our next Head Coach - the candidate clearinghouse thread
Jun 19, 2019 21:54:31 GMT -5
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Post by Ray on Jun 19, 2019 21:54:31 GMT -5
Another coaching search... if there's good news here, it's that we have some experience with this. This is our 4th time down this road in the last decade (plus a week).
I think for all three previous searches, I've made a list like the one below. This is by no means exhaustive as yet, but it's meant to be the starting point of an exhaustive list.
I want this to be a community-sourced effort. If you want to add someone to the list, either because you think he's interesting or because he actually gets mentioned as a candidate somewhere, just drop his name (and bio link) into the thread below, and I'll keep the top post updated.
(Disclaimer: I don't think every single name below is actually a serious/plausible candidate for this list. I'm setting the clip level for viability here at a pretty low level. So please don't @ me with "come on, having so and so on the list is a joke". I'm casting a wide net here.)
I've taken the liberty of breaking this list into categories. (And yes, some individual names can fit into more than one category.)
Guys who have worked at HC before
Mark Daigneault, OKC Thunder
Kevin Driscoll, Marist
Eric Eaton, Iona asst
Dan Engelstad, Mt. St. Mary’s HC
Greg Herenda, FDU HC
Kevin Nickelberry, former Howard HC
Fred Quartlebaum, Kansas asst
Andy Sachs, Chesapeake College
Joe Scott, Georgia asstGuys who have worked with Blossom before
Jean Bain, Brandeis HC (interesting... 3-year teammate of Blossom at Northeastern)
Brian Blaney, Providence asst
Pat Skerry, Towson (I believe he was an asst at NU when Blossom was playing)
Scott Spinelli, BC asstBill Wuczynski, BC asst
Mike Martin, Brown HC
HC grads currently coaching
RJ Evans, UNC Asheville asst
The HC equivalent of the Pat Ewing/Juwan Howard/Chris Mullin hire
Lower-tier D1 coaches who might see HC as a promotion (the Milan Brown model)
Pat Duquette, UMass Lowell HC
John Gallagher, Hartford HC
Dave McLaughlin, Dartmouth HC
Jim Engles, Columbia HC
Upper-level D1 coaches who might be looking for a parachute (the Ralph Willard/Ed DeChellis/Bill Carmody model)
Current D1 assistants who might fit (the Sean Kearney model)
Adam Cohen, Stanford asst
Karl Hobbs, Rutgers asst
Pete Hutchins, George Mason asst
Matt McKillop, Davidson asst
Chris Markwood, Northeastern asst
Tom Moore, UConn asst
Luke Murray, L'ville asst
Derrick Phelps, Washington St. asst
Marcus Schroeder, St. Mary's asst
Brad Soderberg, UVA asst
Brett Nelson, Marquette asst
Dennis Gates, FSU asst
D2/3 head coaches
Kevin App, Williams HC
Kevin Bettancourt, Endicott HC
Joe Burke, Skidmore HC
Landry Kosmalski, Swarthmore HC
Josh Loeffler, Johns Hopkins HC
Josh Schertz, Lincoln Memorial HC
John Krikorian, Christopher Newport HC
Guys only NHTeamer likes
Tom Herrion, So Florida asst
Billy Herrion, UNH HC
Damaged goods/out of work
Bryce Drew (former Vanderbilt)
Mike Lonergan (former UVM/GWU)
Mike Maker (former Williams/Marist)
Dave Padgett (former Louisville)
Mike Rice (former Fordham/Rutgers)
John Thompson III (former GTown/Princeton)
Current HC assistants
Joe Kennedy
Freddie Owens
Other/Not categorized
Jay Larranaga, Boston Celtics
Finally, a note on timing: the three previous searches all lasted 2-to-5 weeks. Given that AD Blossom doesn't offically start HIS job until 7/1, plus holiday/summer vacation conflicts, I'm going to peg this one toward the outer edge of that timeframe. So, let's put the over/under for an announcement of our next head coach as.... Friday, July 19th.
Anyway.... who else belongs here? Have at it...