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Post by raiderrunt on Jul 26, 2006 13:43:57 GMT -5
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Post by Raider Country on Jul 26, 2006 18:23:47 GMT -5
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Post by Bomber on Jul 29, 2006 16:39:36 GMT -5
Collier to become Butler's new AD Jeff Goodman / FOXSports.com Nebraska coach Barry Collier is leaving to return to Butler — as the athletic director. Collier, who interviewed for the position on Friday and will be inducted into the school's Hall of Fame today, is out as the Cornhuskers head coach, according to sources close to the situation. The 52-year-old Collier played at Butler and went to a trio of NCAA tournaments in 11 seasons as the school's head coach from 1989-2000, when he compiled a 196-132 record. Collier led Nebraska to 19 wins, the most since 1998, and the Cornhuskers made the postseason two of the past three years, but he still didn't have a vote of confidence from the higher-ups — as he was in the third year of a four-year deal and hadn't received an extension. Collier was 89-91 in six seasons in Lincoln. Some of the names expected to be in the mix to replace Collier include former Nebraska assistant Scott Spinelli, who is now the top assistant at Wichita State and has brought in most of the top players in the program (returnees Jamel White and Aleks Maric and talented incoming freshman Roburt Sallie and Ryan Anderson). Wyoming coach Steve McClain should get a serious look — he graduated from Chadron State College in Nebraska, won a national title at Hutchinson Community College and has won a pair of conference crowns at Wyoming. Kent State's Jim Christian has ties to Nebraska AD Steve Pederson and will likely go after the opening. Nevada's Mark Fox could also be in the mix, but he's got a talented team coming back led by All-American candidate Nick Fazekas. Wichita State head coach Mark Turgeon is a long shot, but he hails from Nebraska. Another possibility is UCLA assistant Kerry Keating. Former Utah head man Rick Majerus and Creighton coach Dana Altman may also be mentioned, but sources have told FOXSports.com that neither is interested. Jeff Goodman is a senior college basketball writer for FOXSports.com. He can be reached at GoodmanonFOX@aol.com. msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/5827582
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Post by Bomber on Jul 30, 2006 20:45:50 GMT -5
Updated: July 30, 2006, 9:24 PM ET Nebraska's Collier talks to Butler about AD positionBy Andy Katz ESPN.com Nebraska's Barry Collier has been negotiating with his alma mater this weekend about being Butler's athletic director, but he hasn't resigned his current post as head men's basketball coach as of Sunday night, a source close to the situation told ESPN.com. Collier was scheduled to meet with Butler's president Bobby Fong on Sunday before he was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in Indianapolis. Nebraska expects Collier to take the job, and a source close to the upper administration of the school said it hoped to hear from its coach Monday morning regarding his decision. Collier was the last of three candidates to interview for the Butler position vacated by the retiring John Parry. The other two were Ralph Reiff, director of Indianapolis' St. Vincent Sports Medicine, and Mike Watson, an assistant athletic director at Miami of Ohio. Collier, who played at Butler and led the Bulldogs to three NCAA tournaments in 11 seasons, has two years remaining on his Nebraska contract. He interviewed in Indianapolis Friday, flew back to speak at his basketball camp in Lincoln Saturday morning before returning to Indianapolis for the Sunday meeting and Hall of Fame ceremonies. Collier is 89-91 in six seasons at Nebraska. The administration didn't offer Collier an extension last season after the Huskers played in the NIT, essentially making him a lame duck even with two years remaining on his contract. Collier met with his staff during the season and let them know that they should pursue other openings if they had the opportunity. Assistant Scott Spinelli took a similar position at Wichita State. Collier was first contacted by Butler in early May. But he continued to recruit in June and July with the intent on returning to Nebraska to coach next season's team. He even had plans to watch center Aleks Maric of Australia in the World Championships in Japan next month. But Butler moved on Collier within the last week, and the assumption at Nebraska has been that he is the leading candidate for the athletic director's job. Collier, 52, contributes financially to Butler and holds the school in high esteem. He is still the school's winingest coach at 196-132. He would be taking a likely $400,000-plus salary cut if he leaves for Butler. Meanwhile, a source close to the situation said Collier will find it difficult to go back to Lincoln if he were to turn the job down. They have already started to discuss potential replacements. Even though it is late July, Nebraska is confident that they can land a quality head coach, according to a source. The most obvious candidate isn't likely to move in. Dana Altman of rival Creighton is at a basketball-crazed school, and he makes comparable money (reported by the Omaha World-Herald as being between $700,000 and $800,000). High on Nebraska's list are Nevada's Mark Fox, a former Kansas State assistant, and Kent State's Jim Christian. Fox, though, returns four of five starters to the Wolf Pack, including potential WAC MVP Nick Fazekas who withdrew from the NBA draft in June. Fox signed a five-year deal with a buyout of $250,000 prior to last season. His wife, Cindy, is an assistant athletic director at the school. Nevada is likely going to be picked as the favorite to win the WAC and get back to the NCAAs. The Wolf Pack will be without forward Demarshay Johnson for the first semester after he was ruled academically ineligible. A source close to Fox said he hasn't been contacted. Christian, who was an assistant at Pitt in the late '90s when current Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson and assistant AD Marc Boehm were at Pitt, may be more likely to make the jump at this stage. A source close to Christian said he would leave if Nebraska offered the job. Christian signed a seven-year contract following the Golden Flashes' 25-9 season and NCAA Tournament berth after winning the MAC tournament title game. Christian has a buyout of $250,000, as well. The Huskers may also look at Rice coach Willis Wilson. But the focus, according to sources, could be Fox and Christian with the Huskers likely to move quickly once Collier tells them that he is out. Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2534153
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Post by Retired Coach on Jul 31, 2006 7:50:16 GMT -5
I hope Barry comes back to Butler. That will give me just one more reason to hate those guys.
