2007 College Basketball Coaching Changes
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Matt Peloquin
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With a flurry of coaching changes coming, here is a quick run down of the current openings and the jobs that have been filled. Openings will be in black while filled jobs will be in red.
Current Openings:
Maryland-ES, South Carolina St., Texas A&M; – CC
Filled Positions:
Coaching Openings:
Maryland – Eastern Shore:
Candidates:
Meredith Smith – UMES interim coach
Former Coach: Larry Lessett
Filled Positions:
Air Force:
New Coach: Jeff Reynolds
Former Candidates:
Larry Mangino – Air Force assistant
A.J. Kuhle – Air Force assistant
Others:
Craig Robinson – Brown coach
Mike Maker – former WVU assistant
Glen Miller – Penn head coach
Pete Gillen – Former Virginia head coach
Tommy Amaker – Former Michigan head coach
Steve McClain – Former Wyoming head coach
Will Brown – Albany head coach
Tom Herrion – Former College of Charleston head coach
Mike Lonergan – Vermont head coach
Joe Mihalich – Niagara head coach
Ray Giacoletti – Gonzaga assistant and former Utah head coach
Former Coach: Jeff Bzdelik
Arkansas:
New Coach: John Pelphrey – South alabama coach
Former Candidates:
Sean sutton – Oklahoma St. coach
Doc Sadler – Nebraska coach
Reggie Theus – NMSU coach
Andy Kennedy – Mississippi coach
Scott Sutton – Oral Roberts coach
Mike Anderson – Missouri coach
Gregg Marshall – Winthrop coach
Mike Montgomery – former Stanford coach
Others:
Dana Altman – Creighton coach
John Calipari – Memphis coach
Chris Lowery – SIU coach
Billy Gillespie – Texas A&M; coach
Former Coach: Stan Heath , Dana Altman
Binghamton:
New Coach: Kevin Broadus
Former Candidates:
Tom Herrion – former Charleston head coach
King Rice – Vanderbilt Assistant (Binghamton native)
Randy Dunton – former Liberty head coach, ex-Binghamton assistant
Brian Beaury- St. Rose coach
Former Coach:
Al Walker
Bowling Green:
New Coach: Louis Orr – former Seton Hall coach
Candidates:
Jay Price – Illinois assistant
Josh Oppenheimer – Kent St. assistant
Cuonzo Martin – Purdue assistant
LaMonta Stone – Bowling Green assistant
Chris Mack – Xavier assistant
Pete Gillen – former Virginia coach
Alan Major – Ohio St. assistant
Former Coach: Dan Dakich
Butler:
New Coach: Brad Stevens – Butler assistant
Former Candidates:
Barry Collier – former Butler coach
John Groce – Ohio St. assistant
Jay Price – Illinois assistant
Counzo Martin – Purdue assistant
Scott Spinelli – Wichita St
. assistant
Matthew Graves – Butler assistant
Kevin Willard – Louisville assistant
Former Coack: Todd Lickliter
Chicago St.:
New coach: Benjy Taylor – Tulane assistant
Former Coach: Kevin Jones
Colorado:
New Coach: Jeff Bzdelik – Air Force
Former Candidates:
Blaine Taylor – ODU coach
Mark Turgeon – Wichita St.
