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Miles was 116-114 (52-76 Big Ten) in seven seasons with one NCAA Tournament appearance. His win total was third-highest in program history, but his winning percentage (.504) is bettern than only one coach (Barry Collier) since 1964.

Miles will be owed $105,000 per month through March 2021 -- or about $2.5 million -- though that amount would decrease if Miles takes another job before then.
 
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I thought Miles did a terrific job under his circumstances. I think he elevated the program and was a good “in game” coach.

Who are they going to get that can elevate that program even more? I imagine that recruiting to Lincoln would be very difficult.
 
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TKingpin said:
I thought Miles did a terrific job under his circumstances. I think he elevated the program and was a good “in game” coach.

Who are they going to get that can elevate that program even more? I imagine that recruiting to Lincoln would be very difficult.
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Miles struggled offensively with his teams. Defense was fine for the most part.

Miles also got some great talent to Lincoln, but he struggled to keep a lot of it which led to a lot of depth issues. He also had problems keeping assistants on staff. There seemed to be personality conflicts among his coaching staff quite often.

Miles was a great person, and a great media personality, but after seven years he is who he is. If the school does have Hoiberg locked up, then you make the move.
 
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NU Announces Men's Basketball Coaching Change
By NU Athletic Communications
| 03/26/2019
Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos announced today that the University of Nebraska will search for a new head coach for its men’s basketball program. The decision to end Head Coach Tim Miles’ employment came after consulting with University leaders, and Moos has begun the process to find the next head coach of the men’s basketball program.

Moos will be available for a news conference at 4 p.m. today in the West Memorial Stadium Sixth Floor (Don Bryant Press Box).

“Tim Miles is a good basketball coach who has put his heart, soul and energy into the Nebraska men’s basketball program over the past seven years,” Moos said. “Ultimately, we have not maintained a level of consistent success and stability on the court, and after a full review I have made the decision to move in another direction for the leadership of our program.”

Miles guided the Huskers to a 19-17 record in 2018-19, capped by a loss at TCU on Sunday in the National Invitation Tournament. Miles finished his Nebraska career with a 116-114 record in his seven seasons at the helm. He coached the Huskers to one NCAA Tournament appearance (2014) and two trips to the NIT (2018, 2019). Miles helped Nebraska to a pair of fourth-place finishes in the Big Ten Conference, but the Huskers finished 10th or lower in the league standings five times.

Moos said he will focus his search on finding a head coach who will put the Huskers in the best position to be competitive in the Big Ten Conference and nationally. Moos hopes Nebraska is able to move quickly in its search for a new head coach, but his primary focus is finding the right fit.

“I am confident there will be strong interest from the coaching community about the opportunity to lead our men’s basketball program,” Moos said. “We are fully committed to providing the necessary resources to position our basketball program for success on the conference and national level. I expect to find a head coach who will elevate Nebraska basketball to new heights.”

Statement from Coach Tim Miles:

“Thank you to the University of Nebraska for a remarkable journey. It was a great honor to represent this University the past seven years. I am extremely proud of what we were able to accomplish during my tenure, most notably developing relationships with so many fantastic people associated with the Huskers.

“A special thank you and deep gratitude to our players and parents who have been with us and supported us over the years. Thanks to our coaches, legends, alumni and to all of the support staff who interact with our program on a daily basis and made the experience one I will always cherish.

“To the fans, students and supporters who make Pinnacle Bank Arena such an incredible venue, much respect and thank you as well.

“My family will always be cheering for the Huskers and look forward to seeing #Nebrasketball make history in the near future. GBR!”

Tim Miles
 
Hoiberg might be the worst-kept secret in the country, but if it is not him......some other names on the board for Nebraska might be:

Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
Chris Jans, New Mexico State
Kelvin Sampson, Houston
Nate Oats, Buffalo
Steve Forbes, East Tennessee State
Craig Smith, Utah State
Tyronn Lue, former Cleveland Cavaliers coach
Ben Howland, Mississippi State
Thad Matta, former Ohio State coach
Eric Musselman, Nevada
Steve Wojciechowski, Marquette
Johnny Dawkins, Central Florida
Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech
Porter Moser, Loyola Chicago
TJ Otzelberger, South Dakota State
 
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So I don't get this at all. Hoiberg is willing to come back to the NCAA level, which seems to fly in the face of what ISU fans told us on this site.

