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Alcorn St.

Samuel West

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Van Holt

George Ivory

Arkansas St

Dickey Nutt

John Brady - former LSU coach

Brown

Craig Robinson

Jesse Agel - Brown assistant

Others considered: Tim O'Shea - Ohio University coach, Paul Fortier - Washington assistant, Mike Brennan - American assistant

Bucknell

Pat Flannery

Dave Paulsen - Williams coach

Others considered: Tim O'Shea - Ohio coach, Bill Courtney - UVA assistant, Nathan Davis - Bucknell assistant

Others: Carl Danzig - Scranton coach, Tom Herrion - Pitt assistant, Brett Gunning - Villanova assistant, Sean Kearney - Notre Dame assistant, Robert Burke - Georgetown assistant, Gary Close - Wisconsin assistant, Dave Paulsen - Williams coach, Tim Welsh - former Providence coach,

Bryant

Max Good

Tim O'Shea - former Ohio coach

Others considered: Deshon Gaither - Bryant assistant, Dwayne Pina - Bryant Assistant

Mike Montgomery

Others Considered, Mentioned, Rejected Offers: Mike Dunlap - NBA assistant, Randy Bennett - St. Marys coach, Mark Fox - Nevada coach, Tony Bennett - Washington St. coach, Jaime Dixon - Pitt coach

Centenary

Rob Flaska

Greg Gary - Duquesne Assistant

Others considered: Steve Payne - Tennessee Tech assistant, Charlie Schaef - Ouachita Baptist, Larry Bagley - former Centenary assistant, Mark Slessinger - Northwestern St. assistant

No Longer Candidates: Happy Osborne - Georgetown College, Chad McDowell - LSU-Shreveport

Detroit

Perry Watson

Ray McCallum - former Indiana assistant

Other: Brad Soderberg - former SLU coach, Mike Jackson - Michigan assistant, Kevin Mondro - Detroit interim coach Others: Barry Hinson - former Missouri St. coach, Gene Cross - Notre Dame assistant

Drake

Keno Davis

Mark Phelps - Arizona St assistant

Runner-up: Gary Close - Wisconsin assistant

One-time Potential Candidates: Chris Davis - Drake assistant, Matt Woodley - Wash St. assistant, Greg Lansing - Indiana assistant, Steve Forbes - Tennessee assistant,, John Groce - Ohio St. assistant Others: Dan Monson - former Minnesota coach, Sean Sutton - former OSU coach

Florida Atlantic

Rex Walters

Mike Jarvis - former St. Johns coach

Former Candidates: , Mike Balado - FAU assistant, Brad Soderberg - former SLU coach, Dan Hipsher - South Florida assistant, Mike Jaskulski - UCF assistant, Lewis Preston - Florida assistant

Others: Jorge Fernandez - Miami assistant, Jeff Price - Georgia Southern coach, Perry Clark - Tx A&M - CC coach, Tom Schuberth - TX Pan American, Stan Jones - FSU assistant

Grambling St.

Larry Wright

Rick Duckett - former South Carolina assistant

Other Candidates: Cameron Dollar - Washington assistant, Robert Kirby - Mississippi St. assistant, Roman Banks - Southeastern Louisiana assistant

Others: Michael Lyons - Grambling HS coach, Dale Zimmerman - Wossman HS coach

No longer candidate: Tic Price - North Texas assistant

Indiana

Kelvin Sampson /Dan Dakich

Tom Crean - Marquette coach

Others Considered, Mentioned, Rejected Offers: Tony Bennett - Washington St., Dan Dakich - Indiana interim coach

Jacksonville St.

Mike LaPlante

James Green - Mississippi Valley State coach

Others considered: Philip Pearson - Alabama assistant, Timothy Maloney - UMass assistant, Charles Burkett - Hoover High coach

James Madison

Dean Keener

Matt Brady - Marist coach

Kent State

Jim Christian

Geno Ford - Kent assistant

Loyola Marymount

Rodney Tention

Bill Bayno - Portland (NBA) assistant

Others Considered, Mentioned, Rejected Offers: Gib Arnold - USC assistant, Bob Burton - Cal-Fullerton coach, Mike Dunlap - NBA assistant, Brett Gunning - Villanova assistant, Brad Soderberg - former SLU coach

LSU

John Brady

Trent Johnson - Stanford coach

Others Considered, Mentioned, Rejected Offers: Tavis Ford - UMass coach, Tony Bennett - Washington St. coach, Oliver Purnell - Clemson coach, Paul Hewitt - GA Tech coach, Mike Brey - Notre Dame coach, Andy Kennedy - Ole Miss coach, Butch Pierre - current interim coach, Johnny Jones - N. Texas , Anthony Grant - VCU coach

Marist

Matt Brady

Chucky Martin - Memphis assistant

Others considered: Pat Sellers - UConn assistant, Joe Jones - Columbia head coach, Steve Masiello - Louisville assistant , Fred Quartlebaum - St. John's assistant Longshots: Paul Lee - Northwestern assistant, Garland Mance - Detroit assistant, Brian Nash - St. Francis coach

No Longer Candidate: Brett Gunning - Villanova assistant, Danny Hurley - Newark's St. Benedict's Prep, Robert Burke - Georgetown assistant, Tom Herrion - Pitt assistant

Marquette

Tom Crean

Buzz Williams - Marquette assistant

Others considered: Chris Lowry - SIU coach, Brad Brownell - Wright St. coach, Bob McKillop - Davidson coach

