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03-19-19 10:28 AM - Post#282028
In response to bradley
After Yale won the Ivy Tournament, NBC Sports College Basketball Talk mentioned that high academic schools like GW, Tulane and Cal should be looking at Jones. Right now, GW and Tulane have openings and the Cal position remains filled.
Here is something from the Tulane AD Troy Dannen, who has been at Tulane for the last 8 months:
https://www.nola.com/tulane/2019/03/what-d oes-tula...
- The next coach at Tulane will have strong college credentials, the Tulane athletic director said Saturday (March 16) as he discussed the dismissal of former coach Mike Dunleavy Sr. after three losing seasons.
Dunleavy came to the school in March 2016 with zero college experience after an NBA coaching career that covered more than 1,300 games.
“Whenever you terminate a coach, almost invariably you hire the opposite,†Dannen said. “I’m not saying we’re hiring the opposite, but my focus is going to be on sitting college head coaches, those who have been sitting college coaches and I’m sure there will be a couple of elite-level assistants in there as well. If I have 20 guys in mind, 15 of them will be coaching in the NCAA tournament next week in one form or another and the rest will have coached in the NCAA tournament. That’s my focus to start.†-
- “We have six or seven schools in this league who are basketball-first schools who have great traditional, historical success and made great investments,†Dannen said. “And we’re trying to catch them.â€
Tulane hopes to have a new coach before the Final Four begins April 6, but the school will not conduct an interview unless that candidate’s season is complete, Dannen said.
“There are some people I can start talking to on Monday that are not in the tournament,†Dannen said. “Certainly I would like to have it done by the Final Four but there may be circumstances that prevent that.†-
- “We need to up our level of recruiting,†Dannen said. “That will obviously be a primary focus of whoever I turn to as the next head coach. We have to catch up. We’ve got a good young core, and it is a young core, but we need more of them and we to surround them at all five positions and make sure we have talent across the board.†-
NBC Sports notes JT III connection to the GW job, but they have some other information:
https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/ncaa/candi dat...
- Despite Joseph’s best efforts, connections to the previous regime hovered over his three seasons. The firing allows the school to move finally forward under the direction of GW president Thomas LeBlanc and promote specific advantages including the fertile recruiting area.
The Colonials have reached the NCAA Tournament only four times in the last 20 seasons and once since the 2013-14 campaign.
According to data provided by the U.S. Department of Education, GW’s 2016 budget for the men’s basketball program ($2.94 million) ranked below the Atlantic 10 Conference average of $4.3 million and 13th among the league’s 14 teams. The 2018-19 numbers are comparable, according to a source.
Thompson’s individual salary alone at Georgetown, based on published reports, topped GW’s 2016 basketball budget.
The sense from the Foggy Bottom campus has the University invested in program stability and becoming and a year in, year out winner, with the search focusing on current D1 head coaches or assistants at high majors with significant postseason experience.
Bowling Green head coach Michael Huger, Louisiana Tech head coach Eric Konkol and Duke assistant coach Nate James are among the other likely candidates, NBC Sports Washington has learned.
Several of the other potential candidates have ties to University of Miami head coach Jim Larranaga. LeBlanc served as executive vice president and provost at Miami from 2005 until his move to GW in 2017.
Huger and Konkol are both former Larranaga assistants at George Mason. Huger, 48, directed Bowling Green to a 22-12 record in his fourth season. Konkol, 83-49 during his four seasons with Louisiana Tech, led the Bulldogs to a 20-13 record this season.
James, a D.C. native, won an NCAA championship at Duke in 2001 and served on Mike Krzyzewski's coaching staff since 2007.
Other potential candidates include Miami assistant Chris Caputo and UMBC head coach Ryan Odom. -
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