The 2021-22 men's college basketball coaching hot seat, and the candidates on deck. This year, they finished last in the Pac-12. Former coach: Tim ReillyNew coach: A.J. Subscribe to get the best baseball coverage. All that good work comes to a halt next month, however, as the program will be eliminated. His roots in California and the Midwest (as an assistant coach at Kansas and head coach at South Dakota State) make for an interesting profile. Former coach: Steve RodriguezNew coach: Mitch Thompson. 1. Click here to get started. Want the inside scoop on head coaching and assistant hires, along with coaching searches as 2022 progresses? 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Last years coaching market was hyperactive, as 40 programs changed head coaches. APSU on May 29 hired Fanning to take over the program. Overland will now take over the program after 10 seasons on staff at his alma mater. Some assistant coaches who have been comfortable making good money at major programs may look differently at head coaching opportunities after a year of being off the road for recruiting and of little to no camp money coming in. Jackson is in a good spot and can choose any further moves carefully. Mens basketball also saw only one change among the major conferences, though womens basketball did have five major conference changes. Hartford is chasing another title this spring as the favorite in the America East. Four coaches entered the college football season on the hottest seats -- Nebraska's Scott Frost, Auburn's . Radford hired Guerra away from James Madison, where he spent the last seven seasons as recruiting coordinator. Aranda is one of the hottest names in college football right now and . The move came less than a week after the Seminoles' season came to an end in the Auburn Regional, where they went 1-2. His experience in a variety of roles should help him make the jump to being a head coach. He took the Rams to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments and in 2015 guided them to their first-ever super regional. He won more than 850 games in his career, which included stops at Waldorf (Iowa), Northern Iowa, Northern Illinois, Evansville, Notre Dame, South Dakota State and Butler. Bakich, 43, is in a strong position already and proven he can win there. Hadra led the Keydets to a 147-249 record and is the second-winningest coach in program history. Baseball is not football or basketball, the two biggest revenue generators for college sports and the two most likely to engage the kind of donor support needed to pay significant buyouts. Fox inherited a mess in 2019, but this is his fourth season and his roster doesn't look like one that will be able to compete for the top half of the Pac-12. He leads Kentucky in scoring (16.3 . He takes over the program as it enters a new era of the American Athletic Conference and will be looking to capitalize on his previous successes on the recruiting trail since arriving at Tulane. Reggie Christiansen, head coach, Sacramento State: Over the last decade, Christiansen, 45, has built Sac State into one of the most consistent programs in California and has led the Hornets to their only three regionals appearances in program history. All rights reserved. LeCroy comes to VCU after 12 years as the recruiting coordinator at Clemson, his alma mater. Since the end of the 2019 season, there have been 41 coaching changes around the sport from the planned retirements of Florida States Mike Martin and UNC Wilmingtons Mark Scalf, to shakeups at traditional powers like Southern California and Wichita State, to the unexpected changes at Nebraska and Washington State. Hes been courted for head coaching jobs before and will continue to be in demand, though hes in a good spot at TCU. After a season under interim head coach B.J. This isnt a big year of turnover on the West Coast, but a job like Utah could be what hes looking for. By Teddy Cahill. NFL Week 16: 5 Coaches on Hot Seat. Bryant Ward, recruiting coordinator, UCLA: Ward has become one of the best recruiting coordinators on the West Coast, first at Loyola Marymount, where he landed the schools first Top 25 class in 15 years, and then at UCLA, where he has continued the Bruins strong tradition on the recruiting trail. Last year saw Jason Gill lead Loyola Marymount to an upset of top-seeded UCLA in regionals before falling in the regional final. He combines experience and youth and while Samford hasnt had a full-on breakout season, Dunn has built it into one of the top programs in the Southern Conference. Former coach: Carl IwasakiNew coach:Mike Anderson. He went 581-558-3, led the Jayhawks to regionals three times and won the 2006 Big 12 Tournament. With the regular season now complete, the coaching market is already red hot. Mosiello, 56, is in a comfortable spot at TCU, but that doesnt mean he wouldnt leave for the right