New Basketball Staff Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

2 hours ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Peegs.com sources: Indiana basketball coach Darian DeVries is planning to bring strength coach Ryan Horn with him.
 

Well looky here!

Horn played college football at East Stroudsburg for one season and at James Madison for two seasons before injuries ended his playing career.

Full bio available at the link below.  

https://wvusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/staff/ryan-horn/1695

[8bucks]

13 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

There’s a reason for that

Any related info on why he would come. I did see where he and DD coached at Creighton together but why leave Bama when things are rolling there?  Would this be a chance to be our top assistant position? 

[schoosier]

2 hours ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Peegs.com sources: Indiana basketball coach Darian DeVries is planning to bring strength coach Ryan Horn with him.
 

We just saved $ on backboards with this hire. Literally, our guards could not shoot free throws unless he had red hair. 

[BA47591]

7 hours ago, Hoosier987 said:

Yup. It was pretty well regarded that there was a high chance Gordon was going to flip. Then we got a young Travis Steele on the staff and that was icing on the cake as he had a prior relationship with the Gordons. 

Jeff Meyer was Eric seniors coach and close friend, Sampson coincidentally added him to his staff and that really helped. 

[BA47591]

21 hours ago, TadQueasy said:

How is UConn doing it?

Murray has the offense and Young the defense. Young is the architect of the initial game plan and Hurley runs practice and is the personality and face of the program. 

[BA47591]

8 hours ago, ap2345 said:

Probably not

I hope it comes together next week. Navigating the portal will require a full staff. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

23 minutes ago, schoosier said:

We just saved $ on backboards with this hire. Literally, our guards could not shoot free throws unless he had red hair. 

Really tired excuse for poor shooting lol. Multiple examples of shooters improving their percentages from 3.

[ap2345]

2 hours ago, 8bucks said:

Any related info on why he would come. I did see where he and DD coached at Creighton together but why leave Bama when things are rolling there?  Would this be a chance to be our top assistant position? 

I’m not sure what alls going into the negotiations 

[schoosier]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Really tired excuse for poor shooting lol. Multiple examples of shooters improving their percentages from 3.

Let’s see how we shoot moving forward. Obviously our new coach felt much differently than you.

[newcastle12]

There is some serious smoke to this Preston Murphy stuff.  I'm shocked, but as I said before, there's no loss in it for him at all to consider it  

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

5 minutes ago, newcastle12 said:

There is some serious smoke to this Preston Murphy stuff.  I'm shocked, but as I said before, there's no loss in it for him at all to consider it  

Maybe he doesn’t actually like Oats? Or maybe he really enjoyed working with DeVries and also IU is gonna give him a big pay raise?

[Hoosierfanyuh]

58 minutes ago, schoosier said:

Let’s see how we shoot moving forward. Obviously our new coach felt much differently than you.

Or he just wants his own staff??? Lol

[Demo]

30 minutes ago, newcastle12 said:

There is some serious smoke to this Preston Murphy stuff.  I'm shocked, but as I said before, there's no loss in it for him at all to consider it  

Given the amount of money both IU and Bama have available, what a fascinating little turn it would be if a guy basically a year off a show cause became the subject of a bidding war that would probably result in him becoming the highest paid Asst Coach in CBB. 

[8bucks]

7 minutes ago, Demo said:

Given the amount of money both IU and Bama have available, what a fascinating little turn it would be if a guy basically a year off a show cause became the subject of a bidding war that would probably result in him becoming the highest paid Asst Coach in CBB. 

Is that why he had that gap in his asst coaching timeline?

[Demo]

1 minute ago, 8bucks said:

Is that why he had that gap in his asst coaching timeline?

Yup, 2 year show cause while he was at Creighton. Either ‘20 or ‘21. 

[IU Prof]

18 minutes ago, Demo said:

Yup, 2 year show cause while he was at Creighton. Either ‘20 or ‘21. 

From The Athletic:

As a player, he and Cuttino Mobley had the Rams on the brink of the Final Four in 1998. He then coached under Dan Hurley — whose Connecticut team Alabama faces Saturday — at Rhode Island, and helped get Oats his first Division I college gig at Buffalo. Later, at Creighton, Murphy helped Greg McDermott build a Big East title team … only to get caught up in the FBI’s investigation into college basketball. Murphy was never charged, but for meeting with agent Christian Dawkins — one of Murphy’s longtime friends from growing up in Saginaw, Mich. — the NCAA hit him with a two-year show-cause penalty.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5394716/2024/04/06/alabama-preston-murphy-fbi-final-four/

[go iu bb]

25 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

From The Athletic:

As a player, he and Cuttino Mobley had the Rams on the brink of the Final Four in 1998. He then coached under Dan Hurley — whose Connecticut team Alabama faces Saturday — at Rhode Island, and helped get Oats his first Division I college gig at Buffalo. Later, at Creighton, Murphy helped Greg McDermott build a Big East title team … only to get caught up in the FBI’s investigation into college basketball. Murphy was never charged, but for meeting with agent Christian Dawkins — one of Murphy’s longtime friends from growing up in Saginaw, Mich. — the NCAA hit him with a two-year show-cause penalty.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5394716/2024/04/06/alabama-preston-murphy-fbi-final-four/

Coached under McDermott, Hurley, and Oats. Knows how to work with agents and just sounds well connected. Credited with landing 4 and 5 star recruits at Alabama. He would be a really good hire if we can pull him away from the Tide.

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

19 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Coached under McDermott, Hurley, and Oats. Knows how to work with agents and just sounds well connected. Credited with landing 4 and 5 star recruits at Alabama. He would be a really good hire if we can pull him away from the Tide.

Yep! I say make him highest paid assistant college basketball coach. 

[Uspshoosier]

20 minutes ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

Yep! I say make him highest paid assistant college basketball coach. 

AI stinks.   He is an assistant coach for Illinois 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

16 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

AI stinks.   He is an assistant coach for Illinois 

I didn’t even catch that! Good catch!