Coaching Carousel 2025

[EXpatriot13]

https://x.com/ChipBrown247/status/1902566322623381770

Sounds like Rodney Terry is out at Texas.

A 15 loss at large team blew their game in the tourney and then immediately fired their coach. Hahahaha. Maybe, just MAYBE, they shouldn't have been in the dance.

 

[Pablo]

Andrzejek named Head Basketball Coach at Campbell - HoopDirt

Campbell director of athletics Hannah Bazemore has announced University of Florida assistant John Andrzejek as the Fighting Camels’ head men’s basketball coach. Andrzejek (An-der-shek) comes to Buies Creek after spending the last two seasons at Florida, helping the Gators to a No. 1 seed in this...

hoopdirt.com

 

[GMUgemini]

Urgo out at Fordham: https://x.com/A10Talk/status/1902737764027666786

 

[psyclone]

Urgo out at Fordham: https://x.com/A10Talk/status/1902737764027666786

Wasn't he being talked up as COY 2 years ago when they were 12-6 and made it to the semis in the A10 conference? It's been all downhill since then. Took over when Neptune left for Villanova and now both of them are gone.

 

[Walter]

I predict vcu will go after Alan Huss (HPU) and then maybe Mike Morrell (UNCA) or Bucky McMillian (Samford).

Huss would be an incredible hire for them. It is a good time to be hiring a coach. Not a lot of big jobs open but a lot of proven coaches ready to move up from low major to mid major.

EDIT: adding Arkansas State's Bryan Hodgson to list of potential vcu candidates.

 

[Pablo]

Urgo out at Fordham: https://x.com/A10Talk/status/1902737764027666786

Fordham fires head coach Urgo after 3 seasons

Fordham has fired men's basketball coach Keith Urgo after three seasons, the school announced Thursday.

www.espn.com

"Fordham hasn't been to the NCAA tournament since 1992, but the Rams will have a men's basketball budget that ranks in the top third in the Atlantic 10 and are expected to be competitive moving forward in the revenue-share era."

 

[GMU79]

Fordham fires head coach Urgo after 3 seasons

Fordham has fired men's basketball coach Keith Urgo after three seasons, the school announced Thursday.

www.espn.com

"Fordham hasn't been to the NCAA tournament since 1992, but the Rams will have a men's basketball budget that ranks in the top third in the Atlantic 10 and are expected to be competitive moving forward in the revenue-share era."

Where do we stand?

 

[Pablo]

Pels assistant Geriot named head coach at Iona

Pelicans assistant Dan Geriot was named coach at Iona on Thursday, three days after Tobin Anderson was fired following two years in the job as the replacement for Rick Pitino.

www.espn.com

"The 36-year-old Geriot was in his 10th season as an NBA assistant, nine years with the Cleveland Cavaliers and one with the Pelicans.

He played at Richmond from 2006-11 and began his coaching career as an assistant at Princeton and Campbell.

The Gaels finished this season 17-17 and reached the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship game. They were 16-17 in Anderson's first season."

 

[Walter]

Some vcu fans want Eric Maynor as HC. He currently is a assistant at the Oklahoma City Thunder.

 

[GMUgemini]

Where do we stand?

Right in the middle. But I will say that a lot of the difference in spending between us and say SLU is how much their coach makes.

If Skinn and the assistants keep winning and getting raises, we will be in the top 5 in spending pretty quick.

Also, NY is just expensive.

 

[Falco]

I heard Villanova is very interested in Kevin Willard… not good for Mason fans…

 

[bravesfan]

I heard Villanova is very interested in Kevin Willard… not good for Mason fans…

He was pretty blunt today about some issues he's had with Maryland. Hopefully he's just trying to use leverage to get better resource commitments.

Kevin Willard blasts Damon Evans, reveals why he hasn't signed a new contract as Maryland basketball coach

During an NCAA Tournament media availability session on Thursday, Maryland basketball coach Kevin Willard broke his silence on the rumors surrounding himself, the Villanova job and athletic director Damon Evans.

247sports.com

 

[Jack Strop]

Some vcu fans want Eric Maynor as HC. He currently is a assistant at the Oklahoma City Thunder.

vcu wants to follow Mason's lead, hiring an alum?

I say, "Go ahead." Hire an NBA assistant who has no current NCAA coaching and management experience (something Tony, as an assistant, had in spades before his hire here).

 

[Falco]

vcu wants to follow Mason's lead, hiring an alum?

I say, "Go ahead." Hire an NBA assistant who has no current NCAA coaching and management experience (something Tony, as an assistant, had in spades before his hire here).

Willard’s starting 5 is as good as it’s gets. They are going to make a deep run.

 

[Pablo]

3/21 UPDATE: 2025 Coaching Changes Tracker presented by D1.relocation - HoopDirt

Changing jobs? Don’t sweat it! Let D1.relocation handle the move so you can handle your new team! As we do every year, the HoopDirt.com staff will be tracking head coaching changes at all levels of college basketball (NCAA DI, D2, D3, NAIA and JUCO). The 2025 Coaching Changes Tracker Presented...

