Top 13 coaches from mid-majors

[BrunoMars420]

2025 college basketball coaching carousel: 13 mid-major candidates primed for promotion ahead of next season

If we don’t get McCollum there are a couple of good options currently from what I’ve been researching. Here is a good article to hopefully calm some of your fears.

My top 3 outside of McCollum are:
Ryan Odom from VCU
Alan Huss from High Point
Will Wade McNeese St.

 

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

2025 college basketball coaching carousel: 13 mid-major candidates primed for promotion ahead of next season

If we don’t get McCollum there are a couple of good options currently from what I’ve been researching. Here is a good article to hopefully calm some of your fears.

My top 3 outside of McCollum are:
Ryan Odom from VCU
Alan Huss from High Point
Will Wade McNeese St.

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[RayRay3454]

Just get an adequate coach - nil fund is what matters

 

[HawkeyeGenius]

2025 college basketball coaching carousel: 13 mid-major candidates primed for promotion ahead of next season

If we don’t get McCollum there are a couple of good options currently from what I’ve been researching. Here is a good article to hopefully calm some of your fears.

My top 3 outside of McCollum are:
Ryan Odom from VCU
Alan Huss from High Point
Will Wade McNeese St.

Huss ranks like 224th in defensive efficiency. Really good offense though.

 

[Max_Rebo]

I would take a look at Anthony Grant. He had some shaky seasons when he was at Alabama, but he’s had a nice 8-year run at Dayton since then.

 

[TampaHawkfan]

Huss ranks like 224th in defensive efficiency. Really good offense though.

Sounds familiar.

 

[Garbanzo Joe]

Takayo Siddle at UNC Wilmington is only 38 and has 4 consecutive 20 win seasons in just 5 years as a head coach. Was an assistant at NC State when they ripped off 3 consecutive 20 win seasons and then the Wolfpack dipped when he left for UNCW. His teams are generally around 150 in defensive efficiency and top 70 in rebounding rate over the past 3 years.

 

[BigAssTurkeyLeg]

Takayo Siddle at UNC Wilmington is only 38 and has 4 consecutive 20 win seasons in just 5 years as a head coach. Was an assistant at NC State when they ripped off 3 consecutive 20 win seasons and then the Wolfpack dipped when he left for UNCW. His teams are generally around 150 in defensive efficiency and top 70 in rebounding rate over the past 3 years.

I think he’d be a good hire, Beth should reach out at least

 

[Titanhawk2]

Just get an adequate coach - nil fund is what matters

We had one, but we didn't seem to be bitching about the NIL as much at the time

 

[HawkLogic]

We had one, but we didn't seem to be bitching about the NIL as much at the time

No he wasn't adequate because he did nothing to raise NIL, just went out and got himself extensions. He will be able to prove
his market value at his next job. Do you think he's get $3.5 million/yr like he was going to make at Iowa next year? I'll take the under.

 

[curtisj157]

2025 college basketball coaching carousel: 13 mid-major candidates primed for promotion ahead of next season

If we don’t get McCollum there are a couple of good options currently from what I’ve been researching. Here is a good article to hopefully calm some of your fears.

My top 3 outside of McCollum are:
Ryan Odom from VCU
Alan Huss from High Point
Will Wade McNeese St.

I’m in for Will Wade over Devries and the rest.

 

[Max_Rebo]

I’m in for Will Wade over Devries and the rest.

I'd have no problem with Wade, but he seems like the type of coach who is going to thrive best in an NIL-rich environment. And that ain't Iowa.

 

[Max_Rebo]

There are several guys mentioned in the posts above who I could get excited about.

I mean, the first time someone mentioned Ben McCollum to me, I was like, "meh." But then I learned more, and I can see the potential. There's lots of guys like that.

 

[nu2u]

Takayo Siddle at UNC Wilmington is only 38 and has 4 consecutive 20 win seasons in just 5 years as a head coach. Was an assistant at NC State when they ripped off 3 consecutive 20 win seasons and then the Wolfpack dipped when he left for UNCW. His teams are generally around 150 in defensive efficiency and top 70 in rebounding rate over the past 3 years.

An excellent coach from what I’ve seen and read. He’s a riser but you don’t want to take the cake out of the oven too soon!

