School.......Out.....................Years...Record....In
Dartmouth...Terry Dunn................6......47-103....*TBD
DePaul........Jerry Wainwright.........5......59-80.....*Tracy Webster
Fordham......Dereck Whittenburg....7......69-112....*Jared Grasso
Penn...........Glen Miller.................4......45-52......*Jerome Allen
* - Interim replacement

[Edited on January 14, 2010 at 3:15 PM. Reason : .]

1/14/2010 3:11:30 PM

Man, surprised these blockbusters haven't been all over the news lately

1/14/2010 3:19:49 PM

Remember when people were saying we should have hired Whittenburg over Sidney? I am not saying that Sid is God or anything, but damn if Whittenburg could not cut it at Fordham, imagine how he would have fared in the ACC.




[Edited on January 14, 2010 at 3:47 PM. Reason : k]

1/14/2010 3:47:28 PM

Who do you think is on the hot seat right now? I don't think any ACC coaches will be leaving after this year. The SEC has a bunch of new coaches so I don't think anyone leaves from there, unless it's Lebo at Auburn. I don't think anyone from the Pac 10 leaves, besides maybe Ernie Kent. Oregon is just terrible this year. The Big XII coaches are probably safe. In the Big Ten, the Iowa coach probably is on the hot seat but that's probably it.

I think the Big East is where we'll see the most turnover. The DePaul coach has already been fired, and the Rutgers, Seton Hall, and St. John's coaches could all be in trouble this season if they don't show any progress in building their teams.

1/14/2010 6:37:07 PM

Quote :

"Oregon is just terrible this year"

just goes to show how bad the PAC10 is...

because Oregon is actually tied for 1st in the conference

1/14/2010 6:47:51 PM

Yeah, but it's still early on. Does anyone really believe that UVA will end the year atop the ACC let alone in the top 4?

1/14/2010 6:51:27 PM

No, but it would be funny as hell.

1/14/2010 7:03:14 PM

i still think Paul Hewitt is on the hot seat

1/14/2010 7:06:32 PM

hopefully sidney lowe. and dont give me this bullshit like "oh he has a great recruiting class" he is a bad coach and needs to be gone by now.

1/14/2010 7:31:22 PM

^ hungry?

1/14/2010 7:37:06 PM

maybe

sorry i lost my composure for a second.

[Edited on January 14, 2010 at 7:41 PM. Reason : .]

1/14/2010 7:37:47 PM

1/14/2010 7:45:07 PM

gary?

1/14/2010 7:49:28 PM

UNCA

Eddie Biedenbach

1-12....RPI 274

one postseason appearance in 18 years of coaching

1/14/2010 7:55:40 PM

Have you ever seen UNCA's gym the Justice Center? It's a high school gym that barely seats 1,200. Thankfully they are getting a new arena soon called the Kimmel Arena. It will seat 3,200 to 3,600. Nearly every other team in the Big South Conference plays in significantly larger arenas. Only Coastal Carolina and Charleston Southern play in smaller gyms, and Charleston Southern at least has the option to play their bigger opponents at the North Charleston Coliseum.


I can understand why Biedenbach has been held on there for so long. It's not easy to win there and I bet the school doesn't care too much about athletics. Facilities matter even on the lower level, especially since the Big South teams all seem to go after the same players.

Justice Center



Kimmel Arena

1/14/2010 8:34:56 PM

dino has to go

3/11/2010 5:34:05 PM

speaking of biedenbach, a little trivia, his daughter went to state and was on the dance team.

3/11/2010 5:48:47 PM

Hewitt needs a win tonight to possibly make the NCAA tourney and make sure he keeps his job.

3/11/2010 5:56:14 PM

and to make UNC suck even more.

PS add ECU's basketball coaching job to the list.

[Edited on March 11, 2010 at 5:57 PM. Reason : g]

3/11/2010 5:56:44 PM

Bobby Lutz out at UNC-Charlotte.

3/15/2010 11:54:47 AM

...and Jeff Lebo at Auburn and Todd Lickliter expected to be fired today from Iowa


two once-proud programs

3/15/2010 12:03:31 PM

Boise State fired Greg Graham after 15-17 season
Hawaii's coach, Bob Nash, fired after a 31 years there as a player, assistant and head coach
Toledo's coach, Gene Cross, resigned after going 11-53 in his two years there

3/15/2010 12:07:42 PM

Quote :

"dino has to go"

My whole family of in-laws are Wake fans and actually know him fairly well personally - i'm not so sure the wake fans are calling for his head - but that may be because I'm hanging out w/ his supporters.

3/15/2010 12:27:29 PM

wake-alum co-worker said he's on a very hot seat. if he lays an egg in the tourney they might be looking elsewhere.

3/15/2010 4:21:56 PM

UNCG needs to fire their coach. You don't spend the money to use the Greensboro Coliseum and win 8 games a year. This is serious business.

3/15/2010 6:41:15 PM

^^probably Purnell too

3/15/2010 6:43:10 PM

I completely disagree with Purnell.

