Posted by Iguana1 on 4/23/2012 7:11:00 PM (view original):
Va Tech seems to be an ugly situation.
Two of the three assistant coaches already had left and the third was expected to follow.  Combined with the resignation of the Director of Basketball Operations which is similar to a fourth assistant.
 

Seth Greenberg is hard to get along with, apparently, Plus, until just recently, Va. Tech's pay for their assistants was much lower than the rest of their conference.

Posted by Iguana1 on 4/24/2012 1:53:00 PM (view original):
Marquette Assistant Tony Benford is expected to be named Head Coach at North Texas.

Benford was one of the two finalists for the SMU job that went to Larry Brown. 

Benford has until Sunday to convince their sophomore star to stay in school. He's considering the NBA

Eustachy's move to Colorado State opened up a coaching job, and Tyndall's move to Southern Miss does the same for Morehead State.

Morehead is one of five programs currently with an opening; the others are Brown, Grambling, Illinois State and Virginia Tech. The Hokies' vacancy could entice a current sitting coach, meaning there could be another opening soon."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaab--college-basketball-coaching-carousel-continues-to-spin--leaving-just-leaving-open-jobs.html;_ylt=Aka_U5SPnjUGw6D1.ZLnstbevbYF

Posted by Iguana1 on 4/24/2012 5:20:00 PM (view original):
Doesn't sound like SMU will have the same problem with underpaid assistant coaches that Virginia Tech had.
Supposedly they have offered Illinois State coach Tim Jankovich a five-to-seven year guaranteed contract for $800,000 a year.

I did like Brown's reference to he can't wait to start practice.  "I'm talking about Practice".   Of course referring to Allen Iverson back in 2002 and his assertion that the then head coach of the Sixers, Larry Brown, was out-of-touch with the players of the day.

Posted by psuarva on 4/28/2012 5:49:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Iguana1 on 4/24/2012 5:20:00 PM (view original):
Doesn't sound like SMU will have the same problem with underpaid assistant coaches that Virginia Tech had.
Supposedly they have offered Illinois State coach Tim Jankovich a five-to-seven year guaranteed contract for $800,000 a year.

I did like Brown's reference to he can't wait to start practice.  "I'm talking about Practice".   Of course referring to Allen Iverson back in 2002 and his assertion that the then head coach of the Sixers, Larry Brown, was out-of-touch with the players of the day.

Of course SMU paid a lot for Brown's assistant.  He is the long term coach.   Brown could quit at any moment

Posted by alblack56 on 4/29/2012 9:47:00 AM (view original):

Posted by psuarva on 4/28/2012 5:49:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Iguana1 on 4/24/2012 5:20:00 PM (view original):
Doesn't sound like SMU will have the same problem with underpaid assistant coaches that Virginia Tech had.
Supposedly they have offered Illinois State coach Tim Jankovich a five-to-seven year guaranteed contract for $800,000 a year.

I did like Brown's reference to he can't wait to start practice.  "I'm talking about Practice".   Of course referring to Allen Iverson back in 2002 and his assertion that the then head coach of the Sixers, Larry Brown, was out-of-touch with the players of the day.

Of course SMU paid a lot for Brown's assistant.  He is the long term coach.   Brown could quit at any moment

..or stay forever just to prove 'em wrong.   I wouldn't want to the be the assistant  that Joe Paterno hired when he was 71.

Virginia Tech has promoted 5-year assistant James Johnson to head coach. Ironically, it was just 2 weeks after he'd left the school to take the assistant job at Clemson.  His only head coaching experience was for 1/2 of a  game at DIII Ferrum

From Fayobserver.com

Duke assistant Chris Collins has decided not to pursue the opening for a head coach at Illinois State, where his father, Doug, was a star player in the early 1970s.

"With my family legacy at Illinois State, I have a great love and strong emotional ties to the university," Collins said in a statement. "Illinois State is a terrific university with an excellent basketball tradition and future. I have a strong desire to be a head coach, but .... I came to the determination that it was not the right fit for me.
 
Doug Collins, the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, averaged 29.1 points in three seasons at Illinois State. He met his wife, Kathy, at the school, had his jersey retired after his final home game and was the No. 1 pick in the 1973 NBA draft.

The playing floor inside Redbird Arena was named "Doug Collins Court" five years ago, and the school unveiled a statue honoring him and his college coach, Will Robinson, in 2009.

"With my name on the court, my jersey up there and a statue out in front of the arena, it would be very difficult for Chris to be there," Doug told ESPNChicago.com on Monday. "If he didn't do well and they fired him, what would that do with the relationship I have with the university? What if he went in there and did well for two years and left, and they thought it was like a stepping stone somewhere else? I think they both mutually agreed as good of a fit as Chris might be there in a lot of ways, it would have been difficult for Chris to be his own man."

Chris Collins joined Duke's staff in 2000 and was promoted to associate head coach in 2008.