It is March Madness, the time of year when college basketball dominates. But March Madness also means coaching changes.
March 29, 2010:
Sacramento St. has removed the interim tag from Head Coach Jamie Craighead. Craighead was the youngest D-1 head coach last year, at 29 years old. Craighead received a three year contract.
Craighead led Sac. St. to a 15-15 record. The highest win total, for Sac. St, since the 1992-93 season.
March 26, 2010:
USF fired Tanya Haave. Haave had a 36-86 overall record in four years at USF.
Mark Trakh, former Pepperdine and USC head coach, has been contacted about becoming the next coach at USF.
Certainly a good idea but Pacific keeps the terrible Lynne Roberts, who has a 42-76 record in four years. Why? Any wonder that the Big West is rated so low?
March, 12, 2010
Cal State Northridge has fired head coach Staci Schulz. Schulz had a 36-109 in five years at CSN.
I hope CSN doesn't do the easy thing, and promotes one of their assistants. If CSN was smart, which is debatable, they would look at the following coaches to be their next head coach:
Tim LaKose, current head coach at Cal State Bakersfield.
Jason Flowers, currently an assistant at UC Riverside.
Greg Adams, former CSN assistant coach and current head coach at Western New Mexico.
But, how about this for thinking out of the box; Joan Bonvicini, current Seattle University coach, to be the next coach at CSN.
Other News & Notes:
Sherri Murrell, head coach at Portland St. and former head coach at Pacific, is one of the very few coaches who has come out.
What is really stupid is, this should be a non issue.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Conference Tournament Time
It's conference tournament time in women's college basketball.
West Coast Conference:
LMU was the 6th seed in the WCC tourney. The Lions beat USF in the first round but lost to Pepperdine in the second round. If Bill Husack, LMU AD, was smart, he would make that game Julie Wilhoit's last game as head coach.
Pepperdine, 3rd seed, beat LMU, then beat St. Mary's, and are now in the WCC Championship game vs Gonzaga. Good luck to the Wave.
Big West:
Long Beach St. enjoyed a great turnaround season, going from 9th place in the BW to 4th place.
Cal State Fullerton is the 6th seed.
UC Irvine is the 7th seed.
Cal State Northridge missed the BWT and hopefully that will be enough for CSN to get rid of Coach Schultz.
Random thoughts:
After the 2008-09 season, Long Beach on the women's side and Cal Poly on the men's side, both let go of their coaches, after they missed the BWT. The Big West has 9 teams and only 8 teams make the BWT. BW coaches have tried to pass the CYA rule, cover your ass, so all 9 teams make the BWT.
The Mountain West Conference also has 9 teams and an interesting format.
First round:
Seeds: 5 vs 8 & 4 vs 9. With the winners playing each other in the second round.
Seeds 6 vs 7. With the winners playing 3rd seed in the second round.
Second Round:
Winner of 5 vs 8 & 4 vs 9 play each other.
3rd seed, who had earned a 1st round bye, plays winner of 6 vs 7 game.
Third round:
1st and 2nd seeds get two byes and play the second round winners.
The Big West will move the BWT to The Honda Center, for the 2011 tournament. I hope they don't have this CYA format. If a team isn't good enough to finish in the top 8, they shouldn't be in the BWT.
Degree Required?
I thought a college degree was required to be a college coach. But it appears that San Diego St.'s Coach Fred Chmiel doesn't have a college degree.
West Coast Conference:
LMU was the 6th seed in the WCC tourney. The Lions beat USF in the first round but lost to Pepperdine in the second round. If Bill Husack, LMU AD, was smart, he would make that game Julie Wilhoit's last game as head coach.
Pepperdine, 3rd seed, beat LMU, then beat St. Mary's, and are now in the WCC Championship game vs Gonzaga. Good luck to the Wave.
Big West:
Long Beach St. enjoyed a great turnaround season, going from 9th place in the BW to 4th place.
Cal State Fullerton is the 6th seed.
UC Irvine is the 7th seed.
Cal State Northridge missed the BWT and hopefully that will be enough for CSN to get rid of Coach Schultz.
Random thoughts:
After the 2008-09 season, Long Beach on the women's side and Cal Poly on the men's side, both let go of their coaches, after they missed the BWT. The Big West has 9 teams and only 8 teams make the BWT. BW coaches have tried to pass the CYA rule, cover your ass, so all 9 teams make the BWT.
The Mountain West Conference also has 9 teams and an interesting format.
First round:
Seeds: 5 vs 8 & 4 vs 9. With the winners playing each other in the second round.
Seeds 6 vs 7. With the winners playing 3rd seed in the second round.
Second Round:
Winner of 5 vs 8 & 4 vs 9 play each other.
3rd seed, who had earned a 1st round bye, plays winner of 6 vs 7 game.
Third round:
1st and 2nd seeds get two byes and play the second round winners.
The Big West will move the BWT to The Honda Center, for the 2011 tournament. I hope they don't have this CYA format. If a team isn't good enough to finish in the top 8, they shouldn't be in the BWT.
Degree Required?
I thought a college degree was required to be a college coach. But it appears that San Diego St.'s Coach Fred Chmiel doesn't have a college degree.
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