Bison137
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04-05-19 08:31 PM - Post#283355
In response to Bison137
When ND was hired, I posted a list of possible candidates - some unlikely - for Assistant Coach and MOBO. I've copied that list, which includes 2015 comments, and then added updated comments in caps. Also added a few more possible names at the end. Remember that at this point, the search could be for a #2, a #3, or a MOBO. More than half of the names from this list four years ago no longer look like candidates, particularly with the #1 assistant job not in play. Would like to hear other possible candidates.
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- Bucknell Players coached by Nathan Davis:
1. John Griffin - has been assistant at Rider for past two years after one year at DOBO. BECAME COACH AT BUCKNELL; NOW GOING TO ST. JOES.
2. Kevin Bettencourt - now head coach at Endicott; was assistant for 6 yrs at Bentley and 1 yr at Salem State. STILL THERE – MIGHT LEAVE FOR #1 ASSISTANT JOB, BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING LESS.
3. Charles Lee - now assistant with Hawks; was Bison assistant. NOW ASSISTANT WITH BUCKS. DOUBTFUL HE WOULD EVEN TAKE A #1 ASSISTANT JOB.
4. Abe Badmus - currently manager of LIberty Arena complex in Williamsport; was operations manager for Competitive Edge Sports in Philly area; spent a year as an assistant for Don Friday at St. Francis. NO CHANGE IN STATUS.
5. Pat Behan - head coach at St. John's College HS in strong WCAC in DC area. NO CHANGE IN STATUS
6. Donald Brown - assistant men's basketball strength and conditioning coach at VCU; was basketball performance coach from 2010-14. NOW “DIRECTOR OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE’ AT VCU
7. Holland Mack - teacher and head coach at Paramus Catholic. IS NOW AN OFFICER WITH THE NJ STATE POLICE AND IS GETTING MARRIED THIS WEEKEND IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- Other Bison:
1. Bryson Johnson - still a work visa issue? RETURNED TO GMU AS A GRAD ASSISTANT THIS YEAR AFTER COACHING AT BROWN FOR ONE YEAR. BROWN MESSED UP THE PAPERWORK FOR HIS WORK PERMIT. MIGHT BECOME DP’S #3 OR DOBO AT GMU OR GO TO W&M WITH DANE FISHCER.
- Bucknell Staff during the Flannery/Davis Tenure:
1. Don Friday - was replaced at Bucknell by Davis when Friday became the Lycoming coach; currently head coach at Penn State-Harrisburg. Assistant for Flannery for 13 years at Lebanon Valley and Bucknell. NO CHANGE IN STATUS. HIS TEAMS HAVE STRUGGLED BUT WERE SOMEWHAT BETTER THIS YEAR.
2. Bryan Goodman - currently #2 assistant at Binghamton; had stints as associate HC at Cal State-Bakersfield and as DOBO and assistant at Oklahoma. NOW ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH AT BINGHAMTON. BING’S HEAD COACH HAS BEEN THERE SEVEN YEAR AND LOST 20+ GAMES EVERY YEAR AND AMAZINGLY GOT A RECENT CONTRACT EXTENSION.
3. Mark Prosser - associate head coach at Winthrop for past two years; was formerly assistant at Wofford and was head coach for D2 Brevard for one year; originally from Wheeling and attended college at Marist; was assistant at Bucknell for 5 years. NOW HEAD COACH AT WESTERN CAROLINA
- Colgate Staff:
1. Emmett Davis - Nathan was his #1 assistant for a year after Pat resigned; although Davis wasn't a good game coach, he was known as a good recruiter for 12 years at Navy, where he worked with Nathan under Don DeVoe - and he did a pretty good job in that area at Colgate; was assistant at Tulsa in 2011-12 before Wojcik was fired; Age 55. Not likely. NO CHANGE IN STATUS
2. Aaron Marshall - was #2 assistant at Colgate while N. Davis was there; ended up as #1 asst. before Emmitt Davis was fired in March 2011; then DOBO at Radford and Southern Cal; now #3 assistant at Radford. WAS BRIEFLY AN ASSISTANT AT USC A FEW YEARS AGO. APPEARS TO BE OUT OF COACHING.
3. Greg Snyder - was #3 assistant at Colgate while N. Davis was there; ended up as #2 asst. before Emmit Davis was fired in March 2011; then coach/recruiter for New England Playaz AAU for two years; then head coach at St. Mark's Prep School in MA; now DOBO for Vermont. NO CHANGE IN STATUS. NOW DOBO FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.
- Current Bucknell Staff:
1. Ryan Ayers NOW COACH AT NOTRE DAME.
2. Kevin Snyder NOW A TEACHER IN ARKANSAS
- Randolph-Macon College:
1. Shawn Postiglione - assistant at RMC for past year; was student-assistant for one year and then #3 assistant for two years at Wagner under Mike Deane; then was #1 assistant at Christopher Newport University for four years; began under the new coach who replaced CJ Woollum after his 26 years as head coach; started his academic career at Lafayette before transferring; was an All-Staten Island PG in HS. NOW HEAD COACH AT BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
2. Joe Meehan - assistant at Randolph-Macon from 2013-15 and Hoop Group coach; star PG for Lebanon Valley from 2009-12. CURRENT COACH AT BUCKNELL.
3. JD Byers - assistant at RMC during Nathan's first year, as well as during Mike Rhoades' last 2 years; left for assistant job at St. Francis for Don Friday; then 3 years as Radford assistant; now Rice assistant for Rhoades; graduate of Lebanon Valley. JUST FINISHED 2ND YEAR AS VCU ASSISTANT UNDER MIKE RHOADES.
4. Josh Merkel - spent a year as grad assistant at WVU; 5-year assistant at Eastern Kentucky under Jeff Neubauer (new Fordham coach); assistant at RMC from 2010-11; head coach at Salisbury, his alma mater, since May 2011. REPLACED ND AS HEAD COACH AT RANDOLPH-MACON.
5. Tim Lawrence - assistant at RMC from 2011-13; previously was grad assistant at VCU; was DOBO at Robert Morris in 2013-14 and assistant in 2014-15; was RMC captain in 2009-10. LEFT THE COACHING PROFESSION.
6. Chuck Moore - RMC assistant 2010-12; now head coach and AD at D2 Richard Bland College : 59-8 record past two years. Not likely. RESIGNED FROM BOTH POSITIONS LAST YEAR. NOW DOING SOME TRAINING.
7. Jarell Christian (Jamion's brother) - RMC assistant 2012-14; now assistant for Oklahoma City in D-League under head coach Mark Daigneault, former Ralph Willard assistant at HC; previously served as assistant at Emory & Henry and Tusculum College. HEAD COACH OF WIZARDS’ G LEAGUE FRANCHISE.
8. Rhett Bonner - assistant at RMC in 2011-12; program assistant at NC-Charlotte in 2012-13; assistant coach at Virginia Wesleyan past two years; PG for two D3 Final Four teams at Guilford. DOBO AT RICE THE PAST THREE YEARS.
- New Names:
1. Cam Ayers – still playing in Europe; time to start new career?
2. Ryan Frazier – working for the Bucks as one of a number of “player development assistants†after a year as grad assistant at GMU.
3. Dom Hoffman - grad assistant at VCU but that spot likely will be ending within two months.
4. Matt Griffin – has been very successful at Philly’s Roman Catholic, but if he has any college coaching aspirations, it might be time to take the next step.
5. Dave Matturo – assistant at Randolph Macon for last four years; former DOBO under Jamion Christian at MSM; coached at Shenandoah as assistant against Nathan Davis.
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