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Post by Bomber on Jul 31, 2006 7:55:40 GMT -5
Nebraska's Collier still mum on whether he'll jump to alma mater July 30, 2006 By Gary Parrish CBS SportsLine.com Senior Writer While indications are that Barry Collier will soon leave Nebraska to become the athletic director at Butler, an assistant on the Huskers basketball staff told CBS SportsLine.com Sunday night that no news has been delivered. "We haven't heard anything yet," said the assistant, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "We're still waiting." Collier was the last of three candidates to interview with his alma mater Friday and has long been considered the favorite to edge Mike Watson, an assistant athletic director at Miami-Ohio, for the position. Still, Butler sports information director Jim McGrath told the Associated Press late Sunday that no final decision has been reached, and it's worth noting that nothing was announced Sunday night while Collier was inducted into Butler's Hall of Fame. Collier was 196-132 in 11 seasons as the coach at Butler, where he took the Bulldogs to three NCAA Tournaments before accepting the same position at Nebraska prior to the 2000-01 campaign. The 52-year-old is 89-91 in six seasons at Nebraska, and he has only two years remaining on his contract. That's a small number for Division I coaches and at least one of the reasons he explored this opportunity. Assuming Collier leaves Nebraska, expect Nevada's Mark Fox to be the most prominent name to surface as a possible replacement. But whether he'd walk away from a probable Top 20 team featuring All-American Nick Fazekas is unclear considering the Wolf Pack will be the favorite to win the WAC. www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9578872
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Post by Bomber on Jul 31, 2006 7:58:29 GMT -5
Collier a finalist for Butler AD jobPosted: Monday July 31, 2006 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Nebraska basketball coach Barry Collier is one of two finalists for the athletic director's job at Butler University. Butler sports information director Jim McGrath said the school's search committee, of which he is a member, forwarded two candidates Saturday to university president Bobby Fong. The other candidate was Mike Watson, associate athletic director of Miami of Ohio, McGrath said. McGrath said he was not aware of any final decision. Collier, who coached at Butler from 1989-2000, has declined to comment. He was the Bulldogs' winningest coach and was inducted into Butler's Hall of Fame on Saturday. The 52-year-old Collier has headed the struggling Cornhuskers program for six years, and his job status was the subject of speculation last season before Nebraska AD Steve Pederson announced after the Big 12 tournament that Collier would be retained. If he had been fired at the end of the season, it would have cost Nebraska $976,090 to buy out the last two years of Collier's four-year contract. The Cornhuskers finished 19-13 last season but lost six of their last eight regular-season games to finish in sixth place in the Big 12 at 7-9. They knocked off Missouri and Oklahoma to reach the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament. The Huskers played in the NIT, losing to Hofstra. Collier left Butler in 2000, going 196-132 with winning records in all but two of his 11 years. He guided the Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament in 1997, 1998 and 2000. As a player at Butler, Collier was the team's co-MVP in 1975-76. Watson, 49, said he learned last week that he was a finalist. "There's a certain type of athletics director's job that I'm looking for," Watson said by phone from Mid-American Conference media days in Detroit. "I've been at Miami 25, 26 years now, and as I've said to the people there (Butler), Butler University is very similar to Miami University, and that is extremely appealing to me." sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/ncaa/07/31/bc.bkc.collier.butler.ap/index.html
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Post by wsu97 on Jul 31, 2006 10:53:45 GMT -5
Collier leaving Nebraska for Butler LINCOLN, Neb. FoxSports-dot-com is reporting that Nebraska basketball coach Barry Collier is leaving N-U to become athletic director at Butler University. The report cited anonymous sources. Collier came to light as a finalist for the athletics director's job at Butler last week, when Nebraska athletics director Steve Pederson confirmed it. Collier, the Bulldogs' head basketball coach from 1989 to 2000, has declined to comment. Calls by The Associated Press to the athletic departments of Nebraska and Butler were not returned today. Collier was inducted into Butler's Hall of Fame on Saturday. He left Butler in 2000 as the school's winningest coach, going 196-and-132 with winning records in all but two of his 11 years. Collier guided the Bulldogs to the N-C-A-A tournament in 1997, 1998 and 2000. www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=5216623&nav=0RYd