3/15/2010 6:49:54 PM

I doubt Purnell, and would be shocked if any ACC coach is fired this year (Hewitt earned himself another year with the ACC run and NCAA bid). Next year I would say Gaudio will be similar to Lowe's boat meaning not about to be fired, but needing to show improvement. Gaudio will be hard pressed losing Smith, McFarland, and probably Aminu. Lowe replaces Horner and Degand with Harrow, Brown, Cothron, and possibly even CJL while everyone else has a year of experience. Advantage Sidney.


Is there any doubt ECU is fighting for table scraps to get a basketball coach? No way Holland lands a proven head coach, unless it is someone on the way back down (he talked that way for football, which is much better than the hoops job and they still ended up with a coach with 1 game of Head Coaching experience). Supposedly he is wanting to tie up most of compensation into incentive-based pay, which no coach with options will get suckered into with ECU's support and resources. Think Jerry Wainwright or someone of similar stature as about the best I see them doing.

[Edited on March 15, 2010 at 7:34 PM. Reason : .]

3/15/2010 7:29:20 PM

If Purnell loses his 1st round NCAA tourney game...for the 3rd year in a row, I could see them getting restless...I know Clemson doesn't care as much about bball as football and baseball, but their fanbase has quickly grown to expect NCAA tourney bids, and as all of us know, it gets frustrating to make the tourney and never get very far...and at least State would often win their first round game...Purnell is 0-for-life in the NCAA tourney at ODU, Dayton and Clemson

3/15/2010 7:34:36 PM

^^I've heard rumors Lutz may be going to ECU. That would be a good hire for them.

[Edited on March 16, 2010 at 10:25 AM. Reason : :]

3/16/2010 10:25:09 AM

https://jobs-depaul.icims.com/jobs/16142/job

3/16/2010 2:39:36 PM

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/ecu/story/7246504/

ha

3/17/2010 6:32:08 AM

Quote :

"Preferred Requirements: * Experience coaching at the NCAA Division I level."

3/17/2010 10:03:20 AM

Ernie Kent fired yesterday after 13 years and two Elite 8s

*slap*

3/17/2010 10:05:57 AM

Out goes Bobby Gonzalez at Seton Hall

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5003199

3/17/2010 1:32:40 PM

Quote :

"Ernie Kent fired yesterday after 13 years and two Elite 8s"

He was a good coach sometimes, but he still missed the tournament 5 out of the last 7 seasons, I'm sure they'll throw a boatload of cash at a better coach...they want a competitive team to open up their $220 million new arena.

3/17/2010 1:44:12 PM

^^
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

3/17/2010 2:00:20 PM

Capel isn't long for the sinking ship disaster that is OU basketball... that team will be horrible next year and likely on probation!

Gonzo was a first class prick. I don't know why they even held on to him for four years. I've never seen a guy talk more and accomplish less...

Crazy talk, but Bob Hurley "would listen" to that job. I never saw him leaving St. Anthony's...

[Edited on March 18, 2010 at 10:08 AM. Reason : x]

3/18/2010 10:07:13 AM

So the St John's coach was officially fired. Seth Greenburg step on up once VT is eliminated from the NIT.

3/19/2010 3:20:03 PM

I've read Hewitt may be interested... and St. John's may be interested in McCaffery from Siena...

V ????? He wouldn't be fired if he was interested.

[Edited on March 19, 2010 at 3:29 PM. Reason : x]

3/19/2010 3:21:04 PM

Quote :

"I've read Hewitt may be interested"

Paul Hewitt? You realize GT owes hum $6.8 mil if they fire him right? No way they fire him with that kind of buyout.

3/19/2010 3:27:54 PM

I think he was implying Hewitt would leave, rather than him being fired.

3/19/2010 3:31:46 PM

I guess that makes sense, but it seems like he would probably take a pretty significant pay cut to do that

3/19/2010 3:43:44 PM

why would you leave the #1 legue for the like #5 league? i mean st. johns is like mcdonalds, theres one everywhere. one is in jamaica and theres another in mizzouri and none are compearable to the ACC.

3/19/2010 3:46:35 PM

that is some vintage HOOPS MALONE right there

3/19/2010 3:55:01 PM

Nah, it's just trying way too hard more than anything else.

Anyone that knows that St. John's is in Jamaica (and no, that wasn't random) yet still spells easy words wrong and uses hyperbole is as easy a tell of a stupid alias as there can be.

3/19/2010 3:56:25 PM

i wasnt sure but i looked it up on google maps. its on an island.

3/19/2010 5:42:19 PM

Interesting tweet from the college bball guy at the NY Times. Says Greenberg would be VERY interested in SJU but that he is less than liked by the bigs on the AAU circuit in NYC, which is the end all be all in that city.

Also said that SJU contacted Pitino's people and asked him if he would be interested in a paycut to "come home." Obvious answer was NO.

[Edited on March 19, 2010 at 7:03 PM. Reason : cx]

3/19/2010 7:02:05 PM

Any conversation that starts off with 'Now I know you'd have to take a pay cut, but' usually doesn't last too long

3/19/2010 8:08:35 PM

I realize St. John's has an impressive basketball history and everything, but they must be crazy thinking they can poach all these big name coaches...they'd be better off just hiring a successful mid major coach.

3/19/2010 8:26:53 PM