Here is the release from FIU, more importantly a quote from C-USA's Freshman of the Year...

http://fiusports.com/news/2015/4/8/WBB_0408150848.aspx

Quote:MIAMI (April 8, 2015) – Executive Director of Sports and Entertainment Pete Garcia formally announced the hiring of Marlin Chinn as the next women's head basketball coach on Wednesday. Chinn becomes the sixth head coach for the FIU women's basketball program.

"I'm pleased to announce the hiring of Marlin Chinn as the next head coach of our women's basketball team," Garcia said. "He has had a lot of success and has been a part of some very successful programs. He is a tremendous recruiter and will bring a passion and work ethic to our program that is second to none."

"It's an exciting time to be here at FIU," Chinn said. "Just to see the potential here and growth that is waiting to explode. I think South Florida and the surrounding areas are huge as far as rich in recruiting. It's a hot bed for talent here in Florida, and we are going to attack it and be very aggressive with it. I'm looking forward to it. I'm very excited."

Chinn, who just finished his sixth season as an assistant coach at Maryland, helped lead the Terrapins to a 34-3 record last season, a Big Ten Championship title, a No. 1 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament and a Final Four appearance. The tournament appearance was the fifth for Chinn in six years as the top assistant. While on the Maryland staff, the team compiled a record of 164-41 and had several All-Big Ten performers, including 2015 All-Big Ten First Teamers, Lexie Brown and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, and Laurin Mincy and Brionna Jones who were named to the Second Team. In addition, Brown was also a Naismith semifinalist candidate.

"I'm really happy for Marlin to get this opportunity," said Maryland Head Coach Brenda Frese. "He's been a veteran assistant, we've watched him grow and this is the next step for him. Just like Tina Langley, who just got hired at Rice, Marlin has been a very loyal assistant to our program. He's been a presence and a voice within our locker room. I take great pride in seeing anyone in this program achieve his or her dreams. I can't thank him enough for all he's given to Maryland. We wish him a ton of success."

Quote:"This is so exciting," said FIU forward and C-USA Freshman of the Year Kiandre'a Pound. "He has come from such a successful program at Maryland. I think he is going to take this team to the next level. He's been to the Final Four two years in a row, and he has worked with some top talent. He knows what it takes to get to the next level and he is going to take us there."

Hopefully that means she stays and that is a pretty good building block for the new Coach.

Go F I U!

Rice got the better of the two hires. im hoping fiu can stop from dragging the league rpi down. Meanwhile in Denton, they cant seem to get their GOAT to leave texas for their head job and other targets are saying no.

Another high quality hire. Good get, FIU.

Come on MEAN GREEN get it in gear!!

Quote:Chinn said what struck him as attractive about FIU, a school he knew little about before they began the wooing, was “all the facilities, and the facilities under construction all over campus. The arena’s getting a new floor, bleachers, locker room and film room.

“Obviously, the state of Florida is a hotbed of talent. We have a plan of attack for that.”

The Washington-Baltimore axis birthed and raised Chinn. The only head-coaching job he sought while at Maryland, Baltimore-area’s Towson State in 2013, would’ve just changed directions on his commute.

But Chinn believes he possesses the key to unlock the local recruiting shackles under which many FIU coaches labor.

“I have a lot of Florida recruiting ties with the AAU power players in the area,” Chinn said. “All those guys, I’ve developed relationships with through the years while I was at Seton Hall and Maryland.”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/colleg...rylink=cpy

Congrats. I think it's a little early to say we got the better asst. coach from Maryland - just have to see how things shake out. But I will say that when you've had a long-time female women's basketball coach, it's easier to then hire a male to replace her (and vice-versa in our case). It's not so easy to hire a guy to replace a guy to coach women's hoops.

Interesting to see both Maryland assistants land with 2 teams in same conference....

(04-08-2015 05:16 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  Come on MEAN GREEN get it in gear!!

They apparently listened to you.

(04-09-2015 07:26 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Interesting to see both Maryland assistants land with 2 teams in same conference....

After quickly scanning over both threads (Rice women and FIU women) I did a double take to make sure I read it correctly and it wasn't a misprint. Very interesting