Others: Jim Boylan - Chicago Bulls coach, , Sean Miller - Xavier coach, Brian Gregory - Dayton coach, Lon Kruger - UNLV coach, Kevin Stallings - Vanderbilt coach, Brad Stevens - Butler coach, Rob Jeter - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee coach, Larry Krystkowiak - Milwaukee Bucks coach

Others: Steve Lavin - former UCLA coach

Claims not to be a candidate: Rick Majerus - SLU coach

Maryland - Eastern Shore

Meredith Smith

Frankie Allen - UMBC assistant

Massachusetts

Travis Ford

Derek Kellogg - Memphis assistant

Others interviewd: Tim O'Shea - Ohio coach Tim Maloney - UMass assistant Pat Sellers - UConn assistant

Longshots: Bob McKillop - Davidson coach Tom Moore - Quinnipiac coach Fran McCaffery - Siena coach Mike Rice - Robert Morris coach Brett Gunning - Villanova assistant Steve Masiello - Louisville assistant Kevin Willard - Iona coach

Claim to no longer be a candidate: Tony Barbee - UTEP coach

Mercer

Mark Slonaker

Bob Hoffman

Mississippi Valley St.

James Green

Missouri State

Barry Hinson

Counzo Martin - Purdue assistant

Norfolk State

Dwight Freeman

Anthony Evans

Ohio University

Tim O'Shea

Oklahoma St.

Sean Sutton

Travis Ford - Umass coach

No Longer Candidates: Bill Self - Kansas coach, Chris Lowry - SIU coach, Billy Gillespie - Kentucky coach

Oregon St.

Jay John

Craig Robinson - Brown coach

Others Considered, Mentioned, Rejected Offers: Bill Grier - San Diego coach, Randy Bennett - St. Marys coach

Pepperdine

Vance Walberg

Tom Asbury

Providence

Tim Welsh

Keno Davis - Drake coach

Others considered: Tim O'Shea - Ohio coach, Fran Frashilla - former Providence assistant, Will Browne - Albany coach, Kevin O'Neill - former Arizona assistant, Larry Shyatt - Florida assistant

Longshots: Larry Brown - former Knicks coach, Dave Leitao - UVA coach, Jim O'Brien - former Ohio St. coach, Longshot: Phil Martelli - St. Josephs coach, Bob McKillop - Davidson

No longer Candidate: Jim Larannaga - George Mason Coach, Craig Robinson - Brown coach, Travis Ford - UMass coach

Ben Braun - former Cal coach

Others Considered, Mentioned, Rejected Offers: Kevin O'Neil - former Arizona assistant, Gene Cross - Notre Dame assistant, Steve Hensen -UNLV coach, Bob McKillop - Davidson coach, Ben Braun - former Cal coach, Rick Byrd - Belmont coach

Sacramento State

Jerome Jenkins

Brian Katz - San Joaquin Delta College

Others Considered: Cameron Dollar - Washington assistant, Tony Marcopulos - Cabrillo College coach

San Francisco

Jessie Evans / Eddie Sutton

Bob Burton - Cal-Fullerton coach

Bill Carr - San Diego assistant, David Carter - Nevada assistant Others: Steve Lavin - former UCLA coach, Rodney Tention - former LMU coach, Longshot: Sean Sutton - former Oklahoma St. coach

Stanford

Trent Johnson

Johnny Dawkins - Duke assistant coach

Others considered or mentioned: Larry Krystkowiak - former NBA coach, Blaine Taylor - ODU coach, Doug Oliver - Stanford assistant, Eric Reveno - Portland coach, Doug Wojcik - Tulsa coach,

Others: Randy Bennett - St. Marys coach, Mike Dunlap - NBA Denver assistant, Mark Fox - Nevada coach, Ken Bone - Portland St. coach, Bill Grier - San Diego coach Not a candidate: Mike Montgomery - Cal coach, Keno Davis - Drake coach, Larry Brown - former NBA coach

St. Francis (PA)

Bobby Jones

Don Friday - Lycoming College coach

Others considered: Matthew Driscoll - Baylor assistant, Mark Bass - St. Joseph's assistant Others: John Mahoney - Michigan assistant, Kurt Kanaskie - Penn St. assistant, Bob Rukavina - Pittsburgh@Johnstown

TCU

Neil Dougherty

Jim Christian - Kent coach

Toledo

Stan Joplin

Gene Cross - Notre Dame assistant

Others Considered: Brad Soderberg - former SLU coach, Ray McCallum - former Indiana assistant, Tim Welsh - former Providence coach,, Dan Peters - Ohio St. assistant, Will Browne - Albany coach

No longer candidates: Buzz Peterson - former Coastal Carolina coach, Ben Braun - former Cal coach

Texas Southern

Ronnie Courtney/Robert Moreland

Tony Harvey

Texas Tech

Bob Knight

Pat Knight - Texas tech assistant

Western Illinois

Derek Thomas

Jim Molinari - former Bradley coach

Others Considered: Ray Harper - Oklahoma City coach, Barry Hinson - former Missouri St. coach, Matt Margenthaler - Minnesota State-Mankato coach , Joe O'Brien - Idaho State coach, Brad Underwood - Kansas State assistant

Western Kentucky

Darin Horn

Ken McDonald Texas assistant

Others Considered, Mentioned, Rejected Offers: Leonard Hamilton - Florida St. coach, Kurtis Townsend - Kansas assistant