Culling appears to be gone. Heading to Miami.

(04-03-2024 10:15 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(04-03-2024 09:39 AM)PaulJ Wrote:  

(04-03-2024 07:34 AM)Lester Wrote:  

(04-03-2024 07:18 AM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  There are no rumors.

That's right, only the rooms started on this thread!

correct

https://volswire.usatoday.com/lists/tenn...hot-board/

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/co...157662007/

and no offense intended to Cullop (and having no idea how attractive this job will be to others) but there are some pretty impressive names listed here, top coaches at some of the best WBB programs in the country-perhaps Tennessee is no long the draw it once was but plenty of big name current coaches and coach prospects on these lists...

Yeah, as was mentioned earlier, Cullop strikes me as a good candidate for mid-level P6 jobs (the Purdues/Xaviers/Vanderbilts of the world) vs. someone who would be seriously considered for a job like Tennessee.

Or, the Miami Hurricanes, apparently.

Wow, if that's true, it's a total shock. She wasn't on any of the lists I saw as potential candidates. Miami has been chasing players with NIL money in recent years too, so I wonder if Cullop has the background to navigate those waters.

Kyle Rowland
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Can confirm. An annoucement from Miami naming Cullop as head coach is expected tomorrow.

Well, everything changes now. Could be a total rebuild, including losing the currently signed recruits. I knew it could happen, but still - wow.

(04-04-2024 06:07 PM)Lester Wrote:  Well, everything changes now. Could be a total rebuild, including losing the currently signed recruits. I knew it could happen, but still - wow.

If this happens, don't promote any of the current assistants.

Blade story: https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/20...0240404147

Call Kate Achter at Detroit

(04-04-2024 08:30 PM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  Blade story: https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/20...0240404147

Call Kate Achter at Detroit

I feel like they might aim higher than a .500 coach at a Horizon League school...but it would be a great slap at BGSU

With this being said, it does kind of help Blair out of a financial pickle...little victory among a huge loss.

Good coaches get better jobs

ACC has a lot less snow


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Good for her. She’s more than earned a shot at a bigger program. She blessed Toledo with a successful program that fans could be proud of on and off the court.

Probably a good time for an exit. Lost a lot to graduation this year. Racked up a bunch of wins and it's time to get paid in a warm city. Sucks to lose her, but with no question, this will be one of Blairs toughest decisions. Can't screw this one up.

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Like we talked about with TK's flirtation with Utah St, in today's environment of NIL Transfer Portal, and One Bid Leagues, you cannot blame TC for wanting to move up to a league that provides many of the advantages that a MAC level Program cannot provide. It sounds like she will have a great opportunity to succeed right away as Miami has had a very good program over the past decade. While this is a huge loss for The Rockets, we should have a very good pool of candidates to choose from with our combination of winning tradition, excellent facilities and great fan base.

(04-05-2024 06:17 AM)emanoh Wrote:  Probably a good time for an exit. Lost a lot to graduation this year. Racked up a bunch of wins and it's time to get paid in a warm city. Sucks to lose her, but with no question, this will be one of Blairs toughest decisions. Can't screw this one up.

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You're right can,'t screw this up. Big crowds are not a given. We could lose our recruits and more players.

(04-04-2024 09:10 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(04-04-2024 08:30 PM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  Blade story: https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/20...0240404147

Call Kate Achter at Detroit

I feel like they might aim higher than a .500 coach at a Horizon League school...but it would be a great slap at BGSU

With this being said, it does kind of help Blair out of a financial pickle...little victory among a huge loss.

You can't judge a coach by just their record, without considering what they had to work with. Detroit has been a mess for a while and historically have almost never had really good seasons. By all accounts Achter is a good coach, and should be able to do more at a better spot. Remember Cullop's record a Evansville was ok, but not spectacular.

That being said, there are lots of good and up-and-coming low-major coaches. One that would likely be a homerun is Carly Thibault-DuDonis who led Fairfield to an amazing season this year. Former EMU assistant. UT should be able to pay more than Fairfield I would think, but she could be happy there. Another is Maria Marchesano at PFW. She's from Fort Wayne and led PFW to the best season in school history this year. She has a lot of experience coaching at lower levels too.