Steve McClain – Wyoming coach
Alvin Gentry – Suns assistant
Steve Wojohowski – Duke assistant
Willis Wilson – Rice coach
David Moe – Emporia St. coach
Former Coach: Ricardo Patton
Colorado St.:
New Coach: Tim Miles – NDSU coach
Former Candidates:
Randy Rahe – Weber St. coach
Buzz Williams – New Orleans coach
Former Coach: Dale Layer
Creighton:
New Coach: Dana Altman…yes, he came back
Former Candidates:
Scott Sutton – Oral Robert coach
Greg Grensing – UNLV assistant
Jim Molinari – former Minnesota coach
Jim Christian – Kent State coach
Brian Fish – Creighton assistant
Forer Coach: Dana Altman
Denver:
New coach: Joe Scott – Princeton coach
Former Candidates:
Kevin O’Neil – former Marquette and Tennessee coach
Dan Monson – former Minnesota coach
Kevin Reynolds – Denver assistant
Tim Jankovich, Kansas Assistant
Mike Dunlap, Nuggets Assistant
Brian Fish, Creighton Assistant
Former Coach:Terry Carroll
Drake:
New Coach: Keno Davis
Former Coach: Tom Davis
Evansville:
New Coach: Marty Simmons – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville coach
Former Candidates:
Pete Gillen – former UVA and Xavier coach
Rick Herdes – University of Southern Indiana coach
Former Coach: Steve Merfeld
Georgia St.:
New Coach: Rob Barnes – Oklahoma assistant
Former Candidates:
Steve Robinson – UNC assistant
Buzz Peterson – Coastal Carolina coach
Jimmy Tillette – Samford coach
David Hobbs – Kentucky assistant
Perry Clark – former Miami coach
Former coach: Michael Perry
Harvard:
New Coach: Tommy Amaker – former Michigan coach
Former Candidates:
Mike Jarvis – former St. John’s coach
Bob Stack – former Xavier coach
John O’Connor – Georgia Tech assistant
Pat Duquette – BC assistant
Dave Paulson – Williams coach
Stan Heath – former Arkansas coach
Jim O’Brien – former Ohio St. coach
Former coach: Frank Sullivan
Hawaii:
New Coach: Bob Nash – Hawaii assistant
Former Candidates:
Willis Wilson – Rice coach
Dean Demopoulos – Portland Blazers assistant coach
Donny Daniels – UCLA Assistant
Randy Bennett – St. Mary’s coach
Scott Rigot – former Kentucky assitant
Former Coach: Riley Wallace
Illinois State:
New Coach: Tim Jankovich – Kansas assistant
Former Candidates:
Rick Herdes – University of Southern Indiana coach
Chris Collins – Duke assistant
Alan Major – Ohio St. assistant
Dan Muller – Vanderbilt assistant
Greg Gard – Wisconsin assistant
Ray Giacoletti – former Utah coach
Greg Grensing – UNLV assistant
Former Coach: Porter Moser
Indiana State:
New Coach: Kevin McKenna – Creighton assistant
Former Candidates:
Greg Lansing – Indiana St. assistant
Ray McCallum – Indiana assistant
Jeff Strohm – Western Kentucky
Rick Herdes – Southern Indiana coach
Scott Sutton – Oral Roberts
Dan Dakich – former Bowling Green coach
Gib Arnold – USC assistant
Bob Cantu – USC assistant
John Groce – Ohio St. assistant
Joe Pasternack – Cal assistant
Steve Wojciechowski – Duke assistant
Former Coach: Royce Waltman
Iona:
New Coach: Kevin Willard – Louisville assistant
Former Candidates:
Steve DeMeio – Providence assistant
Pete Gillen – former UVA coach
Gary DeCesare – DePaul assistant
Tom Moore – UConn assistant
Ed Pinckney – Villanova assistant
Steve
Masiello – Louisville assistant
Fran Fraschilla – former UNM coach
Tom Herrion – former CofC coach
Brett Gunning – Villanova assistant
Will Brown – Albany coach
Nick Macarchuk Jr. – Iona assistant
Fred Quartlebaum – St. John’s assistant
Tom Green – FDU coach
Former Coach: Jeff Ruland
Iowa:
New Coach: Todd Lickliter – Butler coach
Former Candidates:
Ernie Kent – Oregon coach
Kevin Stallings – Vanderbilt coach
Lon Kruger – UNLV
Dana Altman – Creighton coach
Chris Lowery – Southern Illinois coach
Mark Turgeon – Wichita St. coach
Tony Bennett – Washington St. coach
Others:
Sean Miller – Xavier coach
Mike McConathy – Northwestern St.
Kirk Sperew – Central Florida coach
Former Coach: Steve Alford
Kansas St.
