2025 Coaching Carousel

[MU82]

Yeah, cheating is one thing. But winning only 2 NCAAT games in 6 years, including zero the last 4, means Miller had lost his touch as a cheater.

[MuMark]

https://wvusports.com/news/2025/3/26/mens-basketball-hodge-named-west-virginia-head-mens-basketball-coach.aspx

[JWags85]

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.

It seems a bit odd, mostly cause of some of the names floating around which seemed to make more sense.  But if you dig into it, it's actually not that odd or much of a leap.

He was an exceptional JuCo HC at a young age, which has translated well lately to D1 in the South/Southeast (Chris Beard, Steve Forbes, Grant McCasland, etc..)

Additionally, he'd been McCasland's right hand man, so if not for the promotion, he'd be the lead assistant at TTU, which isn't a huge jump to HC at another B12 school.

And actually, he did pretty nice work at North Texas. Inherited basically nothing and turned them into a solid team by year 2.

[Mr. Nielsen]

https://x.com/madeformarch/status/1905059290953449974?t=SAOp5WmSVmfrjfO84jSNZQ&s=19

[jesmu84]

https://x.com/BarstoolReags/status/1905062844506186032?t=_Pj-QQj6zWSMry5hgp9ugw&s=19

https://x.com/Licatacs/status/1905035793539731846?t=mz0_sGDU9pyu9W2N_VXrJg&s=19

https://x.com/RyanA202021/status/1905025559496700363?t=SOFacH45TVMP4sRcOf7d4Q&s=19

https://x.com/harrisonrich_/status/1905021791619240312?t=5leV--Ya6dOYnKrE9XYLFA&s=19

[Mr. Nielsen]

https://x.com/wowmanyouresick/status/1905042432837771406?t=dLxQPCjiV4sOA_nxSERttg&s=19

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

https://x.com/wowmanyouresick/status/1905042432837771406?t=dLxQPCjiV4sOA_nxSERttg&s=19

You might want to check the name of that twitter handle

[muwarrior69]

https://x.com/BarstoolReags/status/1905062844506186032?t=_Pj-QQj6zWSMry5hgp9ugw&s=19

https://x.com/Licatacs/status/1905035793539731846?t=mz0_sGDU9pyu9W2N_VXrJg&s=19

https://x.com/RyanA202021/status/1905025559496700363?t=SOFacH45TVMP4sRcOf7d4Q&s=19

https://x.com/harrisonrich_/status/1905021791619240312?t=5leV--Ya6dOYnKrE9XYLFA&s=19

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-would-maryland-s-kevin-willard-leave-the-big-ten-for-villanova-follow-the-money/ar-AA1BKYwf?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=00344a829d01486193ebfac6d8ff282e&ei=15

Maybe the Big East won't be worse off than the P4 in basketball.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

From the article:

The forward-looking models are somewhat hypothetical and unclear right now, but enough power brokers are convinced there's a world where Big East basketball thrives, maybe at a level that Maryland can't and won't.

[Big Papi]

All those schools will still have collectives to dish out nil money.  The SEC schools look like they have awakened this year and spent a ton of money on basketball, and I don't think that is going away. 

Plus, what's to say that schools actually spend the entire cap.  Are schools like Marquette able and willing to spend up to the cap limit?  At the end of the day, I think it still comes down to the fan bases donating through schools or collectives and Marquette is still at a disadvantage. 

I guess we should all start donating or donating more.

[tower912]

All those schools will still have collectives to dish out nil money.  The SEC schools look like they have awakened this year and spent a ton of money on basketball, and I don't think that is going away. 

Plus, what's to say that schools actually spend the entire cap.  Are schools like Marquette able and willing to spend up to the cap limit?  At the end of the day, I think it still comes down to the fan bases donating through schools or collectives and Marquette is still at a disadvantage. 

I guess we should all start donating or donating more.

The SEC has focused on 5th and 6th year players, which will be going away.

[Billy Hoyle]

https://x.com/RyanA202021/status/1905025559496700363?t=SOFacH45TVMP4sRcOf7d4Q&s=19

Willard "forced" the AD out so he could go to a better job? Ok, Terp.

These guys can team up with the WVU loons who claim DeVries accepted the IU job in November and tanked the season by winning three of the last four so WVU wouldn't make the NCAA tourney.

[Mr. Nielsen]

https://x.com/ElsenMidco/status/1905253183938502948

[Billy Hoyle]

https://x.com/ElsenMidco/status/1905253183938502948

Hardin has batted 1.000 on coaching hires so far.

[Pakuni]

Looking forward to Tom Izzo pontificating on the Kevin Willard situation at his next presser.

[Uncle Rico]

Smart of Coach Wardle to hold out for a top tier job.  #COW

[GB Warrior]

Looking forward to Tom Izzo pontificating on the Kevin Willard situation at his next presser.

To be fair, Willard is a dick

[MUbiz]

To be fair, Willard is a dick

He is. Which is why I want him back in BE. Make the BE mean agian.

[Pakuni]

To be fair, Willard is a dick

All the more reason for Izzo to complain about the sorry state of professional ethics among his peers.

[Billy Hoyle]

reportedly Willard skipped a team dinner last night and even the players know he's out:

https://collegefootballnetwork.com/mens-college-basketball/maryland-hc-kevin-willard-skips-team-dinner-villanova-rumors-sweet-16/

[DJO's Jaw]

I can't for the life of me understand why Villanova wants this dude to be their coach.

[Hards Alumni]

All the more reason for Izzo to complain about the sorry state of professional ethics among his peers.

I'm not sure anyone else remembers that Tom Izzo hid sexual predators on his staff.  So I'm going to remind everyone who cheers for him.

Outside the Lines also has obtained never-before-publicized reports of sexual or violent incidents involving members of Izzo's storied basketball program, including one report made against a former undergraduate student-assistant coach who was allowed to continue coaching after he had been criminally charged for punching a female MSU student in the face at a bar in 2010. A few months later, after the Spartans qualified for the 2010 Final Four, the same assistant coach was accused of sexually assaulting a different female student.

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/22214566/pattern-denial-inaction-information-suppression-michigan-state-goes-larry-nassar-case-espn

I think it is amazing that Tom has managed to mostly avoid the heat for this, and people just kinda forgot.

[Hards Alumni]

Smart of Coach Wardle to hold out for a top tier job.  #COW

Delete this.

[wadesworld]

I'm not sure anyone else remembers that Tom Izzo hid sexual predators on his staff.  So I'm going to remind everyone who cheers for him.

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/22214566/pattern-denial-inaction-information-suppression-michigan-state-goes-larry-nassar-case-espn

I think it is amazing that Tom has managed to mostly avoid the heat for this, and people just kinda forgot.

Yup, exactly.  And had MSU females that brought accusations of sexual assault by players brought to MSU's administration and, shockingly given the school, were basically told they should keep quiet.

[willie warrior]

And how about that all American sexual predator, Slick Rick who is now the darling of St. Johns, Big East, and college basketball? Dont forget him.