2015 Coaching Changes Tracker

[ephoops]

From the Bucknell Board earlier today.
The natives on their board were getting quite restless given the lack of any tangible news re the search to replace Paulsen.

Updated information I heard this morning. It appears the process is moving forward rapidly now.

I was told 5 candidates plus Dane [Fischer] have emerged: Carl Danzig, Jamion Christian, Engles from NJIT, assistants from Notre Dame [Inglesby] and Michigan State [Fife]

They are bringing 2 or 3 to town today or tomorrow for interviews and hope to have a decision by Wednesday or Thursday.

 

[MasonCrew]

Ram nation has become daily reading for me. It's Christmas in April.

 

[Vurbel]

Ram nation has become daily reading for me. It's Christmas in April.

It's a great thing. I love it. I can't get enough.

 

[Cool Disco Dan]

What a bunch of psychos:

"Good call Mr. Tillman - take your son away from a bunch of guys he loves and wants to play with and make him sit out until November of 2016."

"It's a damn shame that family members get involved and ruin $hit for kids. Justin seemed like a nice kid, I hate that this is happening to him."

DP can use this in his recruiting pitch: "Come to GMU and play in the A-10 for a brand new coach.......or you can go to vcu and play in the A-10 for a brand new coach AND as an ADDED BONUS, your family will gain a couple of purple-haired, goth-kid stalkers who will splash your family car with black ram dung (and gold urine) if your kid has an off night."

 

[Walter]

It's all good. As soon as The Upgrade gets his guys in, all those 4 star guys vcu lost will soon be forgotten.

 

[Washingtonian]

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 5m5 minutes ago
Fairfield's Sydney Johnson has hired both Mitch Buonaguro and Tom Parrotta as assistants, per the school. Smart move - two former HCs.

 

[Pablo]

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanESPN · 4h4 hours ago
Bowling Green deal with Miami assistant and former BG standout Michael Huger is done, sources told ESPN. News conference on Friday.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...assistant-michael-huger-to-replace-chris-jans:

"Miami assistant Michael Huger has reached an agreement on a six-year deal to become Bowling Green's next head coach, a source told CBSSports.com on Wednesday.

A formal announcement is expected Thursday."

 

[A.-Siegfried]

Good for Huger. First of the long time Mason assistants to get a head coaching job directly from working under Coach L. Well deserved.

 

[PoorManProfit]

Congrats to Michael Huger. A six-year deal? Nice!

 

[Pablo]

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanESPN · 1h1 hour ago
Bucknell search continues: One strong candidate, per sources, is former assistant Nathan Davis -- who is now head coach at Randolph-Macon.

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[Pikapppatri8]

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanESPN · 1h1 hour ago
Bucknell search continues: One strong candidate, per sources, is former assistant Nathan Davis -- who is now head coach at Randolph-Macon.

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How are the Bucknell boards taking this?

 

[Pablo]

How are the Bucknell boards taking this?

See http://boards.basketball-u.com/showtopic.php?tid/17772/tp/9/:

"17 days and counting . . ."

 

[Walter]

Tillman has decided to stay at FeceU.

 

[Washingtonian]

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 3m3 minutes ago
Bucknell announces Randolph Macon head coach Nathan Davis as head coach. Davis was also a former Bucknell assistant.

 

[GMUSig03]

Shouldn't we consider that a good thing - that Paulsen will be getting his top assistant to join him here?

 

[Dawgs99]

You would think so...the guys on the Bucknell boards rave about his recruiting ability. Obviously it should be much easier to recruit to Mason without the academic restrictions and our membership in the A10. I'd welcome the addition.

 

[Washingtonian]

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 4m4 minutes ago
San Diego coach Lamont Smith is hiring former Texas assistant Russell Springmann. Heck of an addition.

 

[Walter]

I remember Springmann was a popular name when we hired Hewitt. His name was mentioned by a lot of teams looking. Guy just could never get a HC job.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Holy crap is that a drop - going from lead assistant in Texas and a regular target for open head coaching jobs to an assistant for the Toreros in the West Coast Conference.

Maybe it says something that he didn't wind up at Knoxville.

 

[gmujim92]

Holy crap is that a drop - going from lead assistant in Texas and a regular target for open head coaching jobs to an assistant for the Toreros in the West Coast Conference.

Maybe it says something that he didn't wind up at Knoxville.

Don't know the inside scoop as to why, but the luster definitely has come off Springmann's star over the past few years.

He was mentioned as one of the "hot young assistants" as recently as 2009. Some thought he was going to get the vcu job but they hired Shaka instead.