Somebody had started a thread for the 2024 college basketball coaching silly season, so I figured I'd make it a tradition given how volatile the world of college basketball has become. I'm already tracking coaching changes on the VCU Ram Nation forum since some big names have shown interest in VCU's Ryan Odom, so I might as well bring it here. Here's what we have so far:
Hires:
Miami (FL) (Jim Larrañaga retired) - hired Jai Lucas (Duke assistant)
Stephen F. Austin (Kyle Keller fired) - hired Matt Braeuer (Texas Tech assistant)
Utah (Craig Smith fired)- hired Alex Jensen (Dallas Mavericks assistant)
Florida State (Leonard Hamilton retired) - hired Luke Loucks (Sacramento Kings assistant)
Louisiana-Lafayette (Bob Marlin fired) - hired Quannas White (Houston assistant)
Bellarmine (Scott Davenport retiring) - hired Doug Davenport (son/Bellarmine assistant)
La Salle (Fran Dunphy retired) - hired Darris Nichols (Radford HC)
Murray State (Steve Prohm resigned) - hired Ryan Miller (Creighton assistant)
Indiana (Mike Woodson retired) - hired Darian DeVries (West Virginia HC)
Louisiana-Monroe (Keith Richard fired) - hired Phil Cunningham (Western Kentucky assistant)
NC State (Kevin Keatts fired) - hired Will Wade (McNeese HC)
Virginia (Tony Bennett retired) - hired Ryan Odom (VCU HC)
Chicago State (Scott Spinelli fired) - hired Landon Bussie (Alcorn State HC)
Vacancies:
South Florida (Amir Abdur-Rahim passed away)
Oral Roberts (Russell Springmann fired)
Campbell (Kevin McGeehan fired)
Columbia (Jim Engles resigned)
Penn (Steve Donahue fired)
Radford (Darris Nichols hired at La Salle)
Iowa (Fran McCaffery fired)
Minnesota (Ben Johnson fired)
Villanova (Kyle Neptune fired)
West Virginia (Darian DeVries hired at Indiana)
McNeese (Will Wade hired at NC State)
Texas (Rodney Terry fired)
VCU (Ryan Odom hired at Virginia)
Fordham (Keith Urgo fired)
Navy (Ed DeChellis retired)
Denver (Jeff Wulbrun fired)
UNLV (Kevin Kruger fired)
Alcorn State (Landon Bussie hired at Chicago State)
Richmond? (does Chris Mooney get fired after 20+ years?)
My UNC fan friend thinks that head coach Hubert Davis will get fired.
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on March 11, 2025, 10:21:30 AMLouisiana-Monroe (Keith Richard fired)
So he finally decided to retire from the Stones? :-D
(Although he's professionally known as Keith Richards now, he was originally known as Keith Richard.)
Quote from: hbelkins on March 13, 2025, 04:10:10 PMQuote from: WillWeaverRVA on March 11, 2025, 10:21:30 AMLouisiana-Monroe (Keith Richard fired)
So he finally decided to retire from the Stones? :-D
(Although he's professionally known as Keith Richards now, he was originally known as Keith Richard.)
I have waited entirely too long for someone to make that joke!
Fran McCaffery has been fired at Iowa after 15 seasons. He's the winningest coach in Iowa's history.
https://x.com/TiptonEdits/status/1900608950522781749
Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 11, 2025, 11:42:40 AMMy UNC fan friend thinks that head coach Hubert Davis will get fired.
Apparently Hubert Davis re-upped his contract.
https://apnews.com/article/unc-basketball-davis-contract-gm-15aaf4970a25376730091b04422faa67
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on March 14, 2025, 02:07:15 PMFran McCaffery has been fired at Iowa after 15 seasons. He's the winningest coach in Iowa's history.
https://x.com/TiptonEdits/status/1900608950522781749
Iowa firing a coach responsible for perpetuating his program's mediocrity? Never thought I'd see the day.
Villanova has fired Kyle Neptune after three seasons.
Kevin Kruger (son of Lon) is out at UNLV.
https://x.com/jeffborzello/status/1900995499471368227
Indiana just hired DeVries as their head coach.
Quote from: Big John on March 18, 2025, 06:34:02 PMIndiana just hired DeVries as their head coach.
Yup. One big opening has been replaced with another big opening.
Will Wade to NC State. McNeese hasn't even played their NCAA tournament game yet.
Rodney Terry out at Texas.
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on March 20, 2025, 09:00:49 AMRodney Terry out at Texas.
After blowing the lead vs Xavier
Quote from: Big John on March 20, 2025, 09:20:31 AMQuote from: WillWeaverRVA on March 20, 2025, 09:00:49 AMRodney Terry out at Texas.
After blowing the lead vs Xavier
Yup. Realistically I don't think it mattered how Texas did in the tournament (even if they'd gotten to the Sweet 16), they still would have fired him. They were getting ready to announce his firing on Selection Sunday when they found out Texas had made the tournament.
Ryan Odom hired by UVA. He's perhaps best-known for his coaching performance in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 22, 2025, 04:34:23 PMRyan Odom hired by UVA. He's perhaps best-known for his coaching performance in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
Yes, I'm well aware of it. 😵�💫
I created a Google Sheet to track the coaching carousel.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CQzxZhdP4CDmreExds61b_g8ZC8gxLaQKy6L_PafYDg/edit?usp=sharing
Man, the dude at Alcorn State takes the worst job in college basketball - probably because he realized he was going to be fired with another year like the last couple.