New Coach: Frank Martin – Kansas St. assistant
Former coach: Bob Huggins
Kentucky:
New Coach: Billy Gillespie – Texas A&M; coach
Former Candidates:
Tom Izzo – Michigan St. coach
Tom Crean – Marquette coach
Thad Matta – Ohio St. coach
Mark Gottfried – Alabama coach
Bruce Pearl – Tennessee coach
Mark Few – Gonzaga coach
Mike D’Antoni – Phoenix Suns coach
Mike Brey – Notre Dame
Jay Wright – Villanova
Lon Kruger – UNLV coach
Travis Ford – UMass coach
John Pelphrey – USA coach
Lorenzo Romar – Washington coach
No Longer Candidates:
Rick Barnes – Texas
Billy Donovan – Florida coach
John Calipari – Memphis coach
Rick Pitino – Louisville coach
Former Coach: Tubby Smith
Liberty:
New Coach: Ritchie McKay – former New Mexico coach
Former Candidates:
Matt Brown – WVU assistant
John Cooper – Auburn assistant
Rick Dukkett – South Carolina assistant`
Louis Orr – former Seton Hall coach
Cameron Dollar – Washington assistant
Alexis Sherard – Liberty assistant
Zack Jones – Liberty assistant
Others:
Pete Gillen – former UVA and Xavier coach
Ray Giacoletti – Former Utah coach
Rob Lanier – UVA assistant
Stephon Leary – Palm Beach Atlantic University coach
Ron Lievense – Barton College coach
Larry Mangino – Air Force assistant
Mark Phelps – Arizona State assistant
Ed Schilling – former Wright St. coach
Brad Stevens- Butler Assistant
Rodney Watson – Southern Illinois assistant
Former coach: Randy Dunton
Long Beach St.:
New Coach: Dan Monson – former Minnesota coach
Former Candidates:
Cameron Dollar – Washington assistant
Gib Arnold – USC assistant
Mike Adras – NAU coach
Bobby Braswell – CSUN coach
Brad Holland – former San Diego coach
Josh Pastner – Arizona assistant
Phil Matthews – Nebraska assistant
No Longer Candidate: Kerry Keating – UCLA assistant
Former coach: Larry Reynolds
Louisiana Tech:
New Coach: Kerry Rupp – UAB assistant
Former Candidates:
Chad McDowell – LSUS coach
Mike McConathy – Northwestern St. coach
Former Coach: Keith Richard
Marshall:
New Coach: Donnie Jones – Florida assistant
Candidates
Tony Jones – Tennessee assistant
Mark Cline – Oklahoma assistant coach
Mike Jarvis – former St. John’s coach
Jeff Battle – WFU assistant
Others:
Gregg Marshall – Winthrop
Pete Gillen – Former UVA coach
John Pelphrey – USA coach
Brian Fish – Creighton assistant
Brad Brownell – Wright St. coach
Bob McKillop – Davidson coach
Former Coach: Ron Jirsa
Michigan:
New Coach: John Beilein – West Virginia coach
Former Candidates:
Kevin Stallings – Vanderbilt coach
Chris Lowery – Southern Illinois coach
Sean Miller – Xavier coach
Lon Kruger – UNLV coach
Ernie Kent – Oregon coach
Gary Grant – Southern California Legends coach (ABA)
Karl Hobbs – GW coach
Tony Bennett – Washington St. coach
Todd Lickliter – Butler coach
Mike Montgomery – former Golden State Warriors coach
Mark Turgeon – Wichita St. coach
Ben Braun – Cal coach
Mark Fox – Nevada coach
Rick Majerus – former Utah coach
Steve Lavin – former UCLA coach
No Longer Candidates:
