Coaching Carousel 2025

[hhcmatt]

Wow

 

 

 

[Silverbacked1]

1 minute ago, hhcmatt said:

Wow

 

 

 

He better not end up at Iowa!

Edited Monday at 08:02 PM by Silverbacked1

[Huskerpapa]

I've heard Minnesota IF they part eays with Johnson.

[royalfan]

I am surprised he wasn't able to find more success there.  I have heard they lack funding which makes it much harder. 

[HuskerBB]

That is a shock.   Thought he was doing a good job there.    I am sure he will land on his feet.   Think Utah will have a hard time finding someone better.   Would hate having him at a Big 10 opponent.

Edited Monday at 11:10 PM by HuskerBB

[LincecumFan]

3 hours ago, Silverbacked1 said:

He better not end up at Iowa!

If Iowa decides to make a coaching change, I've been wondering if they will target the Drake head coach. He's built Drake into a mid-major power.

[hhcmatt]

Just now, LincecumFan said:

If Iowa decides to make a coaching change, I've been wondering if they will target the Drake head coach. He's built Drake into a mid-major power.

Are you talking about Darian DeVries who was the coach there for 6 years and left for West Virginia this season or Ben McCollum who is there on year 1 with a 25-3 record?

[LincecumFan]

2 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Are you talking about Darian DeVries who was the coach there for 6 years and left for West Virginia this season or Ben McCollum who is there on year 1 with a 25-3 record?

Disregard my last comment, I forgot that DeVries was actually the guy who put Drake on the map. I need to do a better job of fact checking my comments.

[hhcmatt]

1 hour ago, LincecumFan said:

Disregard my last comment, I forgot that DeVries was actually the guy who put Drake on the map. I need to do a better job of fact checking my comments.

 

It happens, as evident by most of my write ups 

[Huskerpapa]

4 hours ago, LincecumFan said:

Disregard my last comment, I forgot that DeVries was actually the guy who put Drake on the map. I need to do a better job of fact checking my comments.

Actually, Drake has a pretty decent basketball history.  Black Magic Lloyd and Pop Wright were examples of prey good players.  

[jimmykc]

During the Maury John years in the sixties, Drake was frequently rated in the top 20s and went to the Final Four in 1969. I played pickup basketball against his son in 1972 and discovered he was a grade one jerk on the court.

[MJW82]

3 hours ago, jimmykc said:

During the Maury John years in the sixties, Drake was frequently rated in the top 20s and went to the Final Four in 1969. I played pickup basketball against his son in 1972 and discovered he was a grade one jerk on the court.

Wasn't his son John John or something like that too?

[jimmykc]

He did have a son named John, but the one I played against was Maurice John Jr. He became an ophthalmologist in Indiana and evidently still practices at age 81. Don't know if he is still a jerk though.

[hhcmatt]

3 minutes ago, jimmykc said:

He did have a son named John, but the one I played against was Maurice John Jr. He became an ophthalmologist in Indiana and evidently still practices at age 81. Don't know if he is still a jerk though.

 

A boy named sewage disposal device twice

[Cazzie22]

On 2/25/2025 at 7:07 AM, jimmykc said:

During the Maury John years in the sixties, Drake was frequently rated in the top 20s and went to the Final Four in 1969. I played pickup basketball against his son in 1972 and discovered he was a grade one jerk on the court.

The Willie Wise, Willie McCarter and Dolph Pulliam group nearly knocked off UCLA and Lew Alcindor in the Final Four.

[Huskerpapa]

3 hours ago, Cazzie22 said:

The Willie Wise, Willie McCarter and Dolph Pulliam group nearly knocked off UCLA and Lew Alcindor in the Final Four.

Yup, Dolph stayed close to the program by becoming a long time sports anchor.  

I was forced to move to Des Moines for a four year stretch.   I couldn't consider being either an Iowa or Iowa State fan, so I used time to attend some Drake basketball, football (yes they had football at that time and the Drake Relays.  Actually it was a pretty good sports school.

Side story, my wife worked with the wife of the head football coach, and I got to hang with him on a few occasions.  I also worked out at a facility that was managed by Mike Naderer's girl friend.  Got to hang with them as well.  Mike was an assistant on the basketball team for a year or so.  Mike of course was a guard on the Cornhuskers.

Edited Wednesday at 11:03 PM by Huskerpapa

[sevenab1]

I lived in Dem Moines from 1970 - 1973, and the Missouri Valley Conference was great during the early 1970's.  Members included:  Drake, Louisville, St Louis, Memphis, Tulsa, Bradley, North Texas, Wichita, New Mexico State and West Texas A & M.

 

 

 

 

Edited Thursday at 02:49 AM by sevenab1
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