Louisiana Tech's A.D. calls the opening at the school "the hottest job around."  Of courses, it's the only job opening as well.  

Mike White is taking two of his assistants to Florida with him.  The La. Tech players are petitioning for the remaining assistant, Dusty May, to get the job. 

The A.D. may, however, be looking for a bigger name.  He said that, in their last hire, they got Michael White, the 2nd assistant at Ole Miss.  He wants to look at head coaches from successful mid-major programs, or top assistants from power schools. 

With the hiring of Miami assistant Eric Konkul at Louisana Tech,  all DI positions are now filled for 2015-16

With the hiring of Miami assistant Eric Konkul at Louisana Tech,  all DI positions are now filled for 2015-16

The Bulls are quietly confident that Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg will accept an offer to become their next head coach, according to multiple league sources.

News of mutual interest between Hoiberg, who played for the Bulls for four of his 10 NBA seasons and is a close friend of general manager Gar Forman, and Chicago isn't a surprise. He has close relationships with several people in the Bulls' front office and is well regarded for his success in Ames.

Posted by alblack56 on 5/30/2015 5:50:00 AM (view original):

The Bulls are quietly confident that Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg will accept an offer to become their next head coach, according to multiple league sources.

News of mutual interest between Hoiberg, who played for the Bulls for four of his 10 NBA seasons and is a close friend of general manager Gar Forman, and Chicago isn't a surprise. He has close relationships with several people in the Bulls' front office and is well regarded for his success in Ames.

As a Bulls fan, I don't think I like this.

The Bulls introduced Hoiberg as their new coach today.

Now, Iowa State is in the market.  They have an outstanding group returning

Iowa State's administration is split over the direction to take to name a successor to Fred Hoiberg, multiple sources said.

As we reported on Friday, Iowa State assistant coach T.J. Otzelberger has a "full support" of Cyclones' athletic director Jamie Pollard, but several other sources said school president Dr. Steven Leath wants to hire a "brand name" for the position.

"He feels the level of the job has changed since Fred got here," one source said of Leath. "He wants to bring in someone with some pedigree. It's a battle of wills right now."

Another source told CBSSports.com that Pollard was going to meet with Iowa State's players Tuesday about the best possible way to fill the vacancy.

The Cyclones are a consensus top 10 team for next season and return three All-Big 12 players: Monte Morris, Georges Niang, and Jameel McKay.

The 'Ames Tribune' lists these as "names to watch" in the Iowa St. search
T.J.Otzelberger,  Iowa  St. asst.
Cornell Mann,  Iowa St. asst.
Jeff Hornachek ,  Phoenix Suns coach
Ben Jacobsen--   No. Iowa
Brad Underwood-  Stephen A. Austin
Greg Gard-  Wisconsin asst.
Doc Sadler-  So. Miss.
Kareen Richardson-  Mo- Kansas City
Fran Franschilla - ESPN analyst
Tim Floyd-   UTEP
Nirk Nurse-  Toronto Raptors asst

SBnation reports that the 3 leading candidates are:

Steve Prohm (Murray St.)
Brad Underwood (Stephen Austin)
Lindsey Hunter ( former assistant with the Suns and Warriors)

Matt McMahon, Murray State assistant, has been named their new coach. He replaces Steve Prohm, who went to Iowa St.

On May 27, McMahon agreed to become the assistant at Louisiana Tech.  13 days later, he accepted the Murray job and will remain in Kentucky

Jim Boeheim's last season at Syracuse will be the 2017-18 season.   The school announced today that long-time assistant Mike Hopkins will take over at that time