opportunity. Ratchford spent three seasons as an assistant coach under Tracz before leaving to take over as head coach at SUNY-Cobleskill. Adam Gase, Dolphins- It's not good when you go from 10-6 in one year and then come back the next season and finish 6-10. At this point, no decision in College Station or East Lansing would come as a surprise. In that time, hes built a long track record both as a hitting coach and a recruiter, aiding in the development of players such as Spencer Torkelson, Kyle Schwarber, Hunter Bishop and Alex Dickerson. Prachniak comes to UNA from Delaware, where he spent the last two seasons as associate head coach. In order to access this exclusive content you must have a Baseball America Account. Former coach: James CooperNew coach: Davin Pierre. Hes spent the last two years at Utah, serving under Bill Kinneberg, who retired following this season. He led the Bears to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2017-19, but they missed regionals in each of the last two seasons and this year finished a disappointing 26-28. Steve Holm, Illinois State: Holm made quite the splash last spring in his debut season as a head coach, leading Illinois State to a share of the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title and its first NCAA Tournament appearances since 2010. Blood, 41, stands out not only for his head coaching experience, but also his acumen for pitching development. Others may see this year as an opportunity with fewer major conference jobs open to attract a level of coach who would not ordinarily be in the mix for their job. Simmons was on staff for the Owls super regional run in 2014 and their ASUN Conference regular-season title in 2016. Here are half a dozen mid-major coaches who may be a little off the radar now, but could this spring elevate their profile. So, leaving wont come easy for OSullivan, 52. Dave Aranda, Baylor Bears. McMullan is clearly comfortable in Charlottesville, but theres little doubt hed be successful as a head coach. Jake Gautreau, recruiting coordinator/hitting coach, Mississippi State: Gautreau is one of the most respected assistant coaches in the country, both as a recruiter and as a hitting coach. All rights reserved. Justin Blood, Hartford: Blood, 41, is entering his 10th season at Hartford and has done an impressive job with the program. College baseball over the last five years has averaged about 30 head . Nate Thompson, recruiting coordinator/hitting coach, Arkansas: Thompson is in his fourth season at Arkansas and has helped the Razorbacks develop into this seasons top-ranked team. He is scheduled to start his duties, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Florida moved to extend OSullivans contract in the wake of Texas interest, signing him to a 10-year contract, worth $1.25 million a year. He spent the last year at Louisiana State and nine years at Dallas Baptist, where he helped Dan Heefner build the Patriots into a power. He went 346-288-1 with the Buckeyes, including a 17-9 mark against archrival Michigan. Delaware on May 22 announced it hired Greg Mamula as its new head coach. Jim Chester, head coach, Gardner-Webb: Chester made an impressive rise through the lower levels of college athletics before arriving two years ago at Gardner-Webb for his first Division I job. Copyright 2023 Baseball America Enterprises. For schools in mid- and low-major conferences, however, the calculus is a bit different. What to know: Stuper on Jan. 18 announced he will retire after the 2022 season after 30 years as head coach. Kuhn, who came to Radford after 16 years as pitching coach at Virginia, went 47-64 with the Highlanders. Previously, he was head coach of Cal State Northridge for seven seasons and his 895 career wins ranked 16th among active Division I coaches at the end of last season. What to know:Restaino stepped down as head coach after five seasons at Sacred Heart. The Longhorns look poised to bounce back this spring and signed the No. Lower-end major conference jobs are an area to watch. As recruiting coordinator, he put together the Wolverines 10th-ranked 2017 class, the highest-ranked class in Big Ten history, and the rest of the roster for the 2019 CWS runners-up. Miller. Jeff Palumbo, associate head coach, East Carolina: Palumbo is in his seventh season at ECU and has helped the program develop into the class of the American Athletic Conference. Kent State is coming off a down season by its standards, but in six seasons as the programs head coach, Duncan has averaged 36 wins a year and has led the team to three regular-season titles and two MAC Tournament titles. He was head coach at Eastern Connecticut State for four years, following 13 years at Amherst (Mass. The college football head coaches' hot seat has already claimed one victim. Hibbs, who also played at Wichita State, takes over the program as the interim head coach for 