Last year, the coaching carousel, in P6 conferences, included the following hires (I'm including Cincinnati here as that's a very good job):
1) Cincinnati - HC - mid major
2) Boston college - HC - mid major
3) North Carolina - AC (internal) - high major
4) Iowa St - HC - mid major
5) Oklahoma - HC - mid major
6) Texas - HC - high major
7) Texas Tech - AC (internal) - high major
8) DePaul - AC - high major
9) Marquette - HC - high major
10) Indiana - AC (NBA)
11) Minnesota - AC - high major
12) Penn St - AC - high major
13) Arizona - AC - high major (considering Gonzaga a very good job here)
14) Utah - HC - mid major
I was a bit surprised how many coaches came from assistant positions. Is that normal? If not, is that a trend?
Looking at a break down:
Those hired from assistant coach positions - 50%, or 7
-2 internals
-5 externals
-7 came from high majors (considering NBA a high major)
Those hired from head coach positions - 50%, or 7
-5 from mid majors
-2 from high majors
So when hiring assistants, they come from high majors. When hiring head coaches they tend to come from mid majors.
Kind of put the "Could we hire an established guy?" into perspective
