition to the list was the head coach at Tech from 91-01 and spent 02-08 as an assistant at Oklahoma State. We mentioned some other names earlier
Field narrowed at Toledo
Apparently Toledo AD Mike O’Brien has narrowed down the field for the vacant men’s basketball job and has begun interviews. According to my source, Memphis assistant Willis Wilson (former Head Coach at Rice) interviewed on Saturday and Western Carolina Head Coach Larry Hunter interviewed yesterday. Also, UW-Green Bay Head Coach Tod Tod Kowalczyk is scheduled
Willard to be hired at Seton Hall
Multiple sources are reporting that Iona Head Coach will take over at Seton Hall. Willard was 45-49 in his three seasons at Iona including a 21-10 mark this season. The hire was decided upon after top choice Fran McCaffrey accepted the Iowa job earlier in the day. A press conference is expected early next week.
McCaffery named Head Coach at Iowa
Fran McCaffery has been named Head Coach at Iowa. McCaffery has spent the last 5 seasons at Siena leading them to a 112-51 record. He’ll be formally introduced at a press conference (tentatively set for 11 a.m.) to be held in Iowa City on Monday.
Louisiana-Lafayette set to name Marlin
Sam Houston Head Coach Bob Marlin will be named as the Head Coach at Louisiana-Lafayette later this week. He has already informed AD Bobby Williams as well as his team of his intentions. Marlin had been at the helm of the Bearkats for the past 12 seasons (225-131 ), and led them to the Big