New Basketball Staff Thread

[BA47591 823]

33 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

I know Adams has that connection to Bidunga supposedly, but is he thought of highly for other reasons? Ace recruiter, X’s and O’s guru? Don’t know much at all about the guy. 

Adams earned Top 50 Most Impactful Mid Major Assistants distinction from Silver Waves Media in both 2020 and 2022, and was also named one of the top five assistant coaches in the Missouri Valley Conference during in 2020.

He worked for Alford before that. I would say he is much more of talent acquisition add than an x/o guy. 

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12 minutes ago, Rellek said:

Different Adam Howard than the one that was on staff here under Woodson. 

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1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

International is the new trend.  I think there is a lot of legit talent coming over.  Definitely something I'd like Indiana to be on the leading edge of.  

Truth ..Uwe Blab and Ivan Renko were so long ago...

[Hoosierfan1901 8,240]

Drew Adams to IU pretty much official, Cincinnati accounts are reporting it

[Hoosierfan1901 8,240]

IndyStar also confirms that Nick Norton will be an assistant too

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3 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

I know Adams has that connection to Bidunga supposedly, but is he thought of highly for other reasons? Ace recruiter, X’s and O’s guru? Don’t know much at all about the guy. 

Adams earned Top 50 Most Impactful Mid Major Assistants distinction from Silver Waves Media in both 2020 and 2022, and was also named one of the top five assistant coaches in the Missouri Valley Conference during in 2020.

He worked for Alford before that. I would say he is much more of talent acquisition add than an x/o guy. 

[mamasa 15,908]

11 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Drew Adams to IU pretty much official, Cincinnati accounts are reporting it

He already has a profile :)

https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/drew-adams/1578

[BA47591 823]

Anyone look into the background of Achoki Moikobu?

 

Defensive chops and used to be the coach at Sunrise Christian Prep. 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

Anyone look into the background of Achoki Moikobu?

 

Defensive chops and used to be the coach at Sunrise Christian Prep. 

 

 

His sunrise connections could be very beneficial for the future 

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10 minutes ago, mamasa said:

He already has a profile :)

https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/drew-adams/1578

IU still has not removed the old coaching staff from the website.

Maybe it’s a summer project for IU’s athletic dept website folks to get our coaching staff up to date.

[AZ Hoosier 10,705]

3 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Geez Doc, we were on the leading edge.  I mean we've had Tijan, Hanner, Bawa...

Don't forget, Knight got Ewe (Munich via Effingham, IL) ... and we almost had Ivan Renko...

[AZ Hoosier 10,705]

3 hours ago, KathywithaC said:

That’s extremely unlikely. 

Is it the association with the Brad Bomba abuse suits?

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19 minutes ago, mamasa said:

He already has a profile :)

https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/drew-adams/1578

... or at least a profile page.

And that's more than Coach DeVries has... 

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16 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

... or at least a profile page.

And that's more than Coach DeVries has... 

https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/darian-devries/4204

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1 minute ago, sirhoosierlot said:

https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/darian-devries/4204

Thanks... looked at the dropdown on the upper right side of the page... clearly, the links haven't been updated... but glad to see CDD's page exists.

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2 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Thanks... looked at the dropdown on the upper right side of the page... clearly, the links haven't been updated... but glad to see CDD's page exists.

Took me a while to find it. Had to go to 2025-2026. The old staff is still on there but the roster is completely empty lol 

[KathywithaC 842]

6 hours ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Is it the association with the Brad Bomba abuse suits?

Not so much, though that’s not a positive for him. There was some belief / hope that TG would retire over the last few years, but he wasn’t of a mind to do that. So he was told it was time to go, and that’s not what he wanted or expected from his employer of 40+ years. The coaching change provided a natural time to do it, but it wasn’t the new coach’s call at all. This was 100% the AD’s decision in a belt-tightening environment.

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6 minutes ago, KathywithaC said:

Not so much, though that’s not a positive for him. There was some belief / hope that TG would retire over the last few years, but he wasn’t of a mind to do that. So he was told it was time to go, and that’s not what he wanted or expected from his employers of 40+ years. The coaching change provided a natural time to do it, but it wasn’t the new coach’s call at all. This was 100% the AD’s decision in a belt-tightening environment.

....nothing wrong with that decision. Cleaning house can be painful, but refreshing when done. lol

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7 minutes ago, KathywithaC said:

Not so much, though that’s not a positive for him. There was some belief / hope that TG would retire over the last few years, but he wasn’t of a mind to do that. So he was told it was time to go, and that’s not what he wanted or expected from his employers of 40+ years. The coaching change provided a natural time to do it, but it wasn’t the new coach’s call at all. This was 100% the AD’s decision in a belt-tightening environment.

Can you pass along a recommendation to keep manager Bennet Munds on?  Poor kid has not seen good basketball here and comes from a long family of boilermakers.  We need to show him what good Indiana basketball is like so he has something to fight back with when visiting family.