You forgot SMU and Larry Brown...
Most of the way through the annual coaching carousel, we can give a recap of results to date. Here's the data. I think I missed some schools, so please feel free to add on --
Here are some observations. You can supply the generalizations.Code:Vacancy Former Coach Reason New Coach Former Position MissSt Rick Stansbury Fired Rick Ray Asst - Clemson Tulsa Doug Wojcik Fired Danny Manning Asst - Kansas TennSt John Cooper Left for Miami O. Travis Williams Asst - Tenn State UAB Mike Davis Fired Jerod Haase Asst - UNC VaTech Seth Greenberg Fired James Johnson Asst - Va. Tech C. Mich Ernie Zeigler Fired Keno Davis Ex-HC - Providence K-State Frank Martin Left for USC Bruce Weber Fired as HC - Ill CofC Bobby Cremins Retired Doug Wojcik Fired HC - Tulsa Neb. Doc Sadler Fired Tim Miles HC - Colo State SC Darrin Horn Fired Frank Martin HC - K-State TCU Jim Christian Left for Ohio U. Trent Johnson HC - LSU LSU Trent Johnson Left for TCU Johnny Jones HC - N. Texas Ill. Bruce Weber Fired John Groce HC - Ohio U. Miami-O Charlie Coles Retired John Cooper HC - Tenn state Co. St. Tim Miles Left for Nebraska Larry Eustachy HC - USM R. Isl. Jimmy Baron Fired Danny Hurley HC - Wagner Ohio U. Jim Groce Left for Ill. Jim Christian HC -TCU USM Larry Eustachy Left for Col. St. Donnie Tyndall HC - Morehead St. IllSt. Chris Lowry Fired
- Of the 19 vacancies, ten coaches were fired; seven left for new HC jobs (not all of them better ones); and two retired.
- Of the 18 filled vacancies:
- Ten were filled by current HCs at other schools.
- Three were filled by former HCs, two of whom were fired at the end of this season.
- Only five of the 18 vacancies were filled by promoting assistants
Surely there were more than 19 HC vacancies this year, so I have undoubtedly missed some. But it is striking to me that only five jobs were filled by hiring assistants, and only three of these were from other schools.
sagegrouse
You forgot SMU and Larry Brown...
ESPN has a list of 41 Div I head coaching changes. I will analyze and post results later.
sage
Mark Macon, out at Binghamton.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...ach-mark-macon
I wouldn't want to touch that job right now with a 7'5" Chuck Nevitt.
For the 42 coaching losses, there are a few lessons. Number 1, don't plan your retirement party any too soon.
Of the 347 Division I programs:
Only four coaches retired (1.2 percent), but 27 were fired or resigned with losing records (6.9 percent).
In other words, extrapolating from this year's data, you are 6-7 times more likely to get fired than to ride off into the sunset at the end of a long career. Overall, 12 percent of coaching positions turned over this year, which, if repeated every year, implies an average tenure of about eight years
While there is quite a bit of "churn" in the coaching laundry, but it not as much as I suspected:
11 coaches left for new Div I head coaching jobs. That's 3 percent of the total Div I coaches. Not all of these were upward movements; for instance, TCU coach Jim Christian left for Ohio U.
Of the 36 jobs filled so far:
11, as noted, were filled with head coaches who moved from other Div I schools.
Five were filled by former head coaches. Interestingly, three of these guys had been fired a few days before: Jim Baron went from Rhode Island to Canisius; Doug Wojcik was canned at Tulsa and landed at the C of C as Bobby Cremins' replacement; Bruce Weber was axed at Illinois only to land at K-State.
17 assistant coaches got head coaching jobs. Five of these were already at the school (counting James Johnson as a VT assistant, not a Clemson assistant). Assuming each Div I school has three assistants, then the promotion rate to head coach is less than 2 percent per year (17 divided by 1,041).
One new head coach had been a former assistant not actively coaching (Pat Kelsey going to Winthrop was a former Xavier assistant).
Two were "none of the above." Larry Brown's previous gig was as HC of the Bobcats. It had been 24 years since he was the head coach at Kansas. Jay Spoonhour, hired at Eastern Illinois, had been at a community college; he is the son of Charlie, former UNLV and St. Louis coach.
sagegrouse
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Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Clint Jackson@clintjackson1
UNC hires Hubert Davis as new assistant basketball coach. Great hire for UNC. Personable, recognizable, rapport builder with credibility.
I guess he's leaving Gameday. Hopefully they take this opportunity to get rid of Digger too.