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Post by Retired Coach on Aug 1, 2006 18:47:15 GMT -5
August 1, 2006 Barry Collier named Butler ADBy Jeff Rabjohns Jeff.rabjohns@indystar.com Barry Collier’s return to Butler University as the new athletic director was finalized today. Collier, 52, leaves the Nebraska men’s basketball program with two years remaining on a four-year contract. “I’d still be coaching today if this opportunity was not available,” Collier told reporters at the Northside school. Collier said he planned to make Butler the final stop in his career. Collier, who coached six years at Nebraska with no NCAA Tournament appearances, remains popular in Butler circles for leading to the Bulldogs to three NCAA Tournaments. Collier played two seasons at Butler (1974-76) and returned as the Bulldogs’ head coach in 1989 and stayed for 11 years. He took over a program that had been above .500 only five times in the 19 years since legendary Tony Hinkle retired in 1970 and led the Bulldogs to three NCAA Tournaments and three NIT appearances. Collier, 196-132 at Butler, is behind only Hinkle in coaching victories. Collier was inducted into the Butler athletic Hall of Fame on Sunday. Collier’s job status at Nebraska was the subject of speculation last season before athletic director Steve Pederson announced after the Big 12 tournament that Collier would be retained. If he had been fired at the end of the season, it would have cost Nebraska $976,090 to buy out the last two years of his four-year contract. “We wish him all the best in his new career path,” Pederson said. The Cornhuskers finished 19-13 last season but lost six of their last eight regular-season games to finish in sixth place in the Big 12 at 7-9. They knocked off Missouri and Oklahoma to reach the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament. The Huskers played in the NIT, losing to Hofstra. www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060801/SPORTS/60801026/-1/RSS
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Post by Bomber on Aug 3, 2006 6:25:52 GMT -5
Hey Irish, here is another reason to hate Butler............... Joel Cornette Named To Basketball Post At Butler Aug. 2, 2006 Joel Cornette, who helped lead the Butler men's basketball team to the NCAA "Sweet 16" in 2003, has been named coordinator of men's basketball operations at Butler. He replaces Terry Johnson, who left his position with the Bulldogs to become an assistant men's basketball coach at IPFW in July. Cornette is returning to Butler, where he was a four-year basketball letterwinner and co-Most Valuable Player of the 2002-03 squad. During his playing career, he helped lead Butler to a four-year 100-28 (.781) record, four Horizon League regular season championships, two Horizon League tournament titles, three trips to the NCAA Tournament and one bid to the NIT! He played in every game over four seasons and set a school record for most career games played (128). He was in the starting lineup in the final 97 games of his collegiate career! "Joel was the consummate team player during his playing days at Butler, and I know that he'll be the same as a staff member," said Butler head coach Todd Lickliter. "He's very familiar with our program, our staff and with Butler University, and we're excited to have him back." The 6-9 post player was one of just 30 players to score 1,000 career points at Butler. He led the Bulldogs in rebounding for three straight seasons, and he topped the Bulldogs in blocked shots for four consecutive years. He finished his career in seventh place on Butler's all-time rebounding list. Cornette was named to the league's All-Defensive Team for three straight years, and he earned All-Horizon League honors once. He was picked to the league All-Tournament Team in 2001, and he was named to the NCAA East Region All-Tournament Team in 2003. He was named Butler's Co-Most Outstanding Male Athlete in 2003. The former Butler player served as a graduate assistant coach for the Bulldogs in 2003-04. He's been playing professional basketball for the past two years, both with the Nebraska Cranes of the United States Basketball League (USBL) and in Australia. butlersports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/080206aaa.html
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