Head coach speculation for 2022-23

[NYGFan_Section208]

Please....no NOHEHOHs...joe mazzerati is a NOHEHOH.

[theblueram]

Anyone mention Grant McCasland from North Texas?

[rjv]

UNC Wilmington Takayo Siddle. Does not have name recognition young with limited head coach experience
Middle Tennessee Nick McDevitt. Has coaching experience.
These are not big name but maybe if successful will not jump ship as fast.

[NYGFan_Section208]

How 'bout Phil Ne'erherdovim? Or his mentor Johnny Whotheheckzat?

[bigappleram]

Regina Philangy is a name I'm hearing more

[rambone 78]

Whodafuckknows is a hot name right now.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Whodafuckknows is a hot name right now.

Seems to come up every time there's an opening...just never seals the deal tho

[kal-65]

IIMO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SNOWBALLS CHANCE IN HELL TO LAND PITINO

HE IS BEING HEAVLY RUMORED FOR THE MARYLAND COACHING POSITION

[NYGFan_Section208]

IIMO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SNOWBALLS CHANCE IN HELL TO LAND PITINO

HE IS BEING HEAVLY RUMORED FOR THE MARYLAND COACHING POSITION

I'm sorry....a little louder, please? Maybe a bigger font?

[Rhodymob05]

https://www.audacy.com/thefandc/sports/ ... ick-pitino

[NYGFan_Section208]

https://www.audacy.com/thefandc/sports/ ... ick-pitino

It's interesting that they refer to his Lville title being vacated, but still call him a two time natty winner. Must get the HTTs shorts in a serious bunch.

[rambone 78]

Pitino has said that Iona would be his final stop......whoopsie

[NYGFan_Section208]

Pitino has said that Iona would be his final stop......whoopsie

It will be. Unless something he likes better comes along. Lol, Hurls looked right at my wife and me one day and said he'd not leave Rhody unless "something came up in the NBA"....coaches gonna coachspeak.

[SmartyBarrett]

UMass clearly trying to poach Cox from URI.

In all seriousness, this is *probably* Mark Schmidt. He has Massachusetts ties, and he's the only one that really makes sense here (maybe Mooney?).

[SGreenwell]

According to a Buffalo News article from November 2021, Schmidt makes about $900k - not sure if that's base pay, or pay plus bonus, similar to how URI lets the head coach keep the gate from one game per year. So, $1.8M would be a pretty significant bump. (It would also explain the oddness of that number - Why not $2M? Because $1.8M is a simple 2x.)

[theblueram]

Prep Scouting on Twitter? Sounds like good info.

[Rhodymob05]

Wow. This will create some fun.

[Jersey77]

UMass clearly trying to poach Cox from URI.

In all seriousness, this is *probably* Mark Schmidt. He has Massachusetts ties, and he's the only one that really makes sense here (maybe Mooney?).

Not sure how reliable this is, let's see how it plays out.
Mark Schmidt has been with the Bonnies for 15 years; would he go to A10 rival UMass.

[reef]

UMass clearly trying to poach Cox from URI.

In all seriousness, this is *probably* Mark Schmidt. He has Massachusetts ties, and he's the only one that really makes sense here (maybe Mooney?).

Not sure how reliable this is, let's see how it plays out.
Mark Schmidt has been with the Bonnies for 15 years; would he go to A10 rival UMass.

He is a Massachusetts native and played @ BC , I would think a great chance he would go there for 1.8 M and I’m sure he losing all his seniors at Bona does he really want to rebuild ??

[NYGFan_Section208]

UMass clearly trying to poach Cox from URI.

Thanks SB...this actually made me lol....

[rhodylaw]

Pitino, Mack or Miller. Anyone of the three and I am happy. UMass paying 1.8 mil is big.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Pitino, Mack or Miller. Anyone of the three and I am happy. UMass paying 1.8 mil is big.

Totally agree. Hopefully it forces our hand to be better...maybe not 1.8M better, but better than whatever it is.

[PlayMikeMotenMore]

Pitino, Mack or Miller. Anyone of the three and I am happy. UMass paying 1.8 mil is big.

Enough already. Slick Rick is not making the HUGE jump from Iona to URI. Why would he?

You folks will be the first to complain when Thorr hires somebody other than Rick. He's not walking thru that door...get it out of your head.

[steveystuds06]

Pitino, Mack or Miller. Anyone of the three and I am happy. UMass paying 1.8 mil is big.

Enough already. Slick Rick is not making the HUGE jump from Iona to URI. Why would he?

You folks will be the first to complain when Thorr hires somebody other than Rick. He's not walking thru that door...get it out of your head.

Most on here want Archie. We all know Pitino is not coming

[theblueram]

Pitino, Mack or Miller. Anyone of the three and I am happy. UMass paying 1.8 mil is big.

Enough already. Slick Rick is not making the HUGE jump from Iona to URI. Why would he?

You folks will be the first to complain when Thorr hires somebody other than Rick. He's not walking thru that door...get it out of your head.

