Cornell has begun interviewing candidates to replace Steve Donahue. I can confirm that Temple assistant Matt Langel interviewed for the job earlier in the week. Langel played at Penn under current Temple head coach Fran Dunphy – Steve Donahue was one of the assistants during that time. The Donahue hire worked out pretty well for
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Early names at Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana-Monroe AD Bobby Staub has already begun the process of searching for a replacement for Orlando Early who resigned yesterday. A few early names that have come up that appear to be involved with the job are: Kenny Natt – Former NBA player and coach. An alum of ULM. Keith Richard – Assistant at LSU.
Brown the choice at Holy Cross
Mt. St. Mary’s head coach Milan Brown will be named as the next head coach at Holy Cross. An official news conference is expected early next week (with the Patriot’s Day holiday in Massachusetts on Monday, it sounds like Tuesday will be the day). I reported yesterday that Brown was on campus and interviewing for
A curve ball at UNC-Wilmington
Didn’t see this one coming…. After almost 80 days, UNC-Wilmington has decided to hire Appalachian State head coach Buzz Peterson. Peterson is 225-147 in 12 seasons as a head coach (App. St., Tulsa, Tennessee, Coastal Carolina, and back to App. St.) He has had two one year stints – winning 26 games at Tulsa in
Colorado search narrowed to three
The search for the next basketball coach at Colorado is apparently down to 3. They are: Steve McClain – Current Colorado associate head coach. Was interviewed on Thursday. Mike Dunlap – Associate head coach at Oregon. Former head coach at Metro State (Denver) and an assistant with the Nuggets. He’s interviewing today. Tad Boyle –
NYC rumors…..
Steve Lavin is working on completing his staff at St. John’s. He has already hired Tony Chiles, and is close to hiring the rest of the spots. Those who are involved are: Rico Hines – Played for Lavin at UCLA. Was an assistant for Golden State last season. Mike Dunlap – Associate head coach at
Dartmouth rumors….
I know that I often poke fun at the lengthy search going on at UNC-Wilmington (78 days and counting), but according to my math, Dartmouth has been searching for 97 days! The search for Terry Dunn’s replacement may finally be coming to an end. I’ve heard of four legitimate candidates who have either visited campus,
BREAKING: UW-Green Bay to hire Wardle
I have just heard from very good sources that Brian Wardle will be hired as the head coach at UWGB. Wardle has been an assistant at UWGB since 2005 and was the director of ops at Marquette before that. He played for Tom Crean at Marquette, and led Golden Eagles in scoring as a sophomore,
New England rumors…..
Two quick rumors from the New England area: New Boston College assistant John Gallagher is at the top of the short list at Hartford. He was the associate head coach there before moving on to Penn (and recently BC). Sounds like they may be moving quickly on this one. If this falls through, UConn assistant
Wake Forest staff
New Wake head coach Jeff Bdzelik has begun the process of hiring his staff. From what I’ve heard, he’s not taking anyone from his previous staff at Colorado with him. Current Wake assistants Jeff Battle and Rusty LaRue are expected to be retained. Also, Georgia operations coordinator Mark Pope is expected to join the staff.
UWGB finalists
Wisconsin-Green Bay has narrowed the field to four finalists for it’s men’s basketball job. Athletic director Ken Bothof has finished the interview process, and will meet with the chancellor and search committee as early as today to discuss who will be offered the job. The four finalists are: Brian Wardle – UWGB assistant Gary Grzesk
Holy Cross update II
My phone has been ringing off the hook with this one…apparently Mt. St. Mary’s head coach Milan Brown has interviewed on campus today. He was an assistant to the legendary Jim Phelan at The Mount, and replaced Phelan when he retired in 2003. Brown is 95-120 in 7 seasons at Mt. St. Mary’s including an