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Post by Jazzfan on Jun 10, 2009 6:08:53 GMT -5
USC’s Floyd resignsBy Charles Robinson and Jason Cole 6/9/09 Tim Floyd has resigned as the head coach of the USC men’s basketball team. In a move that was first reported by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss., Floyd made the university aware of his intentions in a letter Tuesday. The move comes less than one month after a Yahoo! Sports report detailing an alleged $1,000 payment from Floyd to a known “runner” with ties to former Trojans guard O.J. Mayo. Such a payment would constitute a major violation of NCAA rules. Floyd didn’t address the allegation in his letter to USC athletic director Mike Garrett, which was obtained by the Clarion-Ledger and also released by USC in a statement. “As of 1 p.m. today, I am resigning as head basketball coach at the University of Southern California,” the letter said, according to the Ledger. “I deeply appreciate the opportunity afforded me by the university, as well as the chance to know and work with some of the finest young men in college athletics. Unfortunately, I no longer feel I can offer the level of enthusiasm to my duties that is deserved by the university, my coaching staff, my players, their families, and the supporters of Southern Cal. I always promised myself and my family that if I ever felt I could no longer give my full enthusiasm to a job, that I should leave it to others who could. I intend to contact my coaching staff and my players in coming days and weeks to tell them how much each of them means to me. I wish the best to USC and to my successor.” rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=ys-floyd060909&prov=yhoo&type=lgns&expire=1
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Post by raiderrunt on Jun 10, 2009 9:02:17 GMT -5
Wow, I did not see that coming. That is weird. There must be something to the payment to OJ Mayo.
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Post by raiderrunt on Jun 11, 2009 23:32:00 GMT -5
I knew that Floyd was shady but resigning is what surprised me.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Jun 16, 2009 16:22:03 GMT -5
June 16, 2009T Purnell, Clemson agree on dealCOLUMBIA, S.C. -- Clemson coach Oliver Purnell has agreed to a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the Tigers through 2016. While the deal hasn't been signed, Purnell and athletic director Terry Don Phillips have signed a memorandum of understanding dated June 1 that outlines the improved package. Purnell's base salary jumped $50,000 a year to $275,000. His supplemental income improved to $1.075 million each year, up from $775,000 guaranteed in a two-year extension agreed to in 2008. Purnell will also receive deferred compensation of $250,000 a year in 2015 and 2016, money the coach would receive unless he left the school voluntarily or was fired for cause. The Tigers coach would owe the school $250,000 if he left after April 30 for another Division I head coaching job. That payback amount would increase by $250,000 each year until reaching $1.5 million should Purnell depart for a Division I job after April 30, 2015. Purnell has gradually turned Clemson into one of the Atlantic Coast Conference's top programs, improving the team's winning percentage each of the last five years. The Tigers have gone 25-11, 24-10 and 23-9 the past three seasons, the school's longest-ever streak of 20-win seasons. The 72 wins in that span trail only Duke and North Carolina in the ACC. In 2007, Purnell led Clemson to the NIT finals before falling to West Virginia. The next season, the Tigers reached the championship game of the ACC tournament for the first time since 1962 and qualified for the NCAAs for the first time in a decade. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4263266
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Post by Jazzfan on Jun 17, 2009 20:15:30 GMT -5
June 17, 2009 Dambrot's deal renewed through '16AKRON, Ohio -- The University of Akron says it has approved a two-year contract extension for men's basketball coach Keith Dambrot. Dambrot's contract was renewed on Wednesday through June 2016. The Board of Trustees also approved a three-year contract extension for women's basketball coach Jodi Kest that runs through 2014. Dambrot, who also coached LeBron James' high school basketball team, has led the Zips to a 115-51 record in five seasons at Akron. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4267821
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Post by Jazzfan on Jun 17, 2009 20:18:31 GMT -5