And there are plenty more, plus DII head coaches and the like. An important factor I think is finding someone who will continue the culture Cullop put in place. Someone who puts as much focus on community and culture as on winning.

And I would not dismiss Jessie Ivey as a candidate either. She has head coaching experience at DII Tiffin. Tiffin is another really tough gig where they have almost never won. She made improvements there, especially in culture and academics. Plus she has other assistant experience at BG and North Florida, and is considered an up-and-comer among assistants. Was associate HC for Cullop and Cullop gave a lot of responsibility for Xs and Os and recruiting to her assistants. Page has never coached anywhere but Toledo, and so is probably not yet ready to move up the big chair at this level and Wideman wants to be a head coach, but is also I think not experiences enough.

Can't dawdle with the portal. Last year with the other new MAC coaches shows how hard it is to put together a roster when you get hired very late. That can set the program back more than just a single season. Prior to the portal both Ehlen and Cullop took over programs with the cupboard not bare and so did not have to start from scratch. Remains to be seen what will be left from a new coach to work with.

(04-05-2024 07:52 AM)northcoastRocket Wrote:  

(04-04-2024 09:10 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(04-04-2024 08:30 PM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  Blade story: https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/20...0240404147

Call Kate Achter at Detroit

I feel like they might aim higher than a .500 coach at a Horizon League school...but it would be a great slap at BGSU

With this being said, it does kind of help Blair out of a financial pickle...little victory among a huge loss.

You can't judge a coach by just their record, without considering what they had to work with. Detroit has been a mess for a while and historically have almost never had really good seasons. By all accounts Achter is a good coach, and should be able to do more at a better spot. Remember Cullop's record a Evansville was ok, but not spectacular.

That being said, there are lots of good and up-and-coming low-major coaches. One that would likely be a homerun is Carly Thibault-DuDonis who led Fairfield to an amazing season this year. Former EMU assistant. UT should be able to pay more than Fairfield I would think, but she could be happy there. Another is Maria Marchesano at PFW. She's from Fort Wayne and led PFW to the best season in school history this year. She has a lot of experience coaching at lower levels too.

And there are plenty more, plus DII head coaches and the like. An important factor I think is finding someone who will continue the culture Cullop put in place. Someone who puts as much focus on community and culture as on winning.

And I would not dismiss Jessie Ivey as a candidate either. She has head coaching experience at DII Tiffin. Tiffin is another really tough gig where they have almost never won. She made improvements there, especially in culture and academics. Plus she has other assistant experience at BG and North Florida, and is considered an up-and-comer among assistants. Was associate HC for Cullop and Cullop gave a lot of responsibility for Xs and Os and recruiting to her assistants. Page has never coached anywhere but Toledo, and so is probably not yet ready to move up the big chair at this level and Wideman wants to be a head coach, but is also I think not experiences enough.

Can't dawdle with the portal. Last year with the other new MAC coaches shows how hard it is to put together a roster when you get hired very late. That can set the program back more than just a single season. Prior to the portal both Ehlen and Cullop took over programs with the cupboard not bare and so did not have to start from scratch. Remains to be seen what will be left from a new coach to work with.

If my memory is right, Detroit won one game before Achter came and there was a big scandal with the previous coach. Basically all the players left. DII seems the way to go for a coach. Haven't been impressed with the recruiting at UT considering all the advantages we have. When Mark Stephens was here, he used his Indiana AAU contacts to get Noveroske and Garcia, plus Goss and Lockett. He was a winner.

(04-05-2024 08:22 AM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  

(04-05-2024 07:52 AM)northcoastRocket Wrote:  

(04-04-2024 09:10 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(04-04-2024 08:30 PM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  Blade story: https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/20...0240404147

Call Kate Achter at Detroit

I feel like they might aim higher than a .500 coach at a Horizon League school...but it would be a great slap at BGSU

With this being said, it does kind of help Blair out of a financial pickle...little victory among a huge loss.

