Coaching Carousel 2024

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Gardner-Webb's Craft hired to coach W. Carolina

Tim Craft, who coached Gardner Webb for the past 11 seasons, has been hired as Western Carolina's coach.

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Sources: Hampton hiring Hoyas' Thomas as coach

Hampton is expected to hire Georgetown assistant Ivan Thomas as its next men's basketball coach, sources told ESPN.

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"Thomas has been a longtime assistant coach under Ed Cooley, first at Providence for eight seasons then this past season with the Hoyas. He played a key role in leading the Friars to five NCAA tournaments during the staff's time with the program.

Prior to joining Cooley at Providence, Thomas was a high school and grassroots coach in Virginia, most notably leading T.C. Williams High School to the state title in 2008. He also coached the successful Boo Williams AAU program for 13 years, from 2002 to 2015."

 

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https://hoopdirt.com/pera-out-as-head-basketball-coach-at-rice/

"Rice Vice President and Director of Athletics Tommy McClelland announced on Thursday that Scott Pera will not return as the men’s basketball head coach."

https://hoopdirt.com/report-boynton-dismissed-at-oklahoma-state/

"According to Jon Rothstein tweet, Mike Boynton is out as the head basketball coach at Oklahoma State."

 

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Sources: Vandy's Stackhouse out after 5 seasons

Vanderbilt is moving on from coach Jerry Stackhouse after five seasons, sources told ESPN.

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If I'm looking for a new coach, I'm calling Pat Kelsey first. Dude just wins.

 

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DePaul hires former Ohio State coach Holtmann

Former Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann has agreed a six-year deal to become DePaul's next head coach, sources told ESPN.

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https://hoopdirt.com/hutson-out-as-head-basketball-coach-at-fresno-state/

"Fresno State head basketball coach Justin Hutson announced that he will not be returning next season at a post-game presser following the Bulldogs season ending OT loss to #1 seed Utah State."

 

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Stanford fires coach Haase after eight seasons

Stanford ousted men's basketball coach Jerod Haase less than 10 minutes after the Cardinal's season ended in the Pac-12 tournament Thursday night.

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https://hoopdirt.com/utsa-wont-renew-the-contract-of-head-basketball-coach-steve-henson/

"After eight years at the helm, UTSA men’s basketball head coach Steve Henson will not return to the Roadrunners. Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos announced Thursday that Henson’s contract, which expires March 31, will not be renewed."

 

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Updated list - https://hoopdirt.com/updated-2024-coaching-changes-tracker-presented-by-d1-relocation/

Division I (D1) Coaching Changes (2024)

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School	Conference	Former Coach	New Coach
Bryant	America East	Jared Grasso	Phil Martelli, Jr
Cal Poly	Big West	John Smith	TBD
Central Arkansas	ASUN	Anthony Boone	TBD
Charleston Southern	Big South	Barclay Radebaugh	Saah Nimley
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Cliff Ellis	Justin Gray
DePaul	Big East	Tony Stubblefield	Matt Brady (INTERIM)
Detroit Mercy	Horizon	Mike Davis	TBD
Fairfield	MAAC	Jay Young	Chris Casey
Fresno State	Mountain West	Justin Hutson	TBD
Gardner-Webb	Big South	Tim Craft	TBD
Hampton	CAA	Edward Joyner, Jr.	Ivan Thomas
Houston Christian	Southland	Ron Cottrell	TBD
IUPUI	Horizon	Matt Crenshaw	TBD
Long Beach State	Big West	Dan Monson	TBD
Louisville	ACC	Kenny Payne	TBD
Loyola Maryland	Patriot League	Tavaras Hardy	TBD
Mercer	SoCon	Greg Gary	TBD
Missouri State	Missouri Valley	Dana Ford	TBD
Ohio State	Big Ten	Chris Holtmann	Jake Diebler (INTERIM)
Oklahoma State	Big 12	Mike Boynton	TBD
Old Dominion	Sun Belt	Jeff Jones	Mike Jones
Pacific	WCC	Leonard Perry	TBD
Pepperdine	WCC	Lorenzo Romar	TBD
Rice	American	Scott Pera	TBD
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	Bryan Mullins	TBD
St. Louis	A-10	Travis Ford	TBD
Stanford	ACC	Jerod Haase	TBD
UIC	Horizon League	Luke Yaklich	TBD
UTSA	American	Steve Henson	TBD
Vanderbilt	SEC	Jerry Stackhouse	TBD
Washington	Big Ten	Mike Hopkins	TBD
West Virginia	Big 12	Bob Huggins	Josh Eilert (INTERIM)
Western Carolina	SoCon	Justin Gray	Tim Craft
William & Mary	CAA	Dane Fischer	TBD