June 17, 2009 Sources: Theus, Carlesimo on radarBy Andy Katz USC's search to replace Tim Floyd has moved beyond Pitt's Jamie Dixon and for the time being is focused on coaches who have professional ties, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.com. Multiple sources confirmed that the Trojans made an attempt to woo Dixon, a native of Los Angeles, but the discussion was perfunctory in nature because Dixon wasn't going to move from Pitt. The Trojans were willing to make Dixon a strong offer to go West, but Dixon's comfort at Pitt made it a moot point. Dixon has been at Pitt since 1999, the past six years as head coach, winning 163 games with the Panthers during that stretch and taking them to six NCAA tournaments, one Elite Eight, three Sweet 16s, one Big East regular-season title and one Big East tournament championship. Dixon is currently in Colorado Springs coaching the U.S. under-19 team, which is preparing for the July 2-12 FIBA world championships in New Zealand. Many searches no longer are conducted directly between athletic director and coaching candidate with formal permission being requested for an interview. Intermediaries such as search firms and coaching representatives allow discussions to go on while giving athletic director and coach plausible deniability about any contact. Multiple sources told ESPN.com that USC athletic director Mike Garrett is now looking at coaches who have an NBA affiliation in their background, much like when he hired Henry Bibby, Rick Majerus and Tim Floyd, or more recently with women's basketball coach Michael Cooper. Multiple sources said that through an intermediary, USC made an inquiry about current ESPN/ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy, but was rebuffed. According to sources, the Trojans are doing background checks on Reggie Theus, a former Sacramento Kings and New Mexico State coach; P.J. Carlesimo, a former Seattle SuperSonics head coach, San Antonio assistant and Seton Hall coach; and Jim Boylen, the Utah Utes head coach who has served as an assistant with Houston, Golden State and Milwaukee. Boylen was a part of Rudy Tomjanovich's championship staffs with the Rockets. He led the Utes to a share of the Mountain West conference title and the No. 5 seed in the NCAA tournament this past season, his second at Utah. The Utes signed Boylen to a new five-year contract last month, but prior to that deal, he was considered, according to sources, the next candidate in line had Xavier's Sean Miller turned down Arizona. Los Angeles Lakers assistant Brian Shaw also remains in the mix, according to sources. Current UNLV coach Lon Kruger fits the criteria of a coach with pro ties because he was the coach of the Atlanta Hawks, but Kruger has maintained he is quite happy with his current situation in Las Vegas. Multiple sources said the Trojans are looking to act within the next two weeks to fill the position. Cal State-Northridge coach Bobby Braswell remains a possible fallback candidate, despite his lack of pro ties, if the Trojans decide not to or are unable to get a coach with NBA experience. Braswell coached USC assistant athletic director Brandon Martin at Cleveland High (Calif.), but more importantly has turned around one of the more maligned programs in California the past 13 seasons. He led the Matadors from irrelevance out of the Big Sky to become Big West tournament champ last March. But sources said if the Trojans want to land Theus, they can get him. Theus is out of coaching but well-connected within the Los Angeles AAU and high school circuits. According to multiple sources, the ongoing NCAA investigation would not keep Theus, Boylen, Shaw or Braswell from taking the job. It's unclear where Carlesimo stands on the matter. Sources confirmed that the current staff at USC -- assistants Phil Johnson, Gib Arnold and Bob Cantu -- was told to continue handling the day-to-day operations of the program, dealing mostly with the parents of the current players, as recruits continue to get their conditional releases from national letters of intent. Their contracts end this summer, but no July recruiting trips have been canceled yet. Floyd, according to sources, hasn't been back at his office since he resigned, a departure that continues to befuddle the staff because he had been adamant about fighting former O.J. Mayo insider Louis Johnson's allegation that Floyd paid $1,000 to Mayo's adviser, Rodney Guillory, on a street corner in Beverly Hills in February 2007. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4265563
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Post by Jazzfan on Jun 18, 2009 17:52:37 GMT -5
