Wright State's coaching search
Mar 26, 2006 8:42:50 GMT -5
Post by Class of '83 on Mar 26, 2006 8:42:50 GMT -5
WSU INSIDER
Wright State's coaching search could go 3 different directions
By Marc Katz
Dayton Daily News
FAIRBORN | Where do you find a basketball coach? Actually, where will Wright State find a coach?
WSU Athletics Director Mike Cusack is focusing on three profiles in the wake of severing relations with Paul Biancardi, who was slapped with sanctions over recruiting violations the NCAA said took place when he was an Ohio State assistant.
One profile features assistant coaches already with the school. A second profile is a person already a head coach, not necessarily at a Division I school. The third profile is a top assistant coach at a power-conference school.
Each of the profiles comes with a history of success and failure.
That doesn't mean a coach at a smaller school, or someone with very little experience, can't apply. It just means the competition will look like this:
• Current WSU assistants Brian Donoher, Ed Huckaby and John Fitzpatrick should all be candidates, assuring continuity, not only with the current roster, but with recruits.
Elsewhere in WSU's Horizon League, Thad Matta had success when he took over for Barry Collier at Butler six years ago, and current Butler coach Todd Lickliter has had success after taking over for Matta.
In the Big Ten — to name a conference overlapping Horizon territory — Tom Izzo was a longtime Michigan State assistant before assuming the top job. Mike Davis was chosen off Bob Knight's staff after Knight was let go at Indiana. Davis, of course, had mixed success.
• Candidates from smaller Division I schools might be interested, and coaches from D-II or lower might show some interest.
Ron Hunter of Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis showed interest the last time the WSU job was open. Ken Barer, an assistant under former WSU coach Ed Schilling, has been head coach at D-II UMass-Lowell for five years, posting a 115-40 record with four NCAA tournament appearances.
Michael Grant, a Toledo assistant, has had head coaching experience at Central State and Southern, and Paul Bryant just completed his third season at Urbana, an NAIA school.
Loyola (Jim Whitesell) and Youngstown State (Jerry Slocum) both improved their Horizon League fortunes by recently hiring Division II coaches.
In the Big Ten, coaches usually have usually come from "smaller" D-I schools. Examples would be Minnesota's Dan Monson from Gonzaga, Northwestern's Bill Carmody from Princeton and Penn State's Ed Dechellis from East Tennessee State.
• Assistants from big-time universities?
There are as many as the number of teams in the NCAA tournament. Biancardi came from Ohio State, and the product he put on the floor was improving.
In the Horizon, Cleveland State's Mike Garland was a Michigan State assistant, Detroit's Perry Watson was at Michigan. Illinois-Chicago's Jimmy Collins assisted at Illinois, Green Bay's Tod Kowalczyk was an assistant at several places, including two years at Marquette, prior to taking his first head coaching job.
Milwaukee's Rob Jeter was an assistant at that school before leaving when his mentor, Bo Ryan, went to Wisconsin. Now, Jeter's back.
It would be good to pay attention to who the Horizon League schools hire, because at least four head coaches have gone on to coach in power conferences in just the past six seasons, including Butler's Barry Collier to Nebraska, Matta to Xavier and OSU, Ryan to Wisconsin from Milwaukee and Bruce Pearl from Milwaukee to Tennessee.
Before them, just before the league changed its name to the Horizon League, Dick Bennett moved from Green Bay to Wisconsin.
The choices are plenty. Wright State has to make one.
Contact Marc Katz at 225-2157.
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Wright State's coaching search could go 3 different directions
By Marc Katz
Dayton Daily News
FAIRBORN | Where do you find a basketball coach? Actually, where will Wright State find a coach?
WSU Athletics Director Mike Cusack is focusing on three profiles in the wake of severing relations with Paul Biancardi, who was slapped with sanctions over recruiting violations the NCAA said took place when he was an Ohio State assistant.
One profile features assistant coaches already with the school. A second profile is a person already a head coach, not necessarily at a Division I school. The third profile is a top assistant coach at a power-conference school.
Each of the profiles comes with a history of success and failure.
That doesn't mean a coach at a smaller school, or someone with very little experience, can't apply. It just means the competition will look like this:
• Current WSU assistants Brian Donoher, Ed Huckaby and John Fitzpatrick should all be candidates, assuring continuity, not only with the current roster, but with recruits.
Elsewhere in WSU's Horizon League, Thad Matta had success when he took over for Barry Collier at Butler six years ago, and current Butler coach Todd Lickliter has had success after taking over for Matta.
In the Big Ten — to name a conference overlapping Horizon territory — Tom Izzo was a longtime Michigan State assistant before assuming the top job. Mike Davis was chosen off Bob Knight's staff after Knight was let go at Indiana. Davis, of course, had mixed success.
• Candidates from smaller Division I schools might be interested, and coaches from D-II or lower might show some interest.
Ron Hunter of Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis showed interest the last time the WSU job was open. Ken Barer, an assistant under former WSU coach Ed Schilling, has been head coach at D-II UMass-Lowell for five years, posting a 115-40 record with four NCAA tournament appearances.
Michael Grant, a Toledo assistant, has had head coaching experience at Central State and Southern, and Paul Bryant just completed his third season at Urbana, an NAIA school.
Loyola (Jim Whitesell) and Youngstown State (Jerry Slocum) both improved their Horizon League fortunes by recently hiring Division II coaches.
In the Big Ten, coaches usually have usually come from "smaller" D-I schools. Examples would be Minnesota's Dan Monson from Gonzaga, Northwestern's Bill Carmody from Princeton and Penn State's Ed Dechellis from East Tennessee State.
• Assistants from big-time universities?
There are as many as the number of teams in the NCAA tournament. Biancardi came from Ohio State, and the product he put on the floor was improving.
In the Horizon, Cleveland State's Mike Garland was a Michigan State assistant, Detroit's Perry Watson was at Michigan. Illinois-Chicago's Jimmy Collins assisted at Illinois, Green Bay's Tod Kowalczyk was an assistant at several places, including two years at Marquette, prior to taking his first head coaching job.
Milwaukee's Rob Jeter was an assistant at that school before leaving when his mentor, Bo Ryan, went to Wisconsin. Now, Jeter's back.
It would be good to pay attention to who the Horizon League schools hire, because at least four head coaches have gone on to coach in power conferences in just the past six seasons, including Butler's Barry Collier to Nebraska, Matta to Xavier and OSU, Ryan to Wisconsin from Milwaukee and Bruce Pearl from Milwaukee to Tennessee.
Before them, just before the league changed its name to the Horizon League, Dick Bennett moved from Green Bay to Wisconsin.
The choices are plenty. Wright State has to make one.
Contact Marc Katz at 225-2157.
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