 

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Michigan fires coach Howard after 8-24 season

Juwan Howard was fired as Michigan's men's basketball coach, the school announced Friday.

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https://hoopdirt.com/official-doty-named-head-basketball-coach-at-houston-christian/

"it’s now official. Emporia State head coach Craig Doty has been hired at Houston Christian. Here’s the release from HCU:

HCU President Dr. Robert B. Sloan and Director of Athletics Steve Moniaci announced the hiring of Craig Doty, a three-time national champion coach and three-time national coach of the year, as the school’s new James Sears Bryant Head Men’s Basketball Coach on Friday afternoon. Doty will be introduced in a press conference at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, Mar. 18, inside Denham Hall on the HCU campus."

 

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https://hoopdirt.com/socon-dirt-utms-ridder-headed-to-mercer/

"I can confirm multiple reports, including one from Jeff Goodman the UT Martin head coach Ryan Ridder will take over at Mercer.

Ridder led UTM to a 21-11 record this season, and a share of the OVC regular season title. In his three seasons at UTM, he’s gone 48-47 (.505). Ridder also spent four years at Bethune-Cookman (1 non-playing COVID season), where he went 48-45 (.516).

Prior to his time as a D1 head coach, Ridder spent 4 seasons as the head coach at NJCAA D1 Daytona State, where he had a ton of success with a 95-28 over all mark."

 

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https://hoopdirt.com/socon-dirt-utms-ridder-headed-to-mercer/

"I can confirm multiple reports, including one from Jeff Goodman the UT Martin head coach Ryan Ridder will take over at Mercer.

Ridder led UTM to a 21-11 record this season, and a share of the OVC regular season title. In his three seasons at UTM, he’s gone 48-47 (.505). Ridder also spent four years at Bethune-Cookman (1 non-playing COVID season), where he went 48-45 (.516).

Prior to his time as a D1 head coach, Ridder spent 4 seasons as the head coach at NJCAA D1 Daytona State, where he had a ton of success with a 95-28 over all mark."

That is a solid hire for Mercer.

 

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Canisius won't keep Witherspoon after 14-18 year

Following a 72-56 loss to Quinnipiac in the quarterfinal round of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament this week, Canisius University announced it will not renew Reggie Witherspoon's contract after eight seasons with the Golden Griffins.

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Fired Monson, LBSU secure improbable NCAA bid

Fired by Long Beach State on Monday, coach Dan Monson guided the Beach to the Big West title on Saturday, and he will continue coaching the team in the NCAA tournament.

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"For Dan Monson, it ain't over yet.

Six days after he was dismissed by the team, Monson led Long Beach State to the NCAA tournament with a 74-70 win over UC Davis on Saturday in the Big West tournament title game, adding at least a few more days to his tenure."
"On Monday, Long Beach State announced it had "mutually" parted ways with Monson after 17 seasons, but the school agreed to allow him to coach the rest of the campaign. After LBSU lost five in a row entering the Big West tournament, there were few reasons to believe the season would last much longer for Monson and his crew.

But a run through the conference tournament now guarantees that LBSU will hear its name called on Selection Sunday for the second NCAA tournament appearance of Monson's tenure, amid improbable odds and unique circumstances."​

"LBSU's move to announce Monson's dismissal before the conference tournament but still allow him to coach has become even more bizarre now that Monson has actually beat the odds and extended his season.