You can't judge a coach by just their record, without considering what they had to work with. Detroit has been a mess for a while and historically have almost never had really good seasons. By all accounts Achter is a good coach, and should be able to do more at a better spot. Remember Cullop's record a Evansville was ok, but not spectacular.

That being said, there are lots of good and up-and-coming low-major coaches. One that would likely be a homerun is Carly Thibault-DuDonis who led Fairfield to an amazing season this year. Former EMU assistant. UT should be able to pay more than Fairfield I would think, but she could be happy there. Another is Maria Marchesano at PFW. She's from Fort Wayne and led PFW to the best season in school history this year. She has a lot of experience coaching at lower levels too.

And there are plenty more, plus DII head coaches and the like. An important factor I think is finding someone who will continue the culture Cullop put in place. Someone who puts as much focus on community and culture as on winning.

And I would not dismiss Jessie Ivey as a candidate either. She has head coaching experience at DII Tiffin. Tiffin is another really tough gig where they have almost never won. She made improvements there, especially in culture and academics. Plus she has other assistant experience at BG and North Florida, and is considered an up-and-comer among assistants. Was associate HC for Cullop and Cullop gave a lot of responsibility for Xs and Os and recruiting to her assistants. Page has never coached anywhere but Toledo, and so is probably not yet ready to move up the big chair at this level and Wideman wants to be a head coach, but is also I think not experiences enough.

Can't dawdle with the portal. Last year with the other new MAC coaches shows how hard it is to put together a roster when you get hired very late. That can set the program back more than just a single season. Prior to the portal both Ehlen and Cullop took over programs with the cupboard not bare and so did not have to start from scratch. Remains to be seen what will be left from a new coach to work with.

If my memory is right, Detroit won one game before Achter came and there was a big scandal with the previous coach. Basically all the players left. DII seems the way to go for a coach. Haven't been impressed with the recruiting at UT considering all the advantages we have. When Mark Stephens was here, he used his Indiana AAU contacts to get Noveroske and Garcia, plus Goss and Lockett. He was a winner.

Stephens had nothing to do with Lockett, as she was already signed before he was hired. Same with Wiard and Barnes. UT had been recruiting Garcia well before Stephens was hired too, but they ultimately lost that recruiting battle to Penn State, and were fortunate to get a second shot to bring her to UT. Goss committed a few months after Stephens was hired, so he likely was an influence there, but I don't know if UT had already been recruiting her or not.

He was able to bring in Noveroske, in large part because he recruited her at Xavier (and ultimately signed her there) before that coaching staff was let go. So, he was able reconnect and bring her to UT later. Xavier was bad the 2 years he was there, although that probably wasn't on him. It is widely reported that he was the one who got Jess Cook to flip from Miami to UT.

I liked Stephens and was sorry when he left, but let's not oversell the influence on recruits he had at UT.

If true, very sad to see her leave. Fully thankful for her time here. No coach in the last 40 years, other than maybe Gary Pinkel, represented UT any better.

If we need a new coach, look no further than Ashland Univ, pull her up and she’ll continue our success

KERI PICKENS YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year School Record Pct.
2022-23 Ashland 37-0 1.000
2021-22 Ashland 29-3 .906
2020-21 Ashland 16-9 .640
2019-20 Ashland 31-0 1.000
2018-19 Ashland 29-3 .906

Feldkamp from BCSN is reporting Cullop is taking assistants with her, so UT will definitely be starting from scratch.

(04-05-2024 09:08 AM)Nick in Cleveland Wrote:  If true, very sad to see her leave. Fully thankful for her time here. No coach in the last 40 years, other than maybe Gary Pinkel, represented UT any better.

If we need a new coach, look no further than Ashland Univ, pull her up and she’ll continue our success

KERI PICKENS YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year School Record Pct.
2022-23 Ashland 37-0 1.000
2021-22 Ashland 29-3 .906
2020-21 Ashland 16-9 .640
2019-20 Ashland 31-0 1.000
2018-19 Ashland 29-3 .906

DII coaches near us and national rankings: Ashland #1, Grand Valley #2, Ferris State #4, Gannon #5