Not sure if this is a Twitter account to be believed, but they did have the Hobbs news.
Assistant Coach Search
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Yes. According to Richie and Mike’s prior podcasts, he appears to be one of several finalists for the position.
Any truth?
We know Young and Mitchell
Kevin Broadus, Georgetown assistant JT3, Binghamton HC 07-09, Maryland assistant under Turgeon, current Morgan St HC, would replace Hobbs DMV area
Matt Kingsley, Yale Assistant
Mike Quinn, Boston Assistant
JT3 and Turgeon both recruited at a high level.
I was thinking one of Young's assistants, James Johns, was a possibility over Young coming back, Johns led 2 AAU teams to national titles before Fairfield.
We know Young and Mitchell
Kevin Broadus, Georgetown assistant JT3, Binghamton HC 07-09, Maryland assistant under Turgeon, current Morgan St HC, would replace Hobbs DMV area
Matt Kingsley, Yale Assistant
Mike Quinn, Boston Assistant
JT3 and Turgeon both recruited at a high level.
I was thinking one of Young's assistants, James Johns, was a possibility over Young coming back, Johns led 2 AAU teams to national titles before Fairfield.
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MacConnell out?
So much for that.
Guess it'll be a "strange" hire after all.
So much for that.
Guess it'll be a "strange" hire after all.
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Is MacConnell sitting tight with the idea the Princeton job might be available sooner rather than later?
Macconnell was never verified as being interviewed another time here, he already interviewed here 3 to 4 years ago. People keep pumping that well, and there's nothing there.
Jere Quinn HC St Thomas More is his dad.
Matt Kingsley, from his Bio.
Kingsley has helped devise a scheme that has transformed Yale into one of the most potent offenses in the nation. In 2019-20, Yale set a school record with 265 three-pointers and were 26th in three-point field goal percentage. In 2018-19, the Bulldogs were eighth in Division I in assists per game, ninth in field goal percentage and 25th in points per game. In addition, Yale has led the Ivy League in assists in each of the last six years.
Kingsley has helped devise a scheme that has transformed Yale into one of the most potent offenses in the nation. In 2019-20, Yale set a school record with 265 three-pointers and were 26th in three-point field goal percentage. In 2018-19, the Bulldogs were eighth in Division I in assists per game, ninth in field goal percentage and 25th in points per game. In addition, Yale has led the Ivy League in assists in each of the last six years.
Matt Kingsley also coached through St Thomas More before Yale
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.Off that list Mitchell is only logical choice. Jay Young is still a head coach and even though will most likely be fired unless he has a huge turnaround, he still has an ego that he can turn it around.(if given the opportunity he should take it). Brodus doesnt make sense based on his issues at binghamton. Doesn't seem like a guy pikiell would risk having on his staff. Quinn and Kingsley are just silly. No connection to rutgers, Big 10 or pikiell..... On top of that coacing at yale is a completely different job than any other in the country outside of harvard and princeton....
All you message board assistant coaches.
Here is your chance to apply for the position
Here is your chance to apply for the position
All you message board assistant coaches.
Here is your chance to apply for the position
Guess I'll apply for the job and bring this to the interview
I guess you might say
throwing my hat in ring
All you message board assistant coaches.
Here is your chance to apply for the position
From the job post.
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I'll take it !!
I’ve heard an interesting name being talked about for the Operations role. Not ready to give it up yet, but if it were to come to fruition a lot of you would be pretty happy.
Geo Baker is an obvious guess
Quincy Douby, recent college grad
For the Yale coach, It's not about where you coach, it's about your basketball knowledge and ability as a recruiter/coach. And yes, there are good recruiters at every level.
I think some are.getting hung up on the connection to Pikiell as a absolute requirement...IMO, If they locate a good one I am pretty sure they would hire him. Can't be that inflexible.
Kevin Broadus is a good guy who was one of several people at Binghamton who made really bad decisions 14 or 15 years ago.
He's a heckuva assistant coach. Very plugged into the DMV (if recruiting that area is important to RU).