Paul Hewitt – Georgia Tech coach
John Calipari – Memphis coach
Former Coach: Tommy Amaker
Minnesota:
New Coach: Tubby Smith – Kentucky coach
Former Candidates:
Sean Miller – Xavier coach
Kevin Stallings – Vanderbilt coach
Flip Saunders – Detroit Pistons coach
Tubby Smith – Kentucky coach
Chris Lowery of Southern Illinois
yle="color: red;">Lon Kruger – UNLV coach
Mark Fox of Nevada
Jeff Bzdelik of Air Force
Tony Bennett – WASU coach
John Pelphrey of South Alabama
Travis Ford of Massachusetts
Oliver Purnell of Clemson
Mike Dunlap of Denver Nuggets
Former Coach: Dan Monson
New Mexico:
New Coach: Steve Alford – Iowa coach
Former Candidates:
Gregg Marshall – Winthrop coach
Larry Eustachy – Southern Miss coach
Mike Montgomery – former Stanford coach
Rob Evans – former Arizona St. coach
John Whisenant, coach of the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA
Michael Cooper – head coach of the Albuquerque Thunderbirds in the D-League
Mike Dunlap of Denver Nuggets
Kerry Keating – UCLA assistant
Chris Lowery – Southern Illinois coach
Larry Eustachy – Southern Miss coach
Larry Shyatt – Florida assistant
Joe Dooley – Kansas assistant
Rick Majerus – former Utah coach
Former Coach: Ritchie McCay
Norfolk St:
New Coach: Anthony Evans (interim)
former Coach: Dwight Freeman
North Dakota St.:
New Coach: Saul Phillips – NDSU assistant
Former Candidates:
Craig Smith – Mayville St.
Mike Leaf – Winona St. coach
Todd Koering – NDSU assistant
Former Coach: Tim Miles
Northern Illinois:
New Coach: Ricardo Patton – former Colorado coach
Former Candidates:
Kevin O’neill – former Marquette coach
Josh Oppenheimer – Kent St. assistant
Rob Senderoff – Indiana assistant
Chris Collins – Duke assistant
Jeff Strohm – WKU assistant
Jack Bennett – former Wisc – Stevens Point coach
Gene Cross – Notre Dame assistant
Former Coach: Rob Judson
Princeton:
New Coach: Sydney Johnson – Georgetown assistant
Former Candidates:
Fran O’Hanlon – Lafayette coach
Steve Donahue – Cornell coach
Mike Brennan – Princeton assistant
Mitch Henderson – Northwestern assistant
Others:
Robert Burke – Georgetown assistant
Craig Robinson – Brown coach
Bill Carmody – Northwestern coach
Armond Hill – NBA Celtics assistant
Chris Mooney – Richmond coach
Mike Maker – WVU assistant
Jim Crews – Army coach
Horace Broadnax – Savannah State
Rex Walters – FAU coach
Tony Newsom – Princeton assistant
Howard Levy – Princeton assistant
Jeff Jones – American coach
Former Coach: Joe Scott
Quinnipiac:
New Coach: Tom Moore – Uconn assistant
Former Candidates:
Steve Demeo – Providence assistant
Chris Casey – St. John’s assistant
Jared Grasso – Fordham assistant
Brett Gunning – Villanova assistant
Jeff Ruland – former Iona coach
Will Brown – Albany coach
Former Coach: Joe DeSantis
Radford:
New Coach: Bred Greenberg – Virginia Tech assistant
Former Candidates:
Myron Guillory – CSU assistant
Don Burgess – High Point assistant
Scott Cherry – GMU assistant
Former coach: Byron Samuels
Robert Morris:
