Good afternoon! We are two days before the release of the support. Before arriving at madness, the chaos of the carousel is compulsory – and we obtained our first dose on Friday.
One day after its release from the Big Ten tournament, Iowa dismissed the longtime coach Fran McCaffey after 15 seasons at the head of the program. The most winning coach in Hawkeyes history has failed to lead his team to the NCAA tournament for a second consecutive season, and now there is a fairly important opening in Big Ten which could be attractive for a promising coach.
The first names: Darian Devries of Virginie-Western is at the top of the Iowa Ad Beth Goetz list, I am told, in addition to Ben McCollum of Drake. Chris Jans of the state of Mississippi and Niko Medved of the State of Colorado are also potential targets.
What I watch / hearing:
• The opening of Villanova is an inevitability. I would be surprised if an advertisement is not made earlier than late. When this happens, the research process will officially start
• Keep an eye on UCF. Many are waiting / look to see what’s going on there in the coming 24 hours
• Texas is considered a lock to open unless Rodney Terry takes place in the NCAA tournament, even with UT potentially playing in the NCAA after defeating A&M in a dramatic way on Thursday. Atlanta Hawks coach, Quin Snyder, was a rumor candidate in recent weeks, but that has not happened. The potential list is filled with seated power conference coaches
• Elsewhere, the NC State Ad Boo Corrigan flew to Houston on Thursday to interview Will Wade in person, according to my sources. The school organizes another meeting with a head coach seated on Saturday, added a source. Wade’s candidacy seems to gain steam, but Richard Pitino of New Mexico, the assistant of Tennessee Justin Gainey and others are still being studied.
Two Thursday titles were a shot and a job. The first: Ben Johnson’s li dismissal in Minnesota. He came out after four seasons. I have more about the situation at Minneapolis in the capsule below. The latter: Murray State hired Creighton Assistant Ryan Miller. He interviewed in New York this week with school leadership and accepted the offer on Thursday morning, said sources at CBS Sports, and added that JA Morant had a voice throughout the process, in particular by supporting another promising candidate for Dayton Assistant James Kane. MORANT is represented by Miller’s brother, the player who became the agent who became Mike Miller.
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We are at 22 job offers right now and this number will increase on Friday. We will almost certainly strike at least 40 coach movements in this cycle – and more than 50 would not be a surprise at all. That said, I do not expect 2025 to reach the levels of absurdity that 2024, when there was A record of 68 job exchanges. Make sure to sign this page. He will obtain daily updates in the future.
