General Coach Candidate News

[Hoosier Guy]

We’re going to get him.  The college basketball world will **** its pants!

[TadQueasy]

Just now, RoadToZion said:

We did it.  
 

Cheers.

Are you just responding to the other guys here information or is your information saying this?  

[tyappleg]

1 minute ago, RoadToZion said:

We did it.  
 

Cheers.

I will not celebrate too early, I will not celebrate too early, I will not celebrate too early. 

[Home Jersey]

Picturing Dolson checking into a Philadelphia hotel under a fake name wearing one of these disguises just to throw the message board fans off his tail as they track flights lol. 4D chess 

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, RoadToZion said:

We did it.  
 

Cheers.

All the way from Asia? Cheers brother

[Trish]

BRAD ********** STEVENS

[mdiu28]

Nope, nope, noooooooopppppeeeeee

Not getting my hopes up until it's official. 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Now we just wait for the Shams tweet? 

[GP711]

Just need his autograph and then brad stevens is literally our next coach. 

[JimmerNoe]

Listen yall I can’t do this I need everyone to be very definitive with their statements and put a stamp on this

[Home Jersey]

15 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Interesting AI pull for the most successful men's D2 basketball coaches ever:

Ben McCollum
Led Northwest Missouri State to four national championships, including three in a row in 2021, 2022, and 2023. McCollum is also a NABC Coach of the Year award winner. 

Arad McCutchan
Coached Evansville to multiple NCAA DII titles, including back-to-back titles in 1964 and 1965. 

Jim Crutchfield
Has won 86.4% of his games, the highest winning percentage of any coach with at least 10 seasons of experience at any level in NCAA history. 

Larry Gipson, who won NABC Coach of the Year in 1982–83 and 2002–03

Ray Harper, who won NABC Coach of the Year in 1998–99, 2000–01, and 2007–08

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So the question is - how did McCutchan, Crutchfield, Gipson, and Harper do as high-major D1 coaches?

Harper is the most successful (four championships and a crazy winning percentage:

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1996–2005)
1996–97	Kentucky Wesleyan	21–8	14–6	5th
1997–98	Kentucky Wesleyan	30–3	17–2	1st	NCAA Division II runner-up
1998–99	Kentucky Wesleyan	35–1	20–1	1st	NCAA Division II champion
1999–00	Kentucky Wesleyan	31–3	18–2	1st	NCAA Division II runner-up
2000–01	Kentucky Wesleyan	31–3	17–3	2nd	NCAA Division II champion
2001–02	Kentucky Wesleyan	31–3	19–1	1st	NCAA Division II runner-up
2002–03	Kentucky Wesleyan	31–4*	18–2*	1st*	NCAA Division II runner-up*
2003–04	Kentucky Wesleyan	22–8*	14–6*	3rd*	NCAA Division II first round*
2004–05	Kentucky Wesleyan	15–13	9–11	6th
Kentucky Wesleyan:		247–46* (.843)	146–34* (.811)
Oklahoma City Stars (Sooner Athletic Conference) (2005–2008)
2005–06	Oklahoma City	29–8	16–2	1st	NAIA Division I runner-up
2006–07	Oklahoma City	35–2	17–1	1st	NAIA Division I champions
2007–08	Oklahoma City	31–7	18–4	1st	NAIA Division I champions
Oklahoma City NAIA:		95–17 (.848)	51–7 (.879)

As Division 1 head coach (including through this year)? Harper made the NCAA tourney at WKU his first two years, and since then has been "just okay." 

So because those 4 guys haven't been world beaters in D1, neither will McCollum? 

Don't buy that reasoning, personally. He is unproven in P5. He could be great.

Probably not the candidate for IU.

[Pagoda]

My sources aren’t hearing anything is imminent.  I’m going to assume they are inferior sources and scold them if they are wrong.  

[TadQueasy]

1 minute ago, GP711 said:

Just need his autograph and then brad stevens is literally our next coach. 

That is a pretty big step missing lol

[jumpshot53]

1 hour ago, moyemayhem said:

Ponying up that cash for Bradley...

John is in California, his daughter had surgery for brain tumors yesterday.   He probably won't meet with Dolson this week.

Edited February 14, 2025 by jumpshot53

[cbp4iu]

I gotta ask what was the family vote? That  is the real info I want!!!

[HoosierInParadise]

Later today, someone will come on here saying....."we got Brad Stevens?...but he hasn't coached in years....Cronin is coaching now!"

[Stuhoo]

9 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

So because those 4 guys haven't been world beaters in D1, neither will McCollum? 

Don't buy that reasoning, personally. He is unproven in P5. He could be great.

Probably not the candidate for IU.

^^Bingo^^

If Fran coaches this year and next year, he could be the perfect successor there.

[PartyintheVillas]

22 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Beating Kansas St and Vandy on a neutral court.   Really good wins for a Program like Drake  nothing special just yet.   The argument against that would be he hasn’t had an opportunity to play the Elite level teams just yet 

so literally nothing unprecedented. That's been done before by 100 mid major coaches.

[Hoosierfan1901]

Alright guys back to your normal Coach Search Schedule, Larry Brown anyone? He is well rested right now

[DChoosier]

Is it too early to start the “I can’t believe we hired someone that hasn’t coached college bb since the 2012-2013 season” thread?