AHCIMO, they would have to mutually agree to go in another direction. Maybe it should happen. He lost 3 starters in the portal this off-season. Hard to recruit '24's this summer as a possible lame duck coach.
If he gets fired, it's really, really going to hurt his chances of getting another HC job.
Unless you have a fat buyout it's better to jump before your AD jumps you.
Does Fairfield really believe they will do much better with someone else? Jay certainly has struggled, but except for a few outlier years, it’s pretty consistent with what you can expect from Fairfield basketball. It’s not like Rick Pitino is suddenly going to show up tomorrow.
Fairfield opened a new facility last November - for that level it is very nice - I don't know much about Fairfield but I guess that would drive some expectations
It's kinda funny to look at and see how far the front-row seats are from the court - makes you appreciate the RAC where the front-row fans could reach out and touch a player if they wanted to.
KenPom gives out a Program Rank based mainly on past history of the program (with a few other minor factors) that give you an idea of the generals baseline of a program.
Fairfield's rank is #205.
Jay Young's teams have ranked 301, 309, 206, and 261.
Ed Cooley never got it done in the MAAC tournament but his teams were ranked 207, 210, 173, 118, and 104. The two years after he left they were 113 and 151. That's what Fairfield sees as possible, especially given the investment with the new arena. Not to say that Young has to reach those levels to keep his job, but if he was finishing in the 175-200 range I don't think he'd be on the hot seat.
If you're Fairfield you're probably better off cycling through coaches every 5-6 years trying to hit on the next Cooley than sticking with a guy for longer. Sydney Johnson got eight years but he also went 12-8 in the MAAC in year 5. If Young doesn't post a winning record this year I think he's out and I don't think that's crazy.
Fairfield's rank is #205.
Jay Young's teams have ranked 301, 309, 206, and 261.
Ed Cooley never got it done in the MAAC tournament but his teams were ranked 207, 210, 173, 118, and 104. The two years after he left they were 113 and 151. That's what Fairfield sees as possible, especially given the investment with the new arena. Not to say that Young has to reach those levels to keep his job, but if he was finishing in the 175-200 range I don't think he'd be on the hot seat.
If you're Fairfield you're probably better off cycling through coaches every 5-6 years trying to hit on the next Cooley than sticking with a guy for longer. Sydney Johnson got eight years but he also went 12-8 in the MAAC in year 5. If Young doesn't post a winning record this year I think he's out and I don't think that's crazy.
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With its academic profile, and now NIL, Fairfield is completely misaligned in the MAAC. I think they would love a Patriot invite, but it has not been tendered as yet.
Idk what the expectations are at Fairfield. Idk anything about their MBB budget.
Fairfield's previous coach was there eight seasons. Five of those seasons Fairfield was .500 or better in conference play. It would seem that the outlier years were the seasons Fairfield finished below .500 in conference play. Jay Young has been at Fairfield four seasons and has yet to have a .500 or better record in conference play. Maybe Young's teams have had injuries, maybe a key player or two had to be dismissed from school. I really don't know the situation.
Fairfield doesn't need Rick Pitino to show up tomorrow. They need Coach Young's teams to win more games or, at some point, they will ask him to leave and start a search that they hope will result in Fairfield hiring a coach who can win more consistently in the MAAC.
Hopefully, Coach Young can get it done.
Young leaving his HC position and going back to being an assistant at RU the program HE left to take the job might not help him to be considered for a HC position for a long time.
Maybe going to a top program might help, but I doubt returning as an assistant to Pike would be looked at as anything but a safe harbor move.
Would like to see him back, but think he would wind up hurting his chances to return to HCing for a long time.
Most newer arenas are designed with space between the front row a bit further back from the on-court seats and team benches. Probably some kind of safety regulation or something.
Yeah, that's what makes the RAC so special. Totally not safe. It adds to the element of excitement.
All of this
makes sense.Perhaps his destiny isn't to be D1 head coach. Running a program, even in a mid major conference requires a lot more than being a good recruiter and a good x and o guy.
Hell, With what assistant coaches at high major programs are making these days, that's a great living with a lot less stress and a lot less responsibility.
Kinda like Cameron Indoor Stadium. Just without all of those wins