DePaul hires head coach of La Lumiere

[Pakuni]

Webster worked as an assistant coach at Kentucky, Illinois, Purdue, Ball State, DePaul, Nebraska, and Tennessee and Cal (and is now leaving Cal and looking for work again).

He was the interim head coach at DePaul from January 11, 2010 until April 7, 2010, amassing a 1–14 regular season record and a 0–1 record in the Big East Tournament.

Depaul was his fifth stop, not his first.  He broke in with Kentucky, which will NEVER be confused with Depaul.

Right, but you said DePaul is where careers go to die (or words to that effect). Webster is just one of several examples of coaches whose careers didn't die as a result of working at DePaul.
Others:
Kevin Nickleberry - now head coach at Howard
Brian Kennedy -  now head coach at NJIT
David Booth - now New Orleans Pelicans director of player personnel
Ramon Williams - now an assistant for some guy at Virginia Tech
Gene Cross - went on to be head coach at Toledo and now coaches in the D-League
Josh Oppenheimer - was an assistant coach for the Bucks, now an assistant for the Houston Rockets.

Bottom line, working at DePaul is not a career killer, and especially not for a 28-year-old in his first college job.

[rocket surgeon]

       next thing ya know, colleges will be courting the brothers and sisters of recruits they really really want

[Tugg Speedman]

Right, but you said DePaul is where careers go to die (or words to that effect). Webster is just one of several examples of coaches whose careers didn't die as a result of working at DePaul.
Others:
Kevin Nickleberry - now head coach at Howard
Brian Kennedy -  now head coach at NJIT
David Booth - now New Orleans Pelicans director of player personnel
Ramon Williams - now an assistant for some guy at Virginia Tech
Gene Cross - went on to be head coach at Toledo and now coaches in the D-League
Josh Oppenheimer - was an assistant coach for the Bucks, now an assistant for the Houston Rockets.

Bottom line, working at DePaul is not a career killer, and especially not for a 28-year-old in his first college job.

Not quite ... I said it is a bad place to start a career, considering they are coming off consecutive 9 win seasons and average about 1,000 paying fans/game last season.

[Herman Cain]

If he is actually going to live in Lincoln Park, that "good money" isn't going to go very far.  A decent 1-bedroom apartment with a parking spot is going to run 2 grand a month.

I remember my salad days living in a high rise condo on Lincoln Park West , great views of city and lake , swimming pool, shacking up with auburn haired  beauty. Cost $440 a month with parking space.  Life was great back then.

[Galway Eagle]

I remember my salad days living in a high rise condo on Lincoln Park West , great views of city and lake , swimming pool, shacking up with auburn haired  beauty. Cost $440 a month with parking space.  Life was great back then.

Sounds great though once you factor in the inflation 440 a month in say the 80s (just guessing here) is actually about 1,023 given inflation rates then you add the whole being right next to Cabrini Green when it was quite possibly the worst few blocks in civilized society suddenly it doesn't exactly seem as appealing as you make it out to be.

[Pakuni]

Not quite ... I said it is a bad place to start a career, considering they are coming off consecutive 9 win seasons and average about 1,000 paying fans/game last season.

Your direct quote:

"Until Depaul changes, it seems like a place that careers go to die."

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Not quite ... I said it is a bad place to start a career, considering they are coming off consecutive 9 win seasons and average about 1,000 paying fans/game last season.

Name a person who started their career as an assistant coach for Depaul who ended up flaming out.

I don't think you will find one because most people don't start their careers as an assistant coach for a high major. That's an impressive feat.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Name a person who started their career as an assistant coach for Depaul who ended up flaming out.

I don't think you will find one because most people don't start their careers as an assistant coach for a high major. That's an impressive feat.

Joey Meyer.  That's all I got.

[Pakuni]

Joey Meyer.  That's all I got.

Well, he was given the reins to a top 10 program and and ran it for the next 13 seasons.
So, working as an assistant at DePaul didn't turn out all bad for Joey.

