Hoops: College coaching carousel 2025

[bierce]

5 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Before 1999 UCONN wasn't much in terms of basketball. All it takes is the right coach IMO.

That's not entirely true or the whole story, even if 1999 was a typo and you meant 1989.

UConn had a lot of good teams in the 50s and early 60s, but it was stuck in the soon to be defunct Yankee Conference with a lot of schools that had small athletic departments and no football program to grow departments in the 70s, so it went backward for several years before it finally got into the newly formed Big East which had quite a few programs already at a high level, was beaten up there for a while, then finally hired Calhoun. 

[GoHorns1]

7 hours ago, Realist Horn said:

I saw Jai Lucas was an option at Miami; would he excite anyone at Texas? 

Lacks HC experience 

[HookedOnTF]

6 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

My current college coaching list … at 4.5-5 mill a year salary and 4 mill NIL commitment

TJ Otzelberger 

Brad Brownell 

Mick Cronin - don’t love the style, but results are there 

Doug McDermott - tremendous offensive coach

Sean Miller 

***Guys like:

Tommy Lloyd

Todd Golden 
Pat Kelsey

Are at better jobs and will all be making 5-6 mill a year in short order with solid NIL backing 

Grant McCaslin (Tremendous coach) will go to Baylor if Scott Drew is the pick at Indiana 

Is Royal in that top 5 tier? And by extension, what about Jai - not a HC but knows the college game at blue bloods... 

[GoHorns1]

6 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

I agree Texas can do it … but the brass will have to make a level of financial commitment they never have in hoops 

With salary escalation… it will take 6.5-7 mill a year, larger salary pool than ever at Texas, larger NIL commitment in men’s hoops, plus the coach buyout, etc…

Plus the RT and staff buyout 

Thats a level of financial commitment Texas has never gone to in hoops 

 

Get KD to phony up the money.

Edited 3 hours ago by GoHorns1

[Realist Horn]

8 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

Lacks HC experience 

 Ivey lacks it as well, and I’ve seen him name thrown out there. 

[GoHorns1]

1 minute ago, Realist Horn said:

 Ivey lacks it as well, and I’ve seen him name thrown out there. 

The only reason Texas fans know Ivey is because he played at Texas.

[GoHorns1]

Crazy outside the box hire. Vic Schaefer 

Edited 3 hours ago by GoHorns1

[bierce]

2 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

Crazy outside the box hire. Vic Schaefer 

Women's coaches never move into the men's game at this level.  They don't have the recruiting contacts, and they know it. 

[GoHorns1]

12 minutes ago, bierce said:

Women's coaches never move into the men's game at this level.  They don't have the recruiting contacts, and they know it. 

Just a matter of time until someone hires a high profile HC from the women’s basketball to coach men’s basketball.

[Jordan91]

1 hour ago, TexasLonghorns said:

NIL allocation and coaching salaries have nothing to do with one another. In regards to Kansas and their NIL use/roster construction, Self and staff have obviously struggled as of late with that. That has nothing to do with them paying their football coach 7 million and basketball coach 10.5 million. If they can afford to spend that kind of money, I’d like to believe Texas can pony up 7ish for a basketball coach. 

I agree. My point is if you spend that money you can’t miss that bad. 

[qaertyisthatdude]

18 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

Just a matter of time until someone hires a high profile HC from the women’s basketball to coach men’s basketball.

Would be nice but not going to happen.  Btw congrats to coach Schaefer’s group as they will be the #1 ranked team in tomorrow’s AP poll as Notre Dame lost to NC State today.

[tylerlindsey2111]

1 hour ago, GoHorns1 said:

Just a matter of time until someone hires a high profile HC from the women’s basketball to coach men’s basketball.

If they do, it won’t be a male. It’ll be Dawn Staley, so they can get the coverage (and she’s awesome). 

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

2 hours ago, Jordan91 said:

Hope you are right but the Nate Oats comments by Gerry suggest otherwise. 

I’m not calling for it to be Nate Oates. Will Texas get a really good coach that some believe will possibly be out of reach? I do believe in CDC to get that done.

He pledged to Beard and he’ll do it for someone else too. 

[TexasFanatic]

I would have laughed at Royal Ivy a few years ago but he’s one of the best NBA assistants and he did a damn good job as the HC for South Sudan. 
 

You can probably get him for cheap. Get Ivy and bump the NIL up to 5/6 for a few years and see what happens 

[Hashtag]

Hearing all the Ivey talk reminds me of all the Shanahan talk when we have a football opening

[Hashtag]

1 hour ago, GoHorns1 said:

Just a matter of time until someone hires a high profile HC from the women’s basketball to coach men’s basketball.

That lady that worked with the Spurs may be better suited for men’s game than women’s 

[GoHorns1]

10 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

That lady that worked with the Spurs may be better suited for men’s game than women’s 

Becky Hammon

Edited 55 minutes ago by GoHorns1

[bierce]

8 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

That lady that worked with the Spurs may be better suited for men’s game than women’s 

Becky Hammon's name was kicked around here when we were talking about a replacement for Smart before it was obvious Beard would come here. 

[bierce]

Just now, bierce said:

Becky Hammon's name was kicked around here when we were talking about a replacement for Smart before it was obvious Beard would come here. 

Well, not here, because here didn't exist then, but you know what I mean.

[Bevo92]

@Gerry Hamilton do you think CDC still lets next couple weeks play out or will he pull the trigger next week re: RT?   Was South Carolina debacle the final straw regardless of what happens in remainder of season?

With other programs expected to make a change in head coach, is there a big advantage formally starting search in the next week rather than waiting for season to officially conclude?

[bierce]

5 minutes ago, Bevo92 said:

@Gerry Hamilton do you think CDC still lets next couple weeks play out or will he pull the trigger next week re: RT?   Was South Carolina debacle the final straw regardless of what happens in remainder of season?

With other programs expected to make a change in head coach, is there a big advantage formally starting search in the next week rather than waiting for season to officially conclude?

If Terry gets fired mid-season, then one of his assistants takes over or the whole staff is replaced and Tre Johnson quits to spend the rest of the spring in private workouts with NBA guys, and everyone else quits, and we wind up playing cheerleaders and guys who show up to walk-on tryouts.  Frank Haith is #2.  You want Frank Haith coaching? 

Just put to rest the idea that we're changing coaches before the season is over.

But I have little doubt about the word probably already being out to coaches in search of a promotion that Austin will be hiring.

Just think of all the stuff we're hearing about Wade right now.

Edited 46 minutes ago by bierce