2023. Since resigning from Alabama in 2016, hes worked as an assistant at Kansas State, Georgia and now Louisiana Tech. Some solid mid-major programs may look to make a change and could end up with better-than-average candidate pools due to the lack of major openings. In 2020, however, there were just 14 head coaching changesa number that is inflated by a planned retirement and two schools removing the interim tag that their coaches operated with during last season. The early guess is that its unlikely any bluebloods make changes and there will be minimal movement in college baseballs major conferences. Still, hiring away a sitting SEC head coach is difficult and hasnt been done since John Cohen left Kentucky for Mississippi State, his alma mater, in 2008. Hes twice landed top 25 recruiting classesthe only two in program historyand those classes have delivered for the Pirates. In two years since reclassifying, they are 24-79. Miller spent the last seven years on staff at Lehigh, including the last year as associate head coach. We have you covered. They went 32-26-1 in 2019, their most wins since 2011, and advanced to the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament championship game. Now, he takes over the Jayhawks, who are looking to take a step forward in the new-look Big 12. But none of them inherit coaches who are occupying a particularly hot seat on Opening Day. The only power six college basketball coach without a win this season, Mark Fox might be on the hottest seat of all. College basketball coaching hot seat: Five coaches who may need a good season in 2022-23 to save their job These college basketball coaches better watch their backs throughout the. There are also a handful of programs that enter 2021 under the direction of interim head coaches, including Alabama-Birmingham, Ohio, Southern and UC Riverside. He has worked as both a hitting and pitching coach, in addition to being the Longhorns recruiting coordinator. With Scott Frost being out, it puts even more pressure on these college football head coaches. Jay Johnson, head coach, Arizona: Johnson, 44, this year led Arizona to its first Pac-12 title since 2012 and in 2016 guided the Wildcats to a runner-up finish at the College World Series. Jarrett, a Florida State alum, led the Fighting Irish to the 2022 College World Series and in 2021 won the ACC title and fell one win shy of a trip to Omaha. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Bryan Harsin - Auburn 3h. St. Johns is the best of the group and the chance to coach one of the Big Easts powerhouses would interest many coaches. SEC Baseball Weekend One Recap - Highway To Hoover. By Brad Crawford Jan 20, 2021. Roberts is VMI's all-time hits leader and spent five seasons in professional baseball before beginning his coaching career at his alma mater. Hes spent 20 years as an assistant coachthe last eight coming at TCUat schools from coast to coast. MVSU is one of the toughest jobs in the country and Stubbs went 10-31 in 2022. Kevin OSullivan, head coach, Florida: OSullivan was one of the leading candidates when the Texas job opened in 2016 and, now that another of the top jobs in the country is open in LSU, his name is back in the rumor mill. He led the Black Knights to regionals in each of the last four seasons. His track record as a hitting coach is impressive and goes back to his time at Missouri State, and he has also proven himself as a recruiter. Kevin McMullan, associate head coach, Virginia: McMullan, the 2009 Assistant Coach of the Year, has been voted by head coaches as the assistant coach with the brightest future as a head coach each of the last three times Baseball America has held the survey, most recently in 2020. Justin Hill, head coach, McNeese State: Hill over the last eight years has built McNeese into a Southland Conference power, winning back-to-back tournaments and the regular-season title in 2017. He went 581-558-3, led the Jayhawks to regionals three times and won the 2006 Big 12 Tournament. 1 class in the country in November. Roman, who was hired as an assistant coach on DiToma's staff a year ago, was promoted to head coach. He began his career as a graduate assistant at UNA in 1989 and spent 20 years as an assistant coach with the program before taking over as head coach in November 2008. The Tigers went 24-0 in Southwest Athletic Conference play and won 30 games for the eighth straight season, before being upset in the SWAC Tournament title game. Fanning spent the last three years as a part of the staff at Oklahoma State, serving as director of player development. One important difference would be that this is just Kingstons third year as coach, while Holbrook had been head coach for five years. He also managed in the minor leagues, a stretch that included a season of coaching Mike Trout in Double-A. 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