New Coach: Mike Rice – Pittsburgh assistant
Former Candidates:
Kevin Clark – Rhode Island assistant
Scott Rigot – former Kentucky assistant
Matt Driscoll – Baylor assistant
Others:
Jeff Boals – Akron assistant
Tom Herrion – former College of Charleston coach
Dave Pilipovich – Pitt assistant
Former Coach: Mark Schmidt
St. Bonaventure:
New Coach: Mark Schmidt – Robert Morris coach
Former Candidates:
Brian Nash – St. Francis (NY) coach
Jeff Ruland – former Iona coach
Mike Hopkins – Syracuse assistant
Fred Quartlebaum – St. John’s assistant coach
Tom Herrion – former coach of the College of Charleston
Mike Dunlap – Denver Nuggets assistant
Garland Mance – Detroit assistant
Gary DeCesare – DePaul assistant
John Rhodes – Ohio University assistant
Rob Lanier – Virginia assistant
Withdrew: Jeff Neubauer – Eastern Kentucky coach, Matt Brady – Marist coach, Will Brown – Albany coach, Tom Moore- UConn assistant, Joe Mihalich – Niagara coach
Former Coach: Anthony Solomon
New Coach: Rick Majerus – former Utah Coach
Never Became Candidates:
Brad Brownwell – Wright St. coach
Barry Hinson – Missouri State coach
Pete Gillen – former UVA, Xavier coach
Cuonzo Martin – Purdue assistant
Jay Spoonhour – Texas-San Antonio assistant
Jimmy Christian – Kent St. coach
Scott Sutton – Oral Roberts
Darrin Horn – Western Kentucky coach
Gene Cross – Notre Dame assistant
Others:
Kevin Stallings – Vanderbilt
Pooh Williamson – Texas A&M; assistant
Bob Marlin – Sam Houston St. coach
Fran Fraschilla – former New Mexico coach
Steve Lavin – former uCLA coach
Former Coach: Bred Soberberg
San Diego:
New Coach: Bill Grier – Gonzaga assistant
Kerry Keating – UCLA assistant
Gib Arnold – USC assistant
Dan Monson – former Minnesota and Gonzaga coach
Eric Musselman – Sacramento Kings coach
Brian Dutcher – San Diego State assistant
Former Coach: Brad Holland
Santa Clara:
New Coach: Kerry Keating – UCLA assistant
Former Candidates:
Louis Reynaud – Cal assistant
Sam Scuilli – Santa Clara assistant
Steve Seandel – Santa Clara assistant
Former coach: Dick Davey
South Alabama:
New Coach: Ronnie Arrow – Texas A&M-CC;
Former Candidates:
Bob Marlin – SHSU coach
Joe Niland – University of Mobile coach
Phillip Pearson – Alabama assistant
Others:
Rob Evans – former Arizona St. coach
Jeff Price – Georgia Southern coach
Cliff Ellis – former USA coach
Tony Chiles – Drexel assistant
Gene Cross – Notre Dame
John Groce – Ohio St. assistant
Derek Kellogg – Memphis assistant
John Pastner – Arizona assistant
Scott Spinelli – Wichita St. assistant
No Longer Candidate: Bobby Lutz – Charlotte coach
Former Coach:
John Pelphrey
South Carolina St.:
New Coach: Tim Carter – Florida St. assisant
Former coach: Jamal Brown
South Florida:
New Coach: Stan Heath – former Arkansas coach
Former Candidates:
Pete Gillen – former UVA coach
Karl Hobbs – George Washington
Larry Shyatt – Florida assistant
Frank Martin – Kansas St Assistant
Randy Bennett – Saint Mary’s
Brad Brownell – Wright St.