Despite LBSU's announcement, Monson said he hasn't lost his passion for coaching and is ready to make his next move."

 

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Canisius won't keep Witherspoon after 14-18 year

Following a 72-56 loss to Quinnipiac in the quarterfinal round of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament this week, Canisius University announced it will not renew Reggie Witherspoon's contract after eight seasons with the Golden Griffins.

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Would not shock me to see Curran involved here.

 

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https://hoopdirt.com/claunch-named-head-basketball-coach-at-utsa/

"UTSA Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos on Sunday announced Austin Claunch as the seventh head coach of the Roadrunners’ men’s basketball program. Claunch, who calls Houston his hometown and currently serves as an assistant coach at national power Alabama, led Nicholls to a pair of Southland Conference titles as head coach."

"Prior to taking over the head coaching position at Nicholls, Claunch spent two years as an assistant coach for the Colonels under current South Alabama head coach Richie Riley. He worked closely with Riley on offensive and defensive schemes and game plans and coordinated all basketball camps. Claunch was part of an historic 2017-18 campaign that included the most wins (21) since 1995 and the best Southland Conference record (15-3) since 1998. Among the players he worked with daily were guards Roddy Peters (SLC Newcomer of the Year, First Team SLC), Jahvaughn Powell (All-SLC Defensive Team), Lafayette Rutledge (Single-season three-point record holder) and Tevon Saddler (All-SLC Second Team).

Claunch spent three seasons at Clemson, two as a graduate manager and one as an assistant coach, where he primarily coordinated video services for the Tigers. Prior to joining Clemson, he spent the 2012-13 season as Director of Player Development at George Mason.

Claunch was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and raised in Houston, Texas. He played high school basketball at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory as a three-year starter and a two-time team captain. Claunch was a two-time recipient of Strake’s Kenneth McGregor Award, based on his leadership and dedication on and off the court."

 

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https://hoopdirt.com/diebler-named-head-basketball-coach-at-ohio-state/

"Senior Advisor for Intercollegiate Athletics Ross Bjork today announced the hiring of Jake Diebler as head coach of the Ohio State men’s basketball program. Diebler, who becomes the 15th head coach in program history, will receive a five-year contract."

"Diebler, the first Ohioan to be named Ohio State’s head coach in 35 years, is in his eighth season at Ohio State. He was named the interim head coach on Feb. 14 and led the Buckeyes to a 6-2 record over the last month of the season. The first of those six wins came in his first game as the interim coach and in stunning fashion, over No. 2 Purdue on Feb. 19. Ohio State lost at Minnesota in its next game, but then won five consecutive games: at Michigan State, vs. Nebraska, vs. Michigan, at Rutgers and over Iowa in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament."

 

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Sources: Saint Louis, Schertz talking coaching job

Saint Louis is in talks with Josh Schertz, who guided Indiana State to its first Missouri Valley regular-season title in 24 years, to make him the Billikens' next head coach, sources told ESPN.

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"No deal is done, sources said, but the two sides are in discussions.

Schertz is coming off leading Indiana State to its best season in almost 25 years, as the Sycamores won their first Missouri Valley regular-season title since 2000. They fell in the conference tournament championship game to Drake and were one of the first teams left out of the NCAA tournament.

Entering the NIT, for which they earned a 1-seed, they have 28 wins -- the second most in a season in school history.

Schertz is in his third season at Indiana State, guiding the program to a 12-win turnaround from year one to year two in Terre Haute. After an 11-20 campaign in 2021-22, the Sycamores went 23-13 last season, including a win over Missouri Valley champion Drake.

Prior to being hired in 2021 to replace Greg Lansing, Schertz was a successful Division II coach at Lincoln Memorial. Under his tutelage, the Railsplitters went to three Division II Final Fours and won 30 games four times. During his 13 seasons as head coach, he went 337-69, winning 83% of his games."