Ever met Rick?

[SmartyBarrett]

UMass clearly trying to poach Cox from URI.

In all seriousness, this is *probably* Mark Schmidt. He has Massachusetts ties, and he's the only one that really makes sense here (maybe Mooney?).

Not sure how reliable this is, let's see how it plays out.
Mark Schmidt has been with the Bonnies for 15 years; would he go to A10 rival UMass.

UMass fans seem to think it's reliable that they WANT Schmidt. I would be shocked if anything comes of it, though.

[Rhody74]

Wasn’t Schmidt considered for BC a couple of years ago.

[Rhodymob05]

Pitino is just fun to talk about. That would amazing. I just can't get into Grasso. He's done a great job in Smithfield, but its difficult to see someone that coached in the NEC and expect him to recruit at a high level and WIN in the A10. Am I crazy?

[URI_05]

Pitino is just fun to talk about. That would amazing. I just can't get into Grasso. He's done a great job in Smithfield, but its difficult to see someone that coached in the NEC and expect him to recruit at a high level and WIN in the A10. Am I crazy?

Nope. Not crazy. I doubt any alumni who aren’t from RI would even mention him. I know I wouldn’t.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Pitino is just fun to talk about. That would amazing. I just can't get into Grasso. He's done a great job in Smithfield, but its difficult to see someone that coached in the NEC and expect him to recruit at a high level and WIN in the A10. Am I crazy?

It would be beyond amazing. Archie (or Mack) would be awesome, but the Rick would stand this place on it's head. No one else would jumpstart season tix sales like he would. Keep the dream alive...

[Jersey77]

Wasn’t Schmidt considered for BC a couple of years ago.

Not positive, but I think he was actually considered twice, recently and back when they hired Chrisitan.

[ramster]

Pitino is just fun to talk about. That would amazing. I just can't get into Grasso. He's done a great job in Smithfield, but its difficult to see someone that coached in the NEC and expect him to recruit at a high level and WIN in the A10. Am I crazy?

It would be beyond amazing. Archie (or Mack) would be awesome, but the Rick would stand this place on it's head. No one else would jumpstart season tix sales like he would. Keep the dream alive...

Pitino to Maryland has some legs.
Cooley to Maryland also in the grapevines.
Imagine Cooley to Maryland, Pitino back to PC? What a nightmare that would be for some URI fans.

Imagine we could have had Pitino 4 years ago?

[McRam]

I'm thinking Schmidt would clearly be a great hire. This is clearly a coach that must a great recruiter to be able to land talent in Olean. Also, seems excellent at developing players and their teams seems to get better as the year goes on.

But, guessing if he is moving on it will be to a P5 school. Hope the Bonnies season ends sooner than later so we are able to give it a good shot.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Pitino is just fun to talk about. That would amazing. I just can't get into Grasso. He's done a great job in Smithfield, but its difficult to see someone that coached in the NEC and expect him to recruit at a high level and WIN in the A10. Am I crazy?

It would be beyond amazing. Archie (or Mack) would be awesome, but the Rick would stand this place on it's head. No one else would jumpstart season tix sales like he would. Keep the dream alive...

Pitino to Maryland has some legs.
Cooley to Maryland also in the grapevines.
Imagine Cooley to Maryland, Pitino back to PC? What a nightmare that would be for some URI fans.

Imagine we could have had Pitino 4 years ago?

Yeah, I wonder if there was anyone that really thought Cox would be a more successful hire. Never underestimate the power of the htt-ers, I guess.

[reef]

Pitino is just fun to talk about. That would amazing. I just can't get into Grasso. He's done a great job in Smithfield, but its difficult to see someone that coached in the NEC and expect him to recruit at a high level and WIN in the A10. Am I crazy?

It would be beyond amazing. Archie (or Mack) would be awesome, but the Rick would stand this place on it's head. No one else would jumpstart season tix sales like he would. Keep the dream alive...

Pitino to Maryland has some legs.
Cooley to Maryland also in the grapevines.
Imagine Cooley to Maryland, Pitino back to PC? What a nightmare that would be for some URI fans.

Imagine we could have had Pitino 4 years ago?

I think if Pitino does leave Iona this year it will be for a Maryland type job for a lot of cash

[giovanni]

When Danny left, wasn't their a rumor that URI may have reached out to Schmidt to gauge his interest? He did play at BC, but he's from North Attleboro, so technically he grew up closer to RI than to UMass . He's definitely an excellent coach but seems very content at Bonnie's

[Jersey77]

When Danny left, wasn't their a rumor that URI may have reached out to Schmidt to gauge his interest? He did play at BC, but he's from North Attleboro, so technically he grew up closer to RI than to UMass . He's definitely an excellent coach but seems very content at Bonnie's

You never know, but it will surprise me if Schmidt leaves for another A10 job.

