Tuesday, April 17, 2018

First D1 head coaching job was in a Power 5 Conference

List of  head coaches whose first D1 head coaching job was in a Power 5 Conference(ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC)

ACC

Itoro Umoh-Coleman-Clemson
Lance White- Pittsburgh

Big 10

Coquese Washingto-Penn St.

Big 12

Kim Mulkey-Baylor
Sherri Coale- Oklahoma
Mike Carey-West Virginia

Pac-12

Tia Jackson-Washington
Mike Neighbors-Washington
Niya Butts-Arizona
Adia Barnes-Arizona
Kathy Olivier-UCLA
Nikki Caldwell-UCLA
Cori Close-UCLA
LaVonda Wagner
*Scott Rueck-Oregon St. D3 HC

SEC

Joni Taylor-Georgia
Holly Warlick-Tennessee
Mickie DeMoss-Florida-hired in 1979
*Stephanie White-Vanderbilt.  Former WNBA HC.


Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Black Male Head Coaches Hirings

Since Jason Flowers was hired as HC at Cal State Northridge in 2010-11, there has been at least one black male HC hired, at non HBCU's.  These are first time D1 head coaches only.  So, a jerk like Kenny Brooks, who went from JMU to Va. Tech are not included.

2010-11
Jason Flowers Cal St. Northridge

2011-12
Greg McCall Cal St. Bakersfield
Oties Epps Evansville

2012-13
Fred Applin Chareleston Southern

2013-14
Terry Flower South Alabama

2014-15
Ronald Hughey Houston

2015 -16
Bernard Scott Detroit
Marlin Chinn FIU
Darrick Gibbs North Florida

2016-17
Travis Mays- SMU
Errol Gauff Southeastern Louisiana

2017-18
James Howard Georgetown

2018-19
Darnell Haney Jacksonville
Marc Mitchell St. Peter's