2025 Coaching Carousel

[MuggsyB]

Pitino to X makes more sense.  I think Willard is gone and off to Nova. 

[GoldenEagles03]

Tom Crean to Nova is gonna be beautiful

[MuggsyB]

Pastner to UNLV could be interesting. 

[Warrior_2002]

So Rob Reinhart not reliable lol

[cheebs09]

I feel like Xavier could have done better.

[MuMark]

I feel like Xavier could have done better.

They could have done worse too.......its hard to get good sitting head coaches to make a move these days

[MuMark]

Does that mean Donnie Dent will see Marquette 2 more times at least then?

Blue bloods supposedly in play for him.

[GoldenWarrior11]

At minimum, the uninteresting X/SJ matchup now becomes must see tv and those games likely get moved to FOX with big viewership. 

[GoldenEagles03]

At minimum, the uninteresting X/SJ matchup now becomes must see tv and those games likely get moved to FOX with big viewership. 

And allows Marquette to fly under the radar again.

All these big changes in the conference from a portal and coaching perspective and Marquette remains largely unchanged.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

So Rob Reinhart not reliable lol

It's a PC troll account. It does occasionally post actually news (not scoops but reposting other correct information) in an attempt to appear legit.

[MU82]

Add coaches plotting to switch schools while their current teams are in the postseason to the list of things that will "ruin college basketball."

[MuggsyB]

Add coaches plotting to switch schools while their current teams are in the postseason to the list of things that will "ruin college basketball."

No doubt about it.  What a terrible shame.  I'm extremely angry about the situation.

[Dish]

Fran to Penn is the most interesting combination of this coaching cycle.

[PointWarrior]

Fran to Penn is the most interesting combination of this coaching cycle.

Why the f would Penn do that?  Fran is a class A douche.

[MuggsyB]

Fran to Penn is the most interesting combination of this coaching cycle.

Wow.  I definitely didn't expect that one. 

[WhiteTrash]

Why the f would Penn do that?  Fran is a class A douche.

Have you meet an Ivy Leaguer? Fran will fit right in. 

[JWags85]

Pastner to UNLV could be interesting. 

Is it though?  He's by all accounts a great guy and well liked within the coaching community, but he's been a thoroughly mediocre coach once he got out of the kiddie pool of C-USA.  He's won 20 games once in the last 10 seasons he's coached, was 25 games under 500 in the ACC, and has won 2 NCAA games in 15 years of being a HC.

[Hards Alumni]

Is it though?  He's by all accounts a great guy and well liked within the coaching community, but he's been a thoroughly mediocre coach once he got out of the kiddie pool of C-USA.  He's won 20 games once in the last 10 seasons he's coached, was 25 games under 500 in the ACC, and has won 2 NCAA games in 15 years of being a HC.

Also my view.  Also, doesn't UNLV have a lack of resources?

[Billy Hoyle]

Wow.  I definitely didn't expect that one. 

He's a Philly guy who played at Penn. Penn used to own the Ivy along with Princeton ("the Killer P's). A couple of bad hires (especially Jerome Allen) have led to a downturn in the program. Fran is a good guy to rebuild the foundation of Penn hoops.

[Pakuni]

West Virginia hiring North Texas' Ross Hodge.

[Hards Alumni]

West Virginia hiring North Texas' Ross Hodge.

I had no clue who he was, and uhhhh This seems like quite a job upgrade for a guy who has been a head coach in D1 for two years at North Texas.

[Billy Hoyle]

I had no clue who he was, and uhhhh This seems like quite a job upgrade for a guy who has been a head coach in D1 for two years at North Texas.

The WVU AD was the AD at North Texas for five years when Hodge was an assistant. Familiarity wins out.

[Hards Alumni]

The WVU AD was the AD at North Texas for five years when Hodge was an assistant. Familiarity wins out.

Well that makes some sense, though the AD is really putting his job on the line with the hire either way.

[HouWarrior]

Maybe UT sports ADs aren't Strong or Smart anymore, but they sure are quick deciders.

Sitting at the Xavier UT NCAA BB game

one notes to the other," Hey you know we got to fire coach Terry after the game. "
" Yeah but who has any ideas on who we get to replace him? "
" How about that coach for the other guys; after all he is beating us"
"OK great idea. Lets get him...he sure passes the eye test for me; he looks to be the doppelganger of Steve Sarkasian (see Chron headline-https://www.chron.com/sports/college/article/sean-miller-texas-steve-sarkisian-doppleganger-20240238.php). Thats our guy"

"Our search is over; whew, that took ten minutes"


Actually, I think Miller is a good fit; he is good big program coach who has been very successful with high payrolls. At Arizona his issues aren't even violations anymore. UT deserves better basketball.

[WhiteTrash]

Actually, I think Miller is a good fit; he is good big program coach who has been very successful with high payrolls. At Arizona his issues aren't even violations anymore. UT deserves better basketball.

I think he is a high floor coach, but the UofA alums I know were very happy to see him get canned due to the results. The cheating was not a problem for them.