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Division I (D1) Coaching Changes (2025)

School	Conference	Former Coach	New Coach
La Salle	A-10	Fran Dunphy	Darris Nichols
Fordham	A-10	Keith Urgo	TBD
Florida State	ACC	Leonard Hamilton	Luke Loucks
Virginia	ACC	Tony Bennett	TBD
Miami	ACC	Jim Larranaga	Jai Lucas
NC State	ACC	Kevin Keatts	Will Wade
McNeese State	Southland	Will Wade	TBD
South Florida	American	Amir Abdur-Rahim	TBD
Bellarmine	ASUN	Scott Davenport	Doug Davenport
Utah	Big 12	Craig Smith	Alex Jensen
West Virginia	Big 12	Darian DeVries	TBD
Villanova	Big East	Kyle Neptune	TBD
Radford	Big South	Darris Nichols	Zach Chu
Indiana	Big Ten	Mike Woodson	Darian DeVries
Minnesota	Big Ten	Ben Johnson	TBD
Iowa	Big Ten	Fran McCaffery	TBD
Campbell	CAA	Kevin McGeehan	John Andrzejek
Columbia	Ivy League	Jim Engel	TBD
Penn	Ivy League	Steve Donahue	TBD
Iona	MAAC	Tobin Anderson	TBD
UNLV	Mountain West	Kevin Kruger	TBD
Murray State	MVC	Steve Prohm	Ryan Miller
Chicago State	NEC	Scott Spinelli	Landon Bussie
Navy	Patriot League	Ed DeChellis	TBD
Stephen F. Austin	Southland	Kyle Keller	Matt Braeuer
Oral Roberts	Summit League	Russell Springmann	TBD
Denver	Summit League	Jeff Wulbrun	TBD
Louisiana Monroe	Sun Belt	Keith Richard	Phil Cunningham
Louisiana Lafayette	Sun Belt	Bob Marlin	Quannas White
Alcorn State	SWAC	Landon Bussie	TBD

 

[Jack Strop]

3/21 UPDATE: 2025 Coaching Changes Tracker presented by D1.relocation - HoopDirt

Changing jobs? Don’t sweat it! Let D1.relocation handle the move so you can handle your new team! As we do every year, the HoopDirt.com staff will be tracking head coaching changes at all levels of college basketball (NCAA DI, D2, D3, NAIA and JUCO). The 2025 Coaching Changes Tracker Presented...

hoopdirt.com

Division I (D1) Coaching Changes (2025)

School	Conference	Former Coach	New Coach
La Salle	A-10	Fran Dunphy	Darris Nichols
Fordham	A-10	Keith Urgo	TBD
Florida State	ACC	Leonard Hamilton	Luke Loucks
Virginia	ACC	Tony Bennett	TBD
Miami	ACC	Jim Larranaga	Jai Lucas
NC State	ACC	Kevin Keatts	Will Wade
McNeese State	Southland	Will Wade	TBD
South Florida	American	Amir Abdur-Rahim	TBD
Bellarmine	ASUN	Scott Davenport	Doug Davenport
Utah	Big 12	Craig Smith	Alex Jensen
West Virginia	Big 12	Darian DeVries	TBD
Villanova	Big East	Kyle Neptune	TBD
Radford	Big South	Darris Nichols	Zach Chu
Indiana	Big Ten	Mike Woodson	Darian DeVries
Minnesota	Big Ten	Ben Johnson	TBD
Iowa	Big Ten	Fran McCaffery	TBD
Campbell	CAA	Kevin McGeehan	John Andrzejek
Columbia	Ivy League	Jim Engel	TBD
Penn	Ivy League	Steve Donahue	TBD
Iona	MAAC	Tobin Anderson	TBD
UNLV	Mountain West	Kevin Kruger	TBD
Murray State	MVC	Steve Prohm	Ryan Miller
Chicago State	NEC	Scott Spinelli	Landon Bussie
Navy	Patriot League	Ed DeChellis	TBD
Stephen F. Austin	Southland	Kyle Keller	Matt Braeuer
Oral Roberts	Summit League	Russell Springmann	TBD
Denver	Summit League	Jeff Wulbrun	TBD
Louisiana Monroe	Sun Belt	Keith Richard	Phil Cunningham
Louisiana Lafayette	Sun Belt	Bob Marlin	Quannas White
Alcorn State	SWAC	Landon Bussie	TBD

You're a MANIAK! AWESOME!
THANK YOU PABLO!!!

Perhaps some enterprising member will be able to do the same with A10 portal dwellers?

 

[GSII]

Thought Odom to Uva would be announced by now.

 

[Pablo]

Thought Odom to Uva would be announced by now.

Question for GS and the rest of the board: If you were offered both the UVA and Villanova jobs, which one would you take?

 

[Dawgs99]

Question for GS and the rest of the board: If you were offered both the UVA and Villanova jobs, which one would you take?

Tough call, but before and after Jay Wright Nova is and was different. Basketball is king at UVA, its the thing the donor base cares the most about. Its also likely that UVA ends up in the SEC in the inevitable blow up of the ACC. I'd give the nod to UVA, but its close.

 

[gmubrian]

Tough call, but before and after Jay Wright Nova is and was different. Basketball is king at UVA, its the thing the donor base cares the most about. Its also likely that UVA ends up in the SEC in the inevitable blow up of the ACC. I'd give the nod to UVA, but its close.

I have the exact opposite take. Villanova is in the Big East and since they don't have football in the conference, the Big East is slated to become the premier basketball conference under revenue share. Villanova does have an FBS team (they have FCS in CAA), so they, presumably, will not dump nearly as much into their football. UVA has FBS football and will have to dump a ton of resources in that to keep it relevant. If they didn't why would they even be in consideration for the SEC?

On the Jay Wright, before and after, while true, I don't see that as relevant given the sea change with revenue share. It will be more about resources (revenue share and NIL) and I think Villanova is much better positioned than UVA with that in mind.