June 18, 2009 Source: Theus to meet with USCBy Andy Katz USC couldn't get Pittsburgh's Jamie Dixon to take the vacant head coaching job but a second option has emerged in former Sacramento Kings and New Mexico State coach Reggie Theus. According to a source with knowledge of the situation, Theus is scheduled to meet with USC athletic director Mike Garrett Thursday on campus. Theus would fit Garrett's trend of hiring coaches with pro ties after hiring Pete Carroll from the NFL and basketball coaches with NBA ties including Henry Bibby, Rick Majerus and Tim Floyd in men's basketball and most recently Michael Cooper for the women's job. Theus would also be a key hire in L.A. as a former actor and someone who possesses an engaging personality. Theus also has strong ties in the L.A. youth basketball community. Theus was 44-62 in one-plus seasons in Sacramento. He was 38-44 in his first season and then 6-18 in his second season before he was fired. A source said Theus was big on discipline in Sacramento and would likely sell that to Garrett. Theus, who was applauded in the coaching community for leaving L.A. to work for Rick Pitino at Louisville, took over for Lou Henson at NMSU. Theus was an instant hit in the state, raising the profile of the Aggies over the more popular New Mexico. Theus was 41-33 in two seasons at NMSU. He was 25-9 in his second season, leading the Aggies to the NCAA tournament first round. Theus would take the job if offered, according to the source, even with an ongoing NCAA investigation and massive defections from a one-time top five recruiting class. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4268216
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Post by Glory Days on Jun 19, 2009 17:58:55 GMT -5
June 19, 2009 Dixon rebuffs another USC overtureBy Andy Katz USC made another run at Pittburgh's Jamie Dixon, but continued to be rebuffed, a source said Friday. The Trojans targeted Dixon to replace Tim Floyd, who resigned last week. Dixon was in Colorado Springs coaching the FIBA U-19 USA basketball team this week and turned down another overture. Dixon leaves with the Americans next Thursday for the world championships in New Zealand. The competition runs July 2-11. That Dixon's name led the speculation is not surprising, as he is from Southern California, and his wife, who is from Hawaii, went to USC. But a source said there is no family pressure to go to USC. The Dixons have been extremely happy living in Pittsburgh, the source said. The Trojans interviewed former Sacramento Kings and New Mexico State coach Reggie Theus on campus Thursday. No offer was made to Theus, according to a source. Theus remains a viable candidate and is the most likely, among those known to want the job, to give the Trojans a pop in Los Angeles, due to his extroverted personality and ties to area recruiting. Through intermediary sources, USC made an inquiry to former NBA coaches Jeff Van Gundy and P.J. Carlesimo. It also was seeing if there was interest from Utah coach Jim Boylen, a former NBA assistant in Houston and Milwaukee. USC athletic director Mike Garrett has hired mostly coaches with professional ties for the school's high-profile programs during his tenure, including Henry Bibby, Rick Majerus and Floyd in men's basketball. A decision on the coaching search is due soon. If the Trojans decide to shy away from a coach with professional ties and remain in the Los Angeles area, Cal State Northridge's Bobby Braswell could get a look. He has strong ties in the area and rebuilt the Matadors' program, getting the school to the NCAA tournament. A number of sources in college basketball assumed that Oregon associate head coach and former Arizona assistant coach Mike Dunlap would be a viable choice because he coached in the NBA with Denver. But sources at Oregon said Friday that he wasn't interested in the job and has not been pursued. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4272397
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Post by Glory Days on Jun 19, 2009 18:01:07 GMT -5
June 18, 2009 Regents approve Miller's contractTUCSON, Ariz. -- The state Board of Regents has approved a five-year contract for new Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller that will pay him $1.6 million annually. The board, which oversees the state's three public universities, unanimously approved the deal at its meeting in Flagstaff on Thursday. Miller was 120-47 in five seasons at Xavier before taking the Arizona job in April. The Arizona Daily Star reported on its Web site that Miller's contract calls for a $900,000 base salary with an additional $700,000 for peripheral duties through 2014. On top of that, he'll receive $400,000 from outside sources each year. The agreement also has a clause