in wooden's Minn IAC we have one opening in Carleton.   http://www.whatifsports.com/hd/TeamProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=3792

I know (and appreciate) all about the passion everyone of the Big 4 has, but could some of the Wooden D III vets give an honest ranking of the overall gravitas and pecking order of the major Wooden D III conferences?

Upstate is the top no questions asked, nobody is touching them.

Michigan, Minnesota and Midwest really take turns as 2-4 depending on the season. Both have 2-3 teams that are always a top 3 seed at worst, the national champ usually rotates between the 4 conferences and they all make a lot of post season money every year.

You really can't go wrong in any of them, just depends where a job is open...of course what sucks about those 3 conferences (and part of Upstate) is they are all right on top of each other so recruiting is really really intense, and at a bad school like Carleton you have very little to work with by the time players drop to you.

Although mjp is right for the most part, jack_duck just won the NT coming out of the Midwest in his fourth (I think) season. Took out a couple Wooden elites on his way. So it's possible, albeit difficult.

And yes, come join the MIAC!  Great group of coaches.