[ramster]

UMASS with many of the same coaches in discussions as we have. Archie, Becker…….
Bamford at a press conference yesterday said they have more money now for going after a HC that they had 5 years ago.
He wants HC in place by the end of March.

He's quoted saying: “We have the ability to go beyond where we’ve been in the past [financially]. It could be significantly above where we have been. We’re going to be in the top 4 in this league…in terms of our commitment to resources in this program.”

https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/vie ... &start=375

[steviep123]

I wonder if they'll try for that same coach (from Winthrop) that initially accepted then changed his mind before McCall?

Also wondering if Weeks wants to transfer to URI and also if Tyson would come here to coach. Remember, Wheeler had an interview scheduled right after his UMass interview and UMass offered the job on the spot.

[Rhody74]

I wonder if they'll try for that same coach (from Winthrop) that initially accepted then changed his mind before McCall?

Also wondering if Weeks wants to transfer to URI and also if Tyson would come here to coach. Remember, Wheeler had an interview scheduled right after his UMass interview and UMass offered the job on the spot.

While I would love to see Tyson at URI it has to be as an upgrade to our current coaching staff.

[ramster]

Pat Kelsey went from Winthrop to college of Charleston last year. UMASS was not happy when Kelsey backed out. Same AD at UMASS who got burned by Kelsey.

[RhowdyRam02]

I wonder if they'll try for that same coach (from Winthrop) that initially accepted then changed his mind before McCall?

Also wondering if Weeks wants to transfer to URI and also if Tyson would come here to coach. Remember, Wheeler had an interview scheduled right after his UMass interview and UMass offered the job on the spot.

Pat Kelsey has since moved onto College of Charleston. It's the same AD as before, so I'd think he'd have no interest in dealing with Kelsey. Rumor on the UMass message board is Kelsey backed out due to players were getting paid under Kellogg and didn't want to walk into that potential mess. Seems like that would be resolved now, but would he want to go to a program that's still so messed up?

[Jersey77]

In case our "splash " candidates fall through, we should also take a serious look at Matt Langel (Colgate).
This season would be his 4th NCAAT in a row if 2020 wasn't cancelled.
He is a 3X Patriot COY.
Also spent 6 years as an assistant under Fran Dunphy.

I would put him way above Skerry or Grasso.

[kal-65]

pitino recently said he is not interested in the maryland job;further stated he is totally committed to iona and his players

that being the case,dooley screwed up 4 years ago--i don't know if pitinos' nose was growing when he made those statements

[RhowdyRam02]

pitino recently said he is not interested in the maryland job;further stated he is totally committed to iona and his players

that being the case,dooley screwed up 4 years ago--i don't know if pitinos' nose was growing when he made those statements

If Pitino's mouth was moving or his hands were typing he was lying

[steviep123]

In case our "splash " candidates fall through, we should also take a serious look at Matt Langel (Colgate).
This season would be his 4th NCAAT in a row if 2020 wasn't cancelled.
He is a 3X Patriot COY.
Also spent 6 years as an assistant under Fran Dunphy.

I would put him way above Skerry or Grasso.

There are many candidates I would want above Skerry for sure. Langel included. While I don't know the scene as well as others, he does seem like an up and comer. Skerry has done little at Townson, so I don't know why he's considered a name.

[adam914]

In case our "splash " candidates fall through, we should also take a serious look at Matt Langel (Colgate).
This season would be his 4th NCAAT in a row if 2020 wasn't cancelled.
He is a 3X Patriot COY.
Also spent 6 years as an assistant under Fran Dunphy.

I would put him way above Skerry or Grasso.

There are many candidates I would want above Skerry for sure. Langel included. While I don't know the scene as well as others, he does seem like an up and comer. Skerry has done little at Townson, so I don't know why he's considered a name.

I REALLY hope Skerry is just being mentioned because of the past connection here and not because of any actual interest on our part.

[Jersey77]

In case our "splash " candidates fall through, we should also take a serious look at Matt Langel (Colgate).
This season would be his 4th NCAAT in a row if 2020 wasn't cancelled.
He is a 3X Patriot COY.
Also spent 6 years as an assistant under Fran Dunphy.

I would put him way above Skerry or Grasso.

There are many candidates I would want above Skerry for sure. Langel included. While I don't know the scene as well as others, he does seem like an up and comer. Skerry has done little at Townson, so I don't know why he's considered a name.

I REALLY hope Skerry is just being mentioned because of the past connection here and not because of any actual interest on our part.

Not a fan of Grasso either, there are so many candidates I would put ahead of him.

[PeterRamTime]

Ya know it's great to see the board alive again!

Life is already being breathed into our program on speculation alone!

[adam914]

There are many candidates I would want above Skerry for sure. Langel included. While I don't know the scene as well as others, he does seem like an up and comer. Skerry has done little at Townson, so I don't know why he's considered a name.

I REALLY hope Skerry is just being mentioned because of the past connection here and not because of any actual interest on our part.

Not a fan of Grasso either, there are so many candidates I would put ahead of him.

Yep, same here!