OT: 2021 Coaching Carousel

[JWags85]

Dude had one good year at Drake, after taking over from his father, and turned it into 12 years of coaching D1 ball at a slightly lower than .500 clip.

A year that was mostly fools gold as evidenced by promptly getting upset in the first round.  His career prior, other than with his dad, was at D2 and low major level.  Then he assists his Dad for a couple of profoundly mediocre years at Drake before inheriting a team full of seniors.  We have the ignominy of the Dukiet years, but Davis to Providence may be the worst hire in Big East history.

[Pakuni]

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops
Utah State expected to hire UMBC head coach Ryan Odom, source told @Stadium.

[JWags85]

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops
Utah State expected to hire UMBC head coach Ryan Odom, source told @Stadium.

That is...something.  Literally has never coached in a state that doesn’t border the Atlantic Ocean and only one of those gigs had even a remotely national profile.  Interesting.  He’s a pretty good coach that’s the son of a good coach but that’s a strange fit on the surface

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

That is...something.  Literally has never coached in a state that doesn’t border the Atlantic Ocean and only one of those gigs had even a remotely national profile.  Interesting.  He’s a pretty good coach that’s the son of a good coach but that’s a strange fit on the surface

Well, hiring a guy whose never coached near Utah worked well for them last time so maybe hoping it works again?

[JWags85]

Well, hiring a guy whose never coached near Utah worked well for them last time so maybe hoping it works again?

Colorado isn’t near Utah?

[GoldenWarrior11]

UMBC has made the NCAA Tournament twice in history. The America East is always a one-bid league. Odom was making just above $200k at UMBC.

Utah State has been the NCAAT over twenty times in history, with even more NIT appearances. The Mountain West has better programs, coaches and history, and has the ability to be a multi-bid league annually. Craig Smith was making just under $1 million annually as part of his last extension.

So, yes, it is a no-brainer for Odom to move 2,000 miles away.

[JWags85]

Of course Odom should take it.  He should take the Hawaii job if it had been available and offered.  I meant more from Utah St’s perspective

[Herman Cain]

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops
Utah State expected to hire UMBC head coach Ryan Odom, source told @Stadium.

Wojo is now 0 for Utah

[shoothoops]

Inside Carolina is reporting a board of trustees meeting to discuss terms of Head Coaching position for Hubert Davis. C.L. Brown, others confirm Davis is the hire for North Carolina.

[JakeBarnes]

Inside Carolina is reporting a board of trustees meeting to discuss terms of Head Coaching position for Hubert Davis.

Good for him. He's been waiting in the wings for a bit. I think he can keep UNC playing at a high level.

[MU82]

News & Observer reporting that it's Hubert Davis - donedeal.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article249964439.html?ac_cid=DM421419&ac_bid=-23495726

[swoopem]

Dane Fife leaving MSU for Indiana. He was thought of as being the coach in waiting for Sparty. Probably not anymore

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Colorado isn’t near Utah?

I was thinking head coaching, not assistant coaching, but that's a fair point.

[Litehouse]

Wojo is now 0 for Utah

Wojo to UMBC?

[Oldgym]

Wojo to UMBC?

Homecoming.

[Silent Verbal]

Wojo to UMBC?

That’s about the level he should be coaching at, but his ego’s too big, hey?  He’ll find some way to get back on Duke’s bench.

[JWags85]

Dane Fife leaving MSU for Indiana. He was thought of as being the coach in waiting for Sparty. Probably not anymore

Given his IU history, and how hot a name hes been for HC jobs in the past, he's probably angling to get the same sort of path at IU.

[NorthernDancerColt]

Wojo to UMBC?

Wojo wouldn’t go there, but I could see him in the A-10. Haven’t followed it, but was he in play for the Fordham job before it was filled recently?

[Billy Hoyle]

Dane Fife leaving MSU for Indiana. He was thought of as being the coach in waiting for Sparty. Probably not anymore

That ship had sailed a few years ago. He's likely the coach in waiting for IU now.

Of course Odom should take it.  He should take the Hawaii job if it had been available and offered.  I meant more from Utah St’s perspective

Strange move by Utah State. Odom was turned down by Wake, where his dad is a legend, and Charleston after his Dad's firm was hired to fill that opening.

[Billy Hoyle]

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops
Utah State expected to hire UMBC head coach Ryan Odom, source told @Stadium.

He was Roy's choice for the job. Davis has been there since 2012, having left a potentially very lucrative broadcasting career. No surprise there - Roy's guy and from within the family.

[Pakuni]

Dane Fife leaving MSU for Indiana. He was thought of as being the coach in waiting for Sparty. Probably not anymore

I thought Dwayne Stephens was viewed as the coach in waiting at MSU.
Though he's now being mentioned as a candidate at Central Michigan.

[Billy Hoyle]

I thought Dwayne Stephens was viewed as the coach in waiting at MSU.
Though he's now being mentioned as a candidate at Central Michigan.

message boards assumed it was Fife when he took the job since he was HC at IPFW, but in reality, he was just getting away from a bad HC job and more than doubled his salary. I haven't heard of anyone truly viewed as the Coach in Waiting at MSU. Izzo, and either Dan Gilbert or Mat Ishbia will likely determine who that is. MSU is in a situation right now where they have dueling billionaires who hate each other wrestling for control of the hoops program.

[Shooter Flatch]

Seems like 100 years ago we were worried that Crean would leave for the MSU job.

[Herman Cain]

I thought Dwayne Stephens was viewed as the coach in waiting at MSU.
Though he's now being mentioned as a candidate at Central Michigan.

Stephen’s has been interviewing for all sorts of Head Coaching jobs the last several years.

[Billy Hoyle]

Dude had one good year at Drake, after taking over from his father, and turned it into 12 years of coaching D1 ball at a slightly lower than .500 clip.

he wasn't terrible at CMU. One conference title, four postseason appearances. For a program like CMU that is about as good as it gets. They've done very little outside of the Dan Majerle years and Chris Kaman years. He took over a dumpster fire from Ernie Ziegler, who was only hired to get his kid to CMU.