I know y'all have another thread on this but here is the ESPN story on the hiring of Felton.....what do y'all think? Sounds like a good call.


Felton will follow Harrick at Georgia

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By Andy Katz
ESPN.com


Georgia will announce the hiring of Western Kentucky's Dennis Felton to replace Jim Harrick Sr., at a 7 p.m. ET news conference in Athens, a source close to the situation told ESPN.com Wednesday night.

Felton agreed to an offer Wednesday and will be in attendance at the news conference. Terms of the contract weren't known but it was believed to be from 5 to 7 years. Georgia could face NCAA sanctions for violations alleged by former player Tony Cole. The violations, ranging from academic fraud to extra benefits, led to the school suspending Harrick and being held out of the SEC and NCAA Tournament.

Harrick then retired two weeks ago, albeit with a push from the Georgia administration.

Felton met with Georgia athletic director Vince Dooley and president Michael Adams twice in New Orleans at the Final Four and was in negotiations all day Wednesday. Felton fits the criteria to replace Harrick. The school was looking for someone who didn't have any NCAA violations. They also wanted someone who recruits players of high character and wins.

Felton has been a model coach since being hired five years ago from his assistant's job at Clemson. Felton led Western Kentucky to three straight NCAA berths after winning the Sun Belt conference regular-season and tournament titles in each of the three seasons. Felton did his best coaching job this past season. He lost projected leading scorer Todor Pandov for the season to an ACL injury in the opening loss at Arizona. He then had to deal with the on-again, off-again plans of oft-injured center Chris Marcus.

The 39-year old Felton is one of the most respected coaches at the mid-major level, and should be able to keep Georgia in the top three in a competitive SEC East.

Felton's top assistant, Pete Herrmann, will try to get the Hilltoppers' job but he'll have competition from a number of mid-major head coaches and high-major assistants.