SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND - FINAL COACHING HIRES
Three coaching hires / rehires as the Human Resources Department portion of the offseason winds to a close:
First, Sean Woods will take over at Mississippi Valley State, leaving his assistant position at TCU. (LaDainian Tomlinson now owes Jerry Rice a dollar.) With Woods and former UK teammate John Pelphrey (now at Arkansas) heading Division I programs and fellow Wildcat Richie Farmer moving up the ranks in Kentucky state politics, the 1991-1992 Kentucky “Unforgettables” are living up to their name, as RTC notes.
Well, mostly - Deron Feldhaus, the fourth “Unforgettable”, is the pro and co-owner at a nine-hole golf course on the Ohio border. NTTIAWWT, of course, since nine-hole courses keep our scores in double digits and our brains on this side of sanity.
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Second, Ohio University AD Jim Schaus (who, again, was Pete Carroll-level jacked to conduct his first major coaching search) appears to have found his man, as Goodman’s sources have Ohio State assistant John Croce pegged as the Bobcats’ new head coach. Jim, if you thought this was exciting, just wait until you get to replace Frank Solich. Roofie endurance tests for everyone!
Finally, Davidson makes the obvious move by re-signing coach Bob McKillop to a long-term deal. McKillop, like George Mason’s Jim Larranaga before him, would be the subject of every coaching search from sagging BCS schools and would-be near majors for the foreseeable future. Locking McKillop into Davidson for the long-term - which, by all accounts, was McKillop’s sincere wish - offers fans the chance in five years to be just as sick of Davidson as we are of Gonzaga now. Hooray overexposure!
| Yeah … how’s the NBA working out for you and Turiaf, Adam? |



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Chuck says:
OU having a coach who can not only recruit talent, but use it, is scary. O’Shea could only ever get the first part right.
June 26th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
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oaklandbear says:
As a Gonzaga undergrad I resent your disgust at our program! I think your just jealous because for a (short) time when people thought of GU Gonzaga, not Georgetown, came to mind (apologies if you did not, in fact, attend Georgetown, thought I read that on this blog here).
June 27th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
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eirishis says:
We indeed did attend Georgetown, and you couldn’t be further from the truth - we love Gonzaga in all of its Jesuit wonder. We merely note that tWWL loves them some Gonzaga, and that Davidson is headed towards the same overexposure.
June 28th, 2008 at 8:42 am