that essentially guarantees Miller a job for seven years, calling for the contract to be renewed an extra two years after his first two seasons on the job providing there are no grounds to fire him. Arizona would be required to pay the 40-year-old coach $4.8 million if he was fired during the first year of the contract, $4 million during his second year and $3.2 million during the third year. The buyout would drop to $1.6 million during Miller's fourth year with the Wildcats. If Miller leaves before the contract ends, he would owe the university $500,000. The contract is loaded with incentives, including an extra $1 million to finish it out. Miller would earn an extra $25,000 if his team meets minimum NCAA academic standards; $50,000 if the Wildcats win a regular-season Pac-10 championship; $50,000 if they win the Pac-10 Tournament, $300,000 for a Final Four appearance and $675,000 for a national championship. Other benefits in Miller's contract include the use of two vehicles, tickets to university sporting events, country club privileges and the use of a private jet for 30 hours a year. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4271053
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Jun 20, 2009 19:36:52 GMT -5
Katz: USC Basketball Hires Kevin O'Neill6/20/09 Kevin O'Neill, whose departure from Arizona made headlines in 2008, returned to college basketball with the announcement he has been hired as USC's men's basketball coach following the resignation of former coach Tim Floyd. O'Neill told ESPN.com's Andy Katz on Saturday afternoon he interviewed for the job Friday morning in Los Angeles, and accepted the offer Friday night. O'Neill said he dealt with no one but USC athletic director Mike Garrett. "I'm really excited," O'Neill said. "It's gotten a little crazy over there [USC]. I really think I'm a good fit at this time for the program." O'Neill was flying home Saturday to his summer home in upstate N.Y. and was scheduled to return to Los Angeles on Sunday morning in advance of the Monday press conference to introduce him as coach. O'Neill has worked at both the college and pro levels, spending the 2009 season as an assistant coach and special assistant to the general manager of the Memphis Grizzlies. "We're thrilled to have Kevin O'Neill as our men's basketball coach," Garrett said in a release. "Kevin is the consummate coach. He knows his Xs and Os, he's an excellent recruiter and he is very in tune with the academic side of a player's collegiate experience. His 30 years of experience at the college and professional levels has prepared him well for this opportunity. "I love his coaching philosophy and principles: he's a no-nonsense coach who is very detail-oriented and prepares his teams well. He stresses defense and I've always believed that defense wins championships." O'Neill's last stint as a college basketball coach came in the 2007-08 season, when he was named as the interim coach at Arizona when Lute Olson took a leave of absence. O'Neill had been named as Olson's eventual replacement whenever the Hall of Fame coach retired. O'Neill's team went 19-15 in Olson's absence and made the NCAA tournament. When Olson announced he was returning, he said O'Neill would no longer be a member of his coaching staff. O'Neill was reassigned to the athletic department until leaving the school to join the Grizzlies. "I don't have any bad blood with Arizona," O'Neill said. "I have great respect for Lute Olson and [Arizona AD] Jim Livengood." No decisions have been made regarding next year's staff, O'Neill said, but he praised the job Floyd did as coach. "This isn't just any job," O'Neill said. "This is a job [where] you can compete for the national championship. I have been offered other jobs before but I wanted to wait for the right one. USC is a great job." O'Neill takes charge of a USC program that won at least 20 games and made the NCAA tournament each of the last three seasons, both school records, at a university best known for its powerhouse football program, which is also being investigated by the NCAA. Previously, O'Neill has served as the head coach at D-I schools Marquette, Tennessee and Northwestern, racking up a 171-180 record in 12 seasons. He also led the Toronto Raptors for one season. Floyd resigned from USC on June 9 after four seasons with the Trojans following allegations that he gave $1,000 in cash to a man who helped steer former star player O.J. Mayo to the Trojans. If the NCAA can prove Floyd paid to have Mayo delivered to USC, that would be considered a major violation. The Trojans could be forced to forfeit victories, and they could face recruiting restrictions and lose scholarships. Since the Trojans' season ended in March, starters DeMar DeRozan, Taj Gibson and Daniel Hackett, along with Marcus Johnson, declared for Thursday's NBA draft, and the Trojans have lost eight recruits. As for the NCAA investigation, O'Neill said, "this was not a factor in the decision. Mike Garrett fully informed me on everything. I had no hesitation in taking this job. It was a slam dunk to go." O'Neill refused to give terms of his contract. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4274459
