MBB Coaching Staffs

[techtim72]

I watched Illinois play a day or so ago and there must have been ten or more guys dressed like coaches on the bench row and in the seats behind Underwood. Are they all pulling down a salary and is that normal these days?

I have to say watching these early Big Ten games the Big Ten teams have looked good when playing comparable programs. Could be a long season on the development front for NU with a shortage of wins.

 

[hdhntr1]

I watched Illinois play a day or so ago and there must have been ten or more guys dressed like coaches on the bench row and in the seats behind Underwood. Are they all pulling down a salary and is that normal these days?

I have to say watching these early Big Ten games the Big Ten teams have looked good when playing comparable programs. Could be a long season on the development front for NU with a shortage of wins.

What do you consider to be normal? If you look at our program, we have a lot of guys there as well

 

[techtim72]

I have no idea what is normal. Hence the question. The last time I paid any attention, a team might have four coaches plus I assume behind the scene staff such as trainers, nutritionists, etc, many of whom might be shared with other teams.

 

[PURPLECAT88]

I have no idea what is normal. Hence the question. The last time I paid any attention, a team might have four coaches plus I assume behind the scene staff such as trainers, nutritionists, etc, many of whom might be shared with other teams.

We have a head coach, four assistant coaches and a director of basketball operations who sit on the midcourt end of the bench, and then some medical personnel who sit on the baseline end. And, of course, numerous student managers and the like. Did it seem that UofI had significantly more than that?

 

[GatoLouco]

I have no idea what is normal. But I do find it strange how frantic some benches are. If you watch Butler or Loyola Chicago, it's insane. It's impossible the players don't tune them out when there's 10 guys shouting or doing things. They might see it as dedication, engagement, energy, to me it just comes across as chaos.

 

[Deeringfish]

We have a head coach, four assistant coaches and a director of basketball operations who sit on the midcourt end of the bench, and then some medical personnel who sit on the baseline end. And, of course, numerous student managers and the like. Did it seem that UofI had significantly more than that?

What do student managers do?

 

[PURPLECAT88]

What do student managers do?

Probably a lot of prep stuff, but during the games I mostly see them handing out water bottles and towels to players as they come off the court. They also move the chairs out onto the court for the team huddle during TV time-outs.

 

[CatsFaninBuckeyeLand]

Probably a lot of prep stuff, but during the games I mostly see them handing out water bottles and towels to players as they come off the court. They also move the chairs out onto the court for the team huddle during TV time-outs.

In addition to this, they get everything ready for practice, and break down everything after practice. One usually will also film practice. They may have them cut game video down into specific clips (get me all of the defensive possessions from the DePaul game, for example). They likely all have stats that they keep track of during games (possesssion chart or maybe shot chart). They also pack everything for road trips, and maybe do laundry for practice gear and game uniforms.

Source: I was a student manager at Cleveland State back in the day.

 

[Username Not Available]

Ok, little rabbit hole. I failed to find the elusive number and category limits of institutional staff members as it relates to basketball. Most of the text seems to assume that limit is already known.

https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/reports/getReport/90008

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Limit on coaches:

Men's Basketball
6 (only 4 may recruit off
campus at the same time.
See Bylaw 11.7.5.1)

 

[techtim72]

We have a head coach, four assistant coaches and a director of basketball operations who sit on the midcourt end of the bench, and then some medical personnel who sit on the baseline end. And, of course, numerous student managers and the like. Did it seem that UofI had significantly more than that?

Yes or at at least ten or so that dressed alike and sat in two rows together with Underwood. Part of why I asked was because I believe football coaching positions are now either greatly increased or unlimited. I wondered if coaching budgets were increasing along with revenue sharing, etc.

 

[Catmandoo78]

Yes or at at least ten or so that dressed alike and sat in two rows together with Underwood. Part of why I asked was because I believe football coaching positions are now either greatly increases or unlimited. I wondered if coaching budgets were increasing along with revenue sharing, etc.

Yes. The NCAA expanded how many recruiting assistants you can have and reduced restrictions on what non-recruiting assistants can do. The result is greatly expanded staffs.

looking at Illinois webpage, you can see their staff. It’s quite large but lots of ambiguous titles.

Men's Basketball Coaches - University of Illinois Athletics

The official Men's Basketball Coach List for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini

fightingillini.com