2024 Coaching Carousel

[Hards Alumni]

Drew has MSU lineage, grew up in Lansing father played for Spartans and he was a Graduate Manager there. My guess is he is hoping to position to get Izzo job when he retires.

3 or 4 more strong years at A-10 level would position him well for that job.

Izzo aint lasting three or four more years at MSU, so it'll be before that.  Plus, his son just had senior night... just saying.

[Uncle Rico]

Izzo aint lasting three or four more years at MSU, so it'll be before that.  Plus, his son just had senior night... just saying.

And they ain’t hiring Drew Valentine on the cheap

[wadesworld]

Keefe's guy is gone.

[MuMark]

Hopkins gone at Washington

[MuMark]

https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/1766178032706814405?s=61&t=6XPB8f4sAKmJIzxgMcsCjw

[WhiteTrash]

Hopkins gone at Washington

Right before the final PAC12 tournament? That's cruel.

[JWags85]

https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/1766178032706814405?s=61&t=6XPB8f4sAKmJIzxgMcsCjw

Who knew that hiring a 32 year old with only 4 years as an assistant at a single mid major program wouldn’t work out?  Unless you thought there was an angle with his Dad’s AAU program

[Viper]

Who knew that hiring a 32 year old with only 4 years as an assistant at a single mid major program wouldn’t work out?  Unless you thought there was an angle with his Dad’s AAU program

had some prior season success there. Lost two key guys off last seasons team to BIG schools that hurt him. Results business, for sure.

[rocket surgeon]

rumors of Scott drew going places-indiana, louisville

curious to see if Baylor will let him go after essentially resurrecting a program, winning a natty and building a new arena for him

I believe the guy they should go after is his brother Bryce.  he would be more "gettable"

[JWags85]

rumors of Scott drew going places-indiana, louisville

curious to see if Baylor will let him go after essentially resurrecting a program, winning a natty and building a new arena for him

I believe the guy they should go after is his brother Bryce.  he would be more "gettable"

He was pretty bad at Vandy.  Some stuff that was unfortunate but he completely lost the team his final year.

He’s been pretty good at Grand Canyon, but not the caliber of someone you’d expect for a job like IU or even Louisville

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

rumors of Scott drew going places-indiana, louisville

curious to see if Baylor will let him go after essentially resurrecting a program, winning a natty and building a new arena for him

I believe the guy they should go after is his brother Bryce.  he would be more "gettable"

“Let him go?” He likely has buyout provisions outlined in his contract.

[Herman Cain]

Dana Ford out at Missouri State. I guess they have great expectations of what their program should be

https://hoopdirt.com/dana-ford-out-as-head-basketball-coach-at-missouri-state/

[Herman Cain]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-coaching-tracker-2024-ohio-state-west-virginia-depaul-are-the-first-big-six-jobs-to-open/amp/

[Pakuni]

@CoachingChanges
We are told from a new source (unvetted but does happen to work directly for one of the best connected people in college basketball circles) that Porter Moser is "done" to DePaul.

Not sure we believe it.

Also not sure we don't.

Time will tell.

[DoctorV]

Hope that’s true.

Called that one if so. Good fit for both parties imo.

Porter should bring in the kid from uwm, would be a huge upgrade for DePaul.

[Scoop Snoop]

@CoachingChanges
We are told from a new source (unvetted but does happen to work directly for one of the best connected people in college basketball circles) that Porter Moser is "done" to DePaul.

Not sure we believe it.

Also not sure we don't.

Time will tell.

If it turns out to be true, I think this would be the best answer for DePaul. Moser, back in his beloved Chicago, likely still has plenty of local recruiting contacts, even though I know many recruits choose schools far from home. I could imagine him getting them out of the cellar. Expecting anything more than moving up 2-3 of spots in the BE anytime in the next several years is not realistic. It took him a while with Loyola, but he kept at it. If DP is serious about salvaging what's left of their program and gives him the support he needs, this is good news. No doubt he knows the fans will not return for a very long time and will be few in number.

[CountryRoads]

Moser would be a good hire for DePaul but I don’t really understand why it’s good news from an MU perspective. Them being in the absolute cellar of college basketball has worked out just fine for us. Would prefer them to stay that way unless there’s something I’m missing.

[MUDPT]

He was pretty bad at Vandy.  Some stuff that was unfortunate but he completely lost the team his final year.

He’s been pretty good at Grand Canyon, but not the caliber of someone you’d expect for a job like IU or even Louisville

Darius Garland being injured the entire year is the "some stuff."  New AD wanted to make a splash with Stackhouse and that didn't work out either.

Any idea if one of the assistants leaves, if Yaklich would want to join Shaka again?

[Scoop Snoop]

Moser would be a good hire for DePaul but I don’t really understand why it’s good news from an MU perspective. Them being in the absolute cellar of college basketball has worked out just fine for us. Would prefer them to stay that way unless there’s something I’m missing.

Because there is almost nothing to gain in NET by beating them. It's like playing another cupcake.

[Pakuni]

Because there is almost nothing to gain in NET by beating them. It's like playing another cupcake.

Also, it can't hurt the next TV contract if the team in the league's second-largest market is actually watchable.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Moser would be a good hire for DePaul but I don’t really understand why it’s good news from an MU perspective. Them being in the absolute cellar of college basketball has worked out just fine for us. Would prefer them to stay that way unless there’s something I’m missing.

Marquette’s performance has nothing to do with De Paul.

[The Lens]

What DePaul + Georgetown did for the Big East is create the illusion of solid teams who probably weren't.

The 3 Top 15 teams were never going to lose to the 10th and 11th team but you could expect the 6-9th teams to lose one or two. Instead they all sweep DePaul + Georgetown and you end up with this on the back half of the conference:

10-10
10-10
9-11
9-11
2-18
0-20

Maybe with a normal 10th + last place team Xavier goes 7-13 instead of 9-11 and you look at them a lot different.

[cheebs09]

I feel like there would be fairly minimal overlap from a recruiting perspective between Moser and Shaka. Based on comparing their styles for the MU job at least.

[rgoode57]

I doubt that the league's tv contract is impacted by DePaul being good or bad. They still have Chicago viewers who tune in to watch whoever is stomping DePaul that night. Plus, I never had the4 sense that DePaul has any huge, mystical fan base in Chicago that will suddenly come to life if they have a good team. Chicagoans were legitimately interested when Loyola made the tournament run a couple of years ago, but they were mostly, I think, amused at Sister Jean and the media attention she was getting. I agree that Moser could greatly improve the team, but so could a lot of other legitimate coaches if DePaul could get them. It would be easy to improve over what they have had recently. Every league has its bottom-dweller, but it does seem like DePaul has been in that role for an awful long time.

[WeAreMarquette96]

https://x.com/coachingchanges/status/1767177411819683992?s=46&t=5FASZRHgruhjFLVJKu-4pQ