Bruiser Flint – Drexel
Todd Lickliter – Butler
Bobby Lutz – Charlotte
Sean Miller – Xavier
Ralph Willard Holy Cross
Kevin Willard – Louisville assistant
Jim O’Brien – former UVA coach
Steve Lavin – former UCLA coach
No Longer Candidates:
Gregg Marshall – Winthrop coach
Anthony Grant – VCU
Travis Ford – UMass coach
Fran Fraschilla – former New Mexico coach
John Pelphrey – South Alabama
Former Coach: Robert McCullum
SIU-Edwardsville
New Coach: Lennox Forrester – Bradlet assistant
Former Coach: Marty Simmons
Southern Utah:
New Coach: Roger Reid – former BYU coach
Former Coach: Bill Evans
Texas A&M;:
New Coach: Mark Turgeon – Wichita St. coach
Candidates:
Ronnie Arrow – Texas A&M-CC;
Scott Sutton – Oral Roberts coach
Buzz Williams – New Orleans Head Coach
Doc Sadler – Nebraska Head Coach
Alvin Brooks – Texas A&M; Assistant Coach
Frank Haith – Miami coach
Gregg Marshall – Winthrop coach
Mark Fox – Nevada coachh
Reggie Theus – NMSU coach
Jimmy Williams – former Oklahoma St. assistant / rumored Minnesota assistant
John Pelphrey – South Alabama coach
Dave Rose – BYU coach
Lon Kruger – UNLV coach
Anthony Grant – VCU
Former Coach: Billy Gillespie
Texas A&M; – Corpus Christi:
New Coach: Perry Clark – former Miami coach
Former Candidates:
Andrew Helton – Texas A&M; – CC assistant
Alvin Brooks – former University of Houston coach
Gene Cross – Notre Dame assistant
Porter Moser – former Illinois State
Former Coach: Ronnie Arrow
UMKC:
New Coach: Matt Brown – West Virginia assistant
Former Candidates:
Jay Spoonhour – assistant coach at Texas-San Antonio
Bob MacKinnon – Marshall assistant
Others:
Steve McClain – former Wyoming coach
Paul Graham – former Colorado assistant
Ben Miller – Missouri St. assistant
Josh Oppenheimer — Kent State associate head coach
Rob Senderof – Indiana assistant coach
Jim Hinrich – North Kansas City High School coach
Former Coach: Rich Zvosec
UC Riverside:
New Coach: Jim Woolridge – former KSU coach
Former Candidates:
Mike Adras- NAU
Brad Holland- San Diego
Von Webb – UCR interim coach
John Smith – Riverside CC coach
/>Bob Cantu – USC assistant
Phil Johnson – USC assistant
Steve Aggers – former Loyola Marymount coach
Phil Mathews – Nebraska assistant
Former Coach: David Spencer
Utah:
New Coach: Jim Boylen – Michigan St. assistant
Former Candidates:
Jim Christian – Kent St. coach
Blaine Taylor – ODU coach
Larry Shyatt – Florida assistant
Mark Fox – Nevada coach
Donny Daniels – former Utah assistant
Stew Morrill – Utah State coach
Randy Rahe – Weber State coach
Dana Altman – Creighton coach
Tommy Conner – forer Utah player, Westminster coach
Former Coach: Ray Giacoletti
West Virginia:
New Coach: Bob Huggins – Kansas St. coach
Former Candidates:
Jeff Neubauer – Eastern Kentucky coach
Gregg Marshall – Winthrop coach
Skip Prosser – Wake Forest coach
Bob McKillopp – Davidson coach
Matt Doherty – SMU coach
Anthony Grant – VCU coach
Travis Ford – Umass coach
Jerry Dunn – WVU assistant
Mike Maker – WVU assistant
Former Coach: John Beilein
Wichita State:
New Coach: Gregg Marshall – Winthrop
Former Candidates:
Scott Spinelli – Wichita St. assistant
Tad Boyle – Northern Colorado coach
John Groce – Ohio St. assistant
Eddie Sutton – former Oklahoma St. coach
No Longer Candidates: Scott Sutton – Oral Roberts coach
Former Coach: Mark Turgeon
Winthrop:
New Coach: Randy Peele – Winthrop assistant
Never Even Got The Chance to Be Candidates:
Randy Peele – Winthrop assistant
Barclay Radebaugh – Queens University coach
Bart Lundy – High Point coach
Duane Reboul – former Birmingham Southern coach
Tom Herrion – former CofC coach
Steve Wojciechowski – Duke assistant
John Groce – Ohio St. assistant
John Cooper – Auburn assistant
Tim Carter – Florida St. assistant
Perry Clark – former Miami coach
Former Coach: Gregg Marshall
Wyoming:
New Coach: Heath Shroyer – Fresno St. assistant
Former Candidates:
Jeremy Cox – Texas A&M; assistant
Bob Marlin – SHSU coach
Phil Matthews – Nebraska assistant
Others:
Randy Rahe – Weber St. coach
Ritchie McCay – former New Mexico coach
Randy Bennett – St. Mary’s coach
Former Coach: Steve McClain
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