MBB: 2022 Coaching Carousel

[CameronDuke]

New Louisville coach Kenny Payne is expected to hire ACC coaching legend ( ) Danny Manning as an assistant coach, sources told ESPN.

The hire could become official as early as Friday afternoon.

Manning joins Nolan Smith, who left Duke after six years on Mike Krzyzewski's staff, as assistant coaches on Payne's staff. The Cardinals have one assistant spot still open.

One of the greatest college basketball players of all time, Manning won an NCAA championship at Kansas and was named the national player of the year in 1988 before becoming the first overall pick of the 1988 NBA draft. He spent 15 years in the NBA before returning to Kansas to work under Bill Self for nine seasons.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ssistant-coach

[Billy Dat]

Legend

https://www.davidson.edu/news/2022/0...ons-head-coach

[camion]

Legend

https://www.davidson.edu/news/2022/0...ons-head-coach

Yep. I watched the announcement live because it was advertised as an announcement about Steph Curry. They did announce that Steph would have his number retired, but then the presentation pivoted to the announcement of Bob McKillop's retirement and introduction of his successor Matt McKillop. The McKillop announcements were, in my mind, the bigger news.

Takeaways:
Steph will be honored on August 31.

Bob will step down on June 30 and be replaced by son Matt.

Here is a link to the press conference at Davidson. Go to about the 10 minute mark of the "Davidson Athletics Special Announcement" for the start. For some reason the video wouldn't play on Firefox for me.

[chrishoke]

Legend

https://www.davidson.edu/news/2022/0...ons-head-coach

He will be missed. Great coach and a class act. Congratulations Coach!

[Truth&Justise]

Bob will step down on June 30 and be replaced by son Matt.

Hat tip to a great, great coach.

But I'm also wondering: why wait until this late in the summer? Season ended two+ months ago, why not announce then? I'm wondering if, like when Dean Smith retired, he maybe wanted to make sure the school had only one viable choice on his successor.

[tommy]

He will be missed. Great coach and a class act. Congratulations Coach!

Amen to that. Apparently a close friend of Coach K too, so that says a lot about McKillop as well.

So who is on the Mt. Rushmore of men with absolutely perfect white hair? McKillop and Mike Pence (sans the housefly) are obvious. Who else?

[CrazyNotCrazie]

Amen to that. Apparently a close friend of Coach K too, so that says a lot about McKillop as well.

So who is on the Mt. Rushmore of men with absolutely perfect white hair? McKillop and Mike Pence (sans the housefly) are obvious. Who else?

Great coach who always seemed to do things the right way - ran a classy program.

For your white hair question, I have to add Colonel Sanders.

[cato]

So who is on the Mt. Rushmore of men with absolutely perfect white hair? McKillop and Mike Pence (sans the housefly) are obvious. Who else?

Lute Olson and Bobby Knight?

[du_bb1]

Amen to that. Apparently a close friend of Coach K too, so that says a lot about McKillop as well.

So who is on the Mt. Rushmore of men with absolutely perfect white hair? McKillop and Mike Pence (sans the housefly) are obvious. Who else?

Bobby Cremins

[tommy]

Great coach who always seemed to do things the right way - ran a classy program.

For your white hair question, I have to add Colonel Sanders.

The Colonel’s hair seemed a bit … unkempt to me. Working hard in the kitchen I suppose. But the coiffure was not perfect.

Lute Olson is in the running.

[jv001]

The Colonel’s hair seemed a bit … unkempt to me. Working hard in the kitchen I suppose. But the coiffure was not perfect.

Lute Olson is in the running.

Lefty?

GoDuke!

[chrishoke]

Bobby Cremins

Grecian…….. Formula
Grecian……… Formula

[roywhite]

Our old friend from Chapel Hill, Roy Williams, gets some votes in the white hair awards.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Our old friend from Chapel Hill, Roy Williams, gets some votes in the white hair awards.

Well, your username has never been more appropriate.

[CameronDuke]

Amen to that. Apparently a close friend of Coach K too, so that says a lot about McKillop as well.

So who is on the Mt. Rushmore of men with absolutely perfect white hair? McKillop and Mike Pence (sans the housefly) are obvious. Who else?

Richard Gere, Anderson Cooper, Ted Danson …

[sagegrouse]

Leslie Nielsen?

[TywinBlue]

He will be missed. Great coach and a class act. Congratulations Coach!

Absolutely a class act.

His team was always very well prepared and a headache to play against.

A Long Island native who was actually Mat Doherty's high school coach for two years.

[JasonEvans]

Hat tip to a great, great coach.

But I'm also wondering: why wait until this late in the summer? Season ended two+ months ago, why not announce then? I'm wondering if, like when Dean Smith retired, he maybe wanted to make sure the school had only one viable choice on his successor.

Given what McKillop has done for that program, he gets to pick his successor no matter when he steps aside. No shenanigans needed.

If McKillop had ever wanted to leave Davidson, I bet a couple dozen P6 teams would have come calling in a heartbeat!

[JStuart]

Given what McKillop has done for that program, he gets to pick his successor no matter when he steps aside. No shenanigans needed.

If McKillop had ever wanted to leave Davidson, I bet a couple dozen P6 teams would have come calling in a heartbeat!

He was the featured speaker at our 50th reunion banquet (Davidson '72) last Saturday, and after his very good speech, several of my friends came up and said ,"I'm ready to run through a brick wall for him!' We were all pleased that Steph Curry had completed his courses and gotten his B.A. this year, which allows his jersey nimber to be retired. Word was that there could have been an exception made to the Davidson athletic rules, but he said 'no, I promised my Mom I'd get my degree.'

Ahh, and then this.