I'm still 100% convinced that ISU fans want Hoiberg more than anybody else as a coach, but I guess they decided to double down on Prohm given the Alabama angle.
 
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Alum-Ni said:
TKingpin said:
I thought Miles did a terrific job under his circumstances. I think he elevated the program and was a good “in game” coach.

Who are they going to get that can elevate that program even more? I imagine that recruiting to Lincoln would be very difficult.
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Miles struggled offensively with his teams. Defense was fine for the most part.

Miles also got some great talent to Lincoln, but he struggled to keep a lot of it which led to a lot of depth issues. He also had problems keeping assistants on staff. There seemed to be personality conflicts among his coaching staff quite often.

Miles was a great person, and a great media personality, but after seven years he is who he is. If the school does have Hoiberg locked up, then you make the move.
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Qualities that might make him a good assistant coach at Iowa?
 
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Now that is how you manage a buyout---total of $2.5 million to send him packing.

Little bit of bad luck did him in---Copeland got hurt and B1G was
a much tougher conference to compete in this year. Last year he
had really good B1G record, but the RPI system did him in.

Miles is better coach than Lickliter. So he's got that going for him.
 
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Alum-Ni said:
Hoiberg might be the worst-kept secret in the country, but if it is not him......some other names on the board for Nebraska might be:

Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
Chris Jans, New Mexico State
Kelvin Sampson, Houston
Nate Oats, Buffalo
Steve Forbes, East Tennessee State
Craig Smith, Utah State
Tyronn Lue, former Cleveland Cavaliers coach
Ben Howland, Mississippi State
Thad Matta, former Ohio State coach
Eric Musselman, Nevada
Steve Wojciechowski, Marquette
Johnny Dawkins, Central Florida
Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech
Porter Moser, Loyola Chicago
TJ Otzelberger, South Dakota State
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A few of those aren’t very realistic but yeah I could see some of them.

I’ve always heard Lebron has had Lue to be the puppet coach for the Kakers next year like he was for the Cavs. Is that something Nebraska fans have heard about their former player or do they think he might come “home” if given the opportunity?
 
Alum-Ni said:
Hoiberg might be the worst-kept secret in the country, but if it is not him......some other names on the board for Nebraska might be:

Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
Chris Jans, New Mexico State
Kelvin Sampson, Houston
Nate Oats, Buffalo
Steve Forbes, East Tennessee State
Craig Smith, Utah State
Tyronn Lue, former Cleveland Cavaliers coach
Ben Howland, Mississippi State
Thad Matta, former Ohio State coach
Eric Musselman, Nevada
Steve Wojciechowski, Marquette
Johnny Dawkins, Central Florida
Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech
Porter Moser, Loyola Chicago
TJ Otzelberger, South Dakota State
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Craig Smith and Chris Jans stand out to me.
 
CO_hawk said:
Craig Smith and Chris Jans stand out to me.
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Not sure Jans or some of those other guys would leave for Nebraska...even if it meant a little more money. They have pretty good situations. Lincoln isn't exactly known as a basketball town and you have to compete in the B1G. Some of them will probably look for a better opp.
 
owenhawk said:
A few of those aren’t very realistic but yeah I could see some of them.

I’ve always heard Lebron has had Lue to be the puppet coach for the Kakers next year like he was for the Cavs. Is that something Nebraska fans have heard about their former player or do they think he might come “home” if given the opportunity?
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I would say most fans really wouldn't be keen on Lue because he really is an unknown as a coach.....and has never coached at the collegiate level.
 
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AD is holding his press conference now.....says Nebraska is probably 7-14 days away from hiring a coach. He has spoken with Hoiberg, but won't comment on what level of interest Hoiberg might have. Says he has also spoken to 3 or 4 other individuals so far about the job and will likely speak to more as teams are eliminated from postseason runs.
 