 

[curtisj157]

I'd have no problem with Wade, but he seems like the type of coach who is going to thrive best in an NIL-rich environment. And that ain't Iowa.

We have no option but to become a NIL-rich environment. No choice. Or fold the damn program because we’ll never be competitive. Beth and the new coach need to build those relationships.

 

[Ronman]

I have stated this on more than one occasion....I don't care who Iowa hires (outside of Rick Pitino or Bruce Pearl, which ain't gonna happen), with the new, expanded B1G, Iowa will never be more than a middle of the pack program, if that. Yes, I am a bit of a pessimist, but there are too many very good basketball programs in the league now. Hell, we couldn't win a conference title when there were only ten teams and now we think we should be winning one when there are eighteen teams?!? Good luck with that!

 

[Metuo Accipiter]

I have stated this on more than one occasion....I don't care who Iowa hires (outside of Rick Pitino or Bruce Pearl, which ain't gonna happen), with the new, expanded B1G, Iowa will never be more than a middle of the pack program, if that. Yes, I am a bit of a pessimist, but there are too many very good basketball programs in the league now. Hell, we couldn't win a conference title when there were only ten teams and now we think we should be winning one when there are eighteen teams?!? Good luck with that!

So, do you think Purdue has some sort of built in advantages we don’t have? Or do they just have the right coach?

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Of the names from that list, aside from McCollum of course, I would consider:

Robert Jones
Drew Valentine
Eric Olen

 

[Garbanzo Joe]

An excellent coach from what I’ve seen and read. He’s a riser but you don’t want to take the cake out of the oven too soon!

If you really believe that the program is in full zombie mode due to the underfunded NIL this is they type of hire we will get. Swing for the fence with an unproven guy that has done something with very little and see where you at in 3 years.

 

[Herky T Hawk]

This shouldn’t be hard. You go after BM. Don't have to invest much in a buyout and should be a cheaper contract than a bigger name, saving money for putting into the team.

NIL will come with excitement in the program, which comes with wins. You need a coach that can win games without having the best talent on the floor to build that excitement and then improve NIL to buy better talent in the future. How about a guy that won his mid-major conference in his first year with a bunch of D2 transfers? A guy that has won several national titles at a lower level and has already shown an ability to build a program up to that level? A guy that adapts his in-game coaching to the players he has on the roster?

Maybe I’m wrong and he will crash and burn. But I’d like to give him a chance because winners usually win at every level. He won 30 games and the MVC in his first year with a roster put together with duct tape and paper clips. Only one guy remained from the previous season when Devries was coaching them to 2nd in the MVC.

Also, I was not sad at all that Devries is going to Indiana instead of Iowa. In 7 years as a head coach he’s made the tourney 3 times with only a first four win. And two of those appearances were with his son on the team, who should be playing at a higher level than Drake instead of dominating the MVC. That doesn’t scream star coach to me. Good coach, yes. But not something that I’m going to cry over losing. And I have a feeling Indiana may have buyers remorse within the next 5 years.

 

[mro1978]

Huss ranks like 224th in defensive efficiency. Really good offense though.

sounds vaguely familiar especially if his team can't rebound

 

[BrunoMars420]

2025 college basketball coaching carousel: 13 mid-major candidates primed for promotion ahead of next season

If we don’t get McCollum there are a couple of good options currently from what I’ve been researching. Here is a good article to hopefully calm some of your fears.

My top 3 outside of McCollum are:
Ryan Odom from VCU
Alan Huss from High Point
Will Wade McNeese St.

I’m out on Alan Huss lol

 

[HeHateHeels]

I’m out on Alan Huss lol

Ryan Odom seems like a lock for UVA based on whats been reported. And they seem like a perfect match for one another. Odom’s dad Dave was an assistant at UVA for years under Coach Terry Holland back in the 80s prior to taking over at Wake Forest with much success. So Ryan Odom basically grew up in Hoo’ville (Charlottesville for the uninitiated).

And Will Wade has already acknowledged he’s accepted the job at NC State, who have also publicly announced it. Tobacco Road is about to get much more interesting.

Huss at High Point, and Siddle at UNC Wilmington, however, both look like good bets in the next wave of up and comers. If the Drake coach, Ben McCollum doesn’t happen, Iowa should take a good look at both of those two. Somebody’s going to.