2026 Coaching Carousel

[Pakuni]

Rashon Burno out at Northern Illinois.
That program is wretched. Maybe the move to the Horizon League helps.

[Pakuni]

Damon Stoudemire out at Georgia Tech.
A couple of former MU assistants, Chris Carrawell and Justin Gainey, reportedly among the leading candidates.

[Pakuni]

Boston College fires Earl Grant.

[Biggie Clausen]

Damon Stoudemire out at Georgia Tech.
A couple of former MU assistants, Chris Carrawell and Justin Gainey, reportedly among the leading candidates.

Carrawell always seemed like dead weight on Wojo's staff, a Coach K bootlicker to the core.  Wouldn't be excited about that one if I was a GT fan.

[GoFastAndWin]

Carrawell always seemed like dead weight on Wojo's staff, a Coach K bootlicker to the core.  Wouldn't be excited about that one if I was a GT fan.

What about from a Noon-ball standpoint?

[The Sultan]

Boston College fires Earl Grant.

Man that is just a poverty athletic department. I have no idea where they can go from here.

[ChuckyChip]

Former MU assistant Dwayne Stephens fired by Western Michigan.

[MarquetteMike1977]

San Diego is Hiring Iowa State Assistant JR Blount as its next head coach

[cheebs09]

San Diego is Hiring Iowa State Assistant JR Blount as its next head coach

Wow. I remember watching him play in high school. He's put together a really nice coaching career.

[Pakuni]

Not a surprise, but sounds like Bobby Hurley is officially out at ASU once their season ends.

[BE_GoldenEagle]

San Diego is Hiring Iowa State Assistant JR Blount as its next head coach

He's the guy that steals all the Wisconsin kids away from us.

I can think of a few on their roster I'd love to have over here!

[cheebs09]

He's the guy that steals all the Wisconsin kids away from us.

I can think of a few on their roster I'd love to have over here!

I thought that was mostly TJO. Although, I'm sure Blount utilized those connections. I just wouldn't expect that pipeline to stop anytime soon.

[BE_GoldenEagle]

I thought that was mostly TJO. Although, I'm sure Blount utilized those connections. I just wouldn't expect that pipeline to stop anytime soon.

I'm sure TJ has a great deal of say in it all but

"Blount has been a major piece for Iowa State in recruiting priority regions in Wisconsin and the Midwest, too. Blount served as a key recruiter for current Cyclone freshmen Jamarion Batemon and Xzavion Mitchell. He also helped Iowa State land 2026 signee Yusef Gray Jr. and is one of Iowa State's lead recruiters for 2027 top 50 nationally ranked recruit Donovan Davis."

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Not a surprise, but sounds like Bobby Hurley is officially out at ASU once their season ends.

Bobby Hurley to Providence?

[JWags85]

Not a surprise, but sounds like Bobby Hurley is officially out at ASU once their season ends.

Ive always thought his entire career was pretty fugazi.  His brother was clearly the far superior coach during his assistant stints.  Funny enough, Rhode Island absolutely stunk when he was an assistant there before taking the Buffalo job.  Dan only got them cooking 3-4 years after Bobby left.

Not that he walked into a plum gig in Buffalo, but he inherited a team of mostly juniors and seniors in a down spell for the MAC after Groce left for U of I (but before he came back to Akron), before Kowalczyk got successful at Toledo, none of the head coaches of the "top teams" in the MAC during Hurley's tenure are either back to assistant gigs or HCs at a lower level than mid major.  He had 2 decent years, with no significant or impressive non conference wins and a lone NCAA appearance and first round exit.  What Oats did at Buffalo after him was VASTLY more impressive even if he had flamed out at Bama.

Then he's been utter garbage at ASU.  11 years of his mediocrity shows how little they actually care about basketball in Tempe. 2 NCAA bids, a First Four appearance, and ZERO postseason wins in 11 seasons...not even an NIT or CBI/CBC win.

If anyone is dumb enough to give him another HC job this season or next, its simply because they loved early 90s Duke and nothing else cause his resume makes Wojo look like Wooden.

[The Sultan]

Ive always thought his entire career was pretty fugazi.  His brother was clearly the far superior coach during his assistant stints.  Funny enough, Rhode Island absolutely stunk when he was an assistant there before taking the Buffalo job.  Dan only got them cooking 3-4 years after Bobby left.

Not that he walked into a plum gig in Buffalo, but he inherited a team of mostly juniors and seniors in a down spell for the MAC after Groce left for U of I (but before he came back to Akron), before Kowalczyk got successful at Toledo, none of the head coaches of the "top teams" in the MAC during Hurley's tenure are either back to assistant gigs or HCs at a lower level than mid major.  He had 2 decent years, with no significant or impressive non conference wins and a lone NCAA appearance and first round exit.  What Oats did at Buffalo after him was VASTLY more impressive even if he had flamed out at Bama.

Then he's been utter garbage at ASU.  11 years of his mediocrity shows how little they actually care about basketball in Tempe. 2 NCAA bids, a First Four appearance, and ZERO postseason wins in 11 seasons...not even an NIT or CBI/CBC win.

If anyone is dumb enough to give him another HC job this season or next, its simply because they loved early 90s Duke and nothing else cause his resume makes Wojo look like Wooden.

Hurley hired Oats at Buffalo. He was a high school coach in Michigan where he was coaching E.C. Matthews. Hurley recruited him to Rhode Island.

Matthews was at one point being recruited by Buzz to come to MU.