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Jun 20, 2009 19:42:44 GMT -5
Settling for 'Bob Knight lite' means USC is in heavy-duty troubleJune 20, 2009 By Gregg Doyel This is probably too much honesty, but here you go: I decided weeks ago to like the next basketball coach at Southern California. No matter what, I was going to like the guy. After disliking Henry Bibby for being a jerk and seeming shady, and after loathing Rick Majerus for being a horrible human being away from the TV cameras, and after coming close to hating Tim Floyd for being as scummy as the bottom of a dormitory toilet, I was going to like the next guy. Whoever he was. Reggie Theus? Actually I know him, and love him. Lon Kruger? Know him, and like him very much. Jeff Van Gundy? Don't know him, but what the hell. I'll give him a chance. I'm sick of hating on USC, so, sure. Jeff Van Gundy would have been fine. Basically, USC could have hired anybody other than, well, let's pull out a ridiculous name. USC could have hired anybody but Kevin O'Neill, and I was going to like it, whether I liked it or not. But I'll be damned. USC hired Kevin O'Neill. Which is a relief, honestly. Having to fake it, having to embrace cadaver-like Jeff Van Gundy, was going to be hard. I was going to do it, but -- wow. Would have been hard. Faking it with Kevin O'Neill? Acting like I like this hire? Can't do it. Kevin Spacey couldn't do it. Laurence Olivier couldn't do it, and he's deader than Jeff Van Gundy. In a moment we'll get to some actually insightful stuff, but for now, let me state why I dislike O'Neill. It's not original stuff. You've probably heard this before, although you've not heard the way I'll say it: Kevin O'Neill is a big, fat meanie. Show me somebody who meets two criteria -- (1) knows Kevin O'Neill and (2) claims to like Kevin O'Neill -- and I'll show you a liar. Or an actor on the level of Kevin Spacey. Maybe even Laurence Olivier. It's possible that a dead man could like Kevin O'Neill, but it would have to be one stupid dead man. Like the stiff from Weekend at Bernie's. Maybe he likes Kevin O'Neill. He'd be the first. Everyone knows that everyone hates Kevin O'Neill, and I can promise you it doesn't hurt O'Neill's feelings. He conducts himself in a way that says, You will hate me, or my name isn't Kevin O'Neill. He wants your hate. He feeds off it. He insults players and staffers. He has the Buck Showalter Syndrome of thinking he invented the game. He's volatile in a way that would frighten even volatile people. His NBA coaching career died long ago, but stories of his temper tantrums -- in locker rooms, in hotel rooms -- live on. To know Kevin O'Neill is to hate him. And still, USC hired him. Which brings me to that insightful stuff I promised earlier: Hiring Kevin O'Neill confirms just how much trouble the USC basketball program was in -- and still is in -- thanks to the Trojans' previous coach. Scummy Tim Floyd resigned amid an NCAA investigation into his scummy dealings with scummy O.J. Mayo and the scummy losers who were hanging around Mayo back when he was a high school senior. Even with a brand-new facility and the plummeting stock of longtime Pac-10 bully Arizona (thanks in part to Kevin O'Neill!), the Trojans couldn't give this job away to a real candidate. Why? Because the Trojans must be in deep, deep doo-doo with the NCAA. Whatever USC told its first two or three or 14 choices about the NCAA investigation, it was bad. So bad that it scared off all of them. All of them but O'Neill, who will just reinvent the game and have the Trojans winning 20 in no time. By hiring O'Neill, USC also is dropping to its knees in remorse before the NCAA, which still is looking into the only sport on campus that matters to USC athletics director Mike Garrett, the USC football program. See, Kevin O'Neill is clean. He's not a cheater. Say what you want about Kevin O'Neill -- but don't say that only a stupid dead man could like him; that's piling on -- but you can't say he's dirty. You know what he is? He's Bob Knight Lite. Big jerk. But a big, clean jerk. Hiring O'Neill lets the NCAA know that your school is serious (finally) about having a