Alum-Ni said:
Hoiberg might be the worst-kept secret in the country, but if it is not him......some other names on the board for Nebraska might be:

Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
Chris Jans, New Mexico State
Kelvin Sampson, Houston
Nate Oats, Buffalo
Steve Forbes, East Tennessee State
Craig Smith, Utah State
Tyronn Lue, former Cleveland Cavaliers coach
Ben Howland, Mississippi State
Thad Matta, former Ohio State coach
Eric Musselman, Nevada
Steve Wojciechowski, Marquette
Johnny Dawkins, Central Florida
Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech
Porter Moser, Loyola Chicago
TJ Otzelberger, South Dakota State
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I am thinking Otzelberger will be the next Husker coach.
 
Honestly I don’t see them stealing a coach from another power 5 conference.

Negatives: They have just a shade more than zero history in basketball. They haven’t had all that much recent success. A good coach at smaller programs didn’t succeed there in 7 years. They have the worst native recruiting ground in the conference. They are in a tough conference to compete in when trying to build up a program.

Positives: They have invested in the program with the new arena. They’ve shown an ability to recruit decent players under Miles. They are in the Big Ten and have access to the money that goes with it.

That is the kind of situation that screams mid-major hire where a guy comes in and makes a lot of money if he doesn’t succeed before moving back to a mid-major or uses it as a springboard to a better job if he does.

I can’t believe Hoiberg would take the job as he hates recruiting. Good luck recruiting to Nebraska. I’m surprised UCLA hasn’t thrown a truckload of money at him. He could do great things at a school that recruits 4 and 5 star talent just by name. Plus he’d be at one of the top dog schools in the PAC 12 that gets the benefit of the doubt come NCAA selection time as opposed to one of the lower tier schools in the Big 10.
 
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Herky T Hawk said:
Honestly I don’t see them stealing a coach from another power 5 conference.

Negatives: They have just a shade more than zero history in basketball. They haven’t had all that much recent success. A good coach at smaller programs didn’t succeed there in 7 years. They have the worst native recruiting ground in the conference. They are in a tough conference to compete in when trying to build up a program.

Positives: They have invested in the program with the new arena. They’ve shown an ability to recruit decent players under Miles. They are in the Big Ten and have access to the money that goes with it.

That is the kind of situation that screams mid-major hire where a guy comes in and makes a lot of money if he doesn’t succeed before moving back to a mid-major or uses it as a springboard to a better job if he does.

I can’t believe Hoiberg would take the job as he hates recruiting. Good luck recruiting to Nebraska. I’m surprised UCLA hasn’t thrown a truckload of money at him. He could do great things at a school that recruits 4 and 5 star talent just by name. Plus he’d be at one of the top dog schools in the PAC 12 that gets the benefit of the doubt come NCAA selection time as opposed to one of the lower tier schools in the Big 10.
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Keep in mind Hoiberg was born in Lincoln, both his parents were raised in Lincoln, and his grandfather coached NU BB. He has family history with the town and university. That and he can make $4MM coaching a program that should have reasonable expectations.

It'd be a homerun hire if it happens!
 
AZHusker1979 said:
Wait a minute. Let me get this straight. You’re paying me a $500,000 bonus if I win just 8 games?”
-KF

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Really seven games, because one is a gimme every year. I’ll let you figure out which one that is. Crazy huh?!?!
 
Can’t imagine why Fred would want to go to Neb, Iowa, Minnesota or any of those. He’s used to the big stage. UCLA is closer to what he needs.
 
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HawkLogic said:
Now that is how you manage a buyout---total of $2.5 million to send him packing.

Little bit of bad luck did him in---Copeland got hurt and B1G was
a much tougher conference to compete in this year. Last year he
had really good B1G record, but the RPI system did him in.

Miles is better coach than Lickliter. So he's got that going for him.
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I prefer buyouts that are never paid, but that’s just me.
 
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