[Loose Cannon]

Well, he was given the reins to a top 10 program and and ran it for the next 13 seasons.
So, working as an assistant at DePaul didn't turn out all bad for Joey.

Amazing, what Posters know and don't know about Joey.

[rocket surgeon]

Name a person who started their career as an assistant coach for Depaul who ended up flaming out.

I don't think you will find one because most people don't start their careers as an assistant coach for a high major. That's an impressive feat.

i've got 2 quick and recent ones-greg gard and buzz williams

[Pakuni]

i've got 2 quick and recent ones-greg gard and buzz williams

Neither of those guys started their careers at high majors.
Gard started at UW-Platteville. Buzz started at Texas-Arlington.

[Newsdreams]

Neither of those guys started their careers at high majors.
Gard started at UW-Platteville. Buzz started at Texas-Arlington.

Was about to post the same. Buzz was head coach @ New Orleans prior to MU

[rocket surgeon]

Neither of those guys started their careers at high majors.
Gard started at UW-Platteville. Buzz started at Texas-Arlington.

uw-platteville is far from a "high major"  nawlins considered a high major? there are some mid-majors i would consider to be a higher level program than new orleans

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

uw-platteville is far from a "high major"  nawlins considered a high major? there are some mid-majors i would consider to be a higher level program than new orleans

The question was name a guy who started his career as an assistant coach for a high major program whose career died because of it.

You named two coaches who started at low majors and then did very well

[Tugg Speedman]

Is Depaul a high major team that has hit a rough patch the last few years and will inevitably pull out it?

If you believe this, then starting one's career here is fine.

Or, is Depaul a uniquely dysfunctional team that is going through more than a just a rough patch?

If you believe this, then be careful starting your career here.

I think it is the latter. 

Depaul will permanently be this way until they have a change at the top and a new commitment.

Restated, the popular line around here "they will be fine" does not apply at Depaul until something changes.

[rocket surgeon]

The question was name a guy who started his career as an assistant coach for a high major program whose career died because of it.

You named two coaches who started at low majors and then did very well

i am not tring to be obtuse, but here was the supposition-

          "because most people don't start their careers as an assistant coach for a high major"

    and then i named 2, but you are probably right as MOST do not start their careers....i missed the "whose career died because of it" part though

    i just named 2 that came to mind, but i missed the "whose career died because of it" part though because gard and buzz are still doing pretty well.  am i still not getting it?  if so, no big deal-carry on

[Pakuni]

i am not tring to be obtuse, but here was the supposition-

          "because most people don't start their careers as an assistant coach for a high major"

I think you're misreading it.
Neither Buzz or Gard started their careers as assistant coaches for a high major. Both spent considerable time at smaller schools before landing jobs at high major programs.

[rocket surgeon]

I think you're misreading it.
Neither Buzz or Gard started their careers as assistant coaches for a high major. Both spent considerable time at smaller schools before landing jobs at high major programs.

evidently i did-thanks

[B. McBannerson]

Count me as one that believes DePaul starts to do well in the next 5 years.  Middle of the pack.  Their arena will be a big boost for them. 

[Newsdreams]

They got an unofficial
https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status/860552005374287872

[muguru]

http://www.scout.com/college/basketball/recruiting/story/1776230-tyger-campbell-depaul-will-reclassify

This f'n blows...DePaul was just fine where they were...at the bottom of the Big east.

[Herman Cain]

http://www.scout.com/college/basketball/recruiting/story/1776230-tyger-campbell-depaul-will-reclassify

This f'n blows...DePaul was just fine where they were...at the bottom of the Big east.

It is good for the Big East , so as much as we don't like DePaul, it is still good for us to see them get good recruits.

[GoldenDieners32]

Looks like the hiring paid off. But now can they get Brian Bowen?

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Looks like they are front runners for Bowen. Holy crap, this could actually be the resurgence of Depaul basketball. Now just gotta fire JLP and they might actually have a chance.