clean basketball program. Not that having a clean basketball program matters at USC. It doesn't. The basketball program at USC is something to be pitied, because it suffers from awful neglect. Hiring Bibby was neglectful. Trying to hire Majerus was neglectful. Tim Floyd? Awful. Mike Garrett simply didn't care. His baby is the football team. Think about it: USC basketball will go into the 2009-10 season with the guy who couldn't cut it as the interim coach at Pac-10 rival Arizona. That's some neglectful parenting right there -- like having a fat kid and feeding him Little Debbies all day long. It's so wrong, it's cruel. Mike Garrett doesn't get it, but neglectful parents never do. After hiring O'Neill, Garrett took the time to get his explanatory statement right. He put out a news release with a comment, meaning he knew the question before he had to give the answer. And still he whiffed. Garrett said he picked O'Neill because, and I quote, "He stresses defense, and I've always believed defense wins championships." The defending champion in college basketball is North Carolina. Guess where North Carolina was ranked last season in defense? No. 275. Really good high school recruits don't pick a school because they want to play defense. They pick a school because they want to score. They pick a school because they like the offense, and because they like the head coach. Which means they'll have to find a new reason to pick Southern California. Because nobody likes Kevin O'Neill. www.cbssports.com/columns/story/11877087
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Post by Jazzfan on Jun 22, 2009 19:43:13 GMT -5
June 22, 2009 Wojcik's deal now through 2014-15OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tulsa basketball coach Doug Wojcik has agreed to a new six-year contract to remain with the Golden Hurricane. Tulsa athletic director Bubba Cunningham said the new deal adds a two-year extension to Wojcik's previous contract, which now runs through the 2014-15 season. The deal could keep Wojcik at Tulsa until he turns 51 years old. Because Tulsa is a private school, other details of the contract were not revealed. Wojcik last received an extension two years ago. "We've done this every two years," Wojcik told The Associated Press, calling the six-year deal "a nice length of time. It's a commitment both ways without it being over the top. We've always addressed it every two years. That gives me stability with recruits. I like the six. It's a good number." Wojcik is 81-53 in four seasons with the Golden Hurricane. Tulsa has won at least 20 games each of the past three seasons and went 25-11 last season, reaching the second round of the National Invitation Tournament. The season before that, Tulsa went 25-14 and won the inaugural College Basketball Invitational. "Doug has done a tremendous job with our basketball program," Cunningham said in a statement. "He is an outstanding coach ... but what is just as important is that the Tulsa basketball team is comprised of outstanding students who have committed themselves to academic, athletic and personal growth development." Wojcik, a former assistant at Michigan State under Tom Izzo, became Tulsa's coach in 2005 after the once-proud mid-major program suffered through consecutive 9-20 seasons. By his second season, the Golden Hurricane were 20-11. Tulsa hasn't made the NCAA field since 2003, but has played in the Conference USA tournament title game each of the past two seasons, losing to national power Memphis. But with Memphis having lost coach John Calipari to Kentucky, and Tulsa returning the inside-outside combo of center Jerome Jordan and guard Ben Uzoh, the Golden Hurricane are a threat to end the Tigers' dominance in the league. "Not many people have had to deal with a program like Memphis," Wojcik said. "I'm not saying we're going to beat them, but they have to deal with changes. They are in transition. Four years ago, we were in transition." sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4279364
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Post by Raider Rowdies on Jun 24, 2009 21:19:56 GMT -5
June 24, 2009 Duke's highest-paid employee: Coach KDURHAM, N.C. -- Coach K remains Duke's highest-paid employee. The school's most recent IRS documents were obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. They show that Duke paid Mike Krzyzewski more than $3.6 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2008. The Hall of Fame coach made about $2.2 million the previous year. Krzyzewski's salary is about 3½ times that of Duke's next highest-paid employee. Chancellor emeritus Dr. Ralph Snyderman made about $983,000. Former women's basketball coach Gail Goestenkors, who's now at Texas, also made the school's list of top earners. Duke paid her nearly $500,000 in deferred compensation. The salaries were first reported by The Herald-Sun of Durham. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4283883
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Post by Raider Rowdies on Jun 24, 2009 21:24:16 GMT -5
BYU coach says he appears cancer-free, will return next seasonJune 24, 2009 PROVO, Utah -- BYU coach Dave Rose is planning on a lot more rest than usual this summer. After all, he's got to prepare for another season. Just weeks after learning he had a form of pancreatic cancer, Rose said Wednesday that doctors appeared to have gotten all the cancerous tumor during emergency surgery to remove his spleen. The tumor had started in his pancreas, but was a slow-growing type of cancer and did not appear to have spread. "That was a tough day, but it was a good day because it could have been a lot worse," said Rose, who plans to be back for a fifth season with the Cougars as long as his health holds. Because there are no signs of cancer remaining, Rose said he won't have to go through chemotherapy this summer. He plans resting and being back with his team this fall. "I believe that I'm a lucky guy. I believe I've been met with a challenge, but it's a challenge that is manageable," Rose said. "It's a challenge that I can handle and continue to do what I love to do." Rose, 51, spoke for more than 30 minutes in a room at the Marriott Center filled with reporters and his players, who had learned in the last two weeks that their coach had what is often a deadly form of cancer to hearing the best possible prognosis. Rose was obviously relieved, but the only emotion he showed during the news conference was humor -- joking that the medication he was on was what made his wife describe him as kinder and gentler. "We were kind of sweating a little bit to know what it was," guard Jimmer Fredette said. "He's going to have us running and gunning just like always. We're expecting full-fledged Coach," Rose said he will leave his assistants to handle the busy recruiting duties through July. He will still meet with his coaches and players, but the days will be much shorter than usual. Dr. Scott Samuelson of the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City appeared with Rose and said the tumor the coach had is a rare form of pancreatic cancer, spreading much more slowly than more aggressive forms. Rose said he began feeling dizzy during a family trip to Disneyland, then flew to Las Vegas for a family reunion. He said he needed to be taken to the hospital shortly after landing and doctors discovered internal bleeding caused by a mass that was pressuring his spleen. Rose was frightened to hear "pancreatic cancer" but was relieved when he learned Tuesday that test results showed no remaining traces of the disease. "I get tired, but for 2-3 hours at a time, I feel as good as I've felt in years," he said. "I feel like I got a second chance and this is my time and I'm ready to go." BYU is 97-34 in four seasons under Rose and won at least a share of the last three Mountain West Conference regular-season titles. Rose said although he has gone through a harrowing experience, the Cougars can expect to be pushed just as hard when they report for the preseason this fall. "They won't get much of a break," Rose said with a smile. www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/11889171
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Post by Glory Days on Jun 25, 2009 20:15:10 GMT -5
Ex-Michigan coach Ellerbe hired as George Washington assistantJune 25, 2009 WASHINGTON -- Former Michigan coach Brian Ellerbe has been hired as an assistant coach at George Washington. Ellerbe was hired Thursday as an assistant at George Washington, joining the staff of head coach Karl Hobbs. Ellerbe was fired in 2001 after four years with the Wolverines. He took the team to the NCAA tournament in his first season in Michigan, but the team slumped over the following three years and his final record was 62-60 - only 26-38 in the Big Ten. Ellerbe has since been working as a basketball consultant for collegiate and youth programs and as the vice president for corporate development for Madison Grace Construction Services in Bowie, Md., where he went to high school. Before joining Michigan, Ellerbe went 34-47 over three seasons at Loyola College in Baltimore. He has also been an assistant at Virginia, South Carolina, George Mason, Bowling Green and Rutgers. www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/11893041
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