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Post by gopheryote on Apr 12, 2016 19:05:34 GMT -6
If we can just throw names out there without any sort of back-up, how about Becky Hammon coming back to SD? Keep that Black Hills area legacy rolling?
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Post by larobe on Apr 12, 2016 20:01:22 GMT -6
One name that Jeremy H. threw out immediately is Katie Gearlds. She was just in Sioux City a few weeks back leading Marian University to the NAIA Division II national championship. He was very clear in stating that it was someone he thought about, not that he knew of the university pursuing. Her bio can be found here. www.muknights.com/coach/0/2.phpShe would be a good hire, I think. I started reading the Purdue fan board back when Sam Ostarello (Stanley County?) played for the Boilermakers. Whenever Katie Gearlds name was mentioned,there was nothing but good things said about her, and her name was mentioned a lot about making a good coach some day at the Div 1 level. Isn't Austin Parkenson at IUPUI a former player at Purdue too? If USD gets candidates like this,they can't help but pick a good one.
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Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 12, 2016 21:03:53 GMT -6
One name that Jeremy H. threw out immediately is Katie Gearlds. She was just in Sioux City a few weeks back leading Marian University to the NAIA Division II national championship. He was very clear in stating that it was someone he thought about, not that he knew of the university pursuing. Her bio can be found here. www.muknights.com/coach/0/2.phpShe would be a good hire, I think. I started reading the Purdue fan board back when Sam Ostarello (Stanley County?) played for the Boilermakers. Whenever Katie Gearlds name was mentioned,there was nothing but good things said about her, and her name was mentioned a lot about making a good coach some day at the Div 1 level. Isn't Austin Parkenson at IUPUI a former player at Purdue too? If USD gets candidates like this,they can't help but pick a good one. Based on the small amount I know about her I would be on board if she ended up being the hire. I wonder if she is even seriously being considered. How about her as the head coach and Seekamp the main assistant. I could live with that.
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Post by yotebewithyou on Apr 12, 2016 21:46:55 GMT -6
She would be a good hire, I think. I started reading the Purdue fan board back when Sam Ostarello (Stanley County?) played for the Boilermakers. Whenever Katie Gearlds name was mentioned,there was nothing but good things said about her, and her name was mentioned a lot about making a good coach some day at the Div 1 level. Isn't Austin Parkenson at IUPUI a former player at Purdue too? If USD gets candidates like this,they can't help but pick a good one. Based on the small amount I know about her I would be on board if she ended up being the hire. I wonder if she is even seriously being considered. How about her as the head coach and Seekamp the main assistant. I could live with that. PLEASE stop bringing Seekamp into this.
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Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 12, 2016 22:05:52 GMT -6
Based on the small amount I know about her I would be on board if she ended up being the hire. I wonder if she is even seriously being considered. How about her as the head coach and Seekamp the main assistant. I could live with that. PLEASE stop bringing Seekamp into this. Why do you have a problem with Seekamp. She is a very bright individual and very well may have a career in coaching. Her aspirations appear to be the WNBA but there is nothing wrong with bringing her name up. I believe I heard Amy Williams refer to her once as an on the court coach type of player. I can understand not wanting her to jump right into being a head coach but as an assistant there is certainly nothing wrong with that thought.
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Post by wintheday on Apr 13, 2016 0:57:16 GMT -6
PLEASE stop bringing Seekamp into this. Why do you have a problem with Seekamp. She is a very bright individual and very well may have a career in coaching. Her aspirations appear to be the WNBA but there is nothing wrong with bringing her name up. I believe I heard Amy Williams refer to her once as an on the court coach type of player. I can understand not wanting her to jump right into being a head coach but as an assistant there is certainly nothing wrong with that thought. It is one thing to offer Seekamp a Graduate Assistant postion, which is completely understandable. For you to think that someone who has zero experience coaching and recruiting to become a main assistant at a top Mid-Major program in a fantastic situation is asinine. I don't think anyone has a problem with Seekamp, just a problem with the clear lack of experience. Good luck trying to find a head coach willing to take her on as an assistant.
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Post by golfingyote on Apr 13, 2016 6:27:09 GMT -6
Lets get real. Nicole will be playing professionally somewhere. She can always pursue coaching later in life.
Going based just off the names we have listed here, I think Chuck Love would be an interesting choice. Guy can clearly recruit and his personality is off the charts. Lack of head coaching experience is about the only box he doesn't check. I would expect Amy to move faster than Herbster in selecting her asssitants so we should know soon enough on Chuck.
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Post by usdguy99 on Apr 13, 2016 6:39:40 GMT -6
I am big Chuck Love fan and I'm really hoping Chuck decides that it is his time to be a head coach and not follow Amy to Nebraska. If he does decide that he wants to be a head coach, I would hope he would express his feelings to Herbster and DH would give him serious consideration. As with any decision like this, he has to do what's best for him and his family.
Kim Stephens is/was an asst. coach for WBB at Nebraska and many thought she would/should of received the job after Yori "resigned". I've been told by a booster that she is looking after she didn't get the job. She's the former head coach at Drake and was a pretty good ball player at Nebraska. Not saying she should get the job but might be one that expresses interest.
As many posts on here have stated, I have full confidence in Herbster to make the right decision.
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Post by usdtator on Apr 13, 2016 7:21:09 GMT -6
What about AJ? According to the State College fans, he could have any job he wanted, IF he wanted it. USD would obviously be move up for him... His resume isn't as good as some, but he has won a few games over his career...
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Post by Yote 53 on Apr 13, 2016 7:52:20 GMT -6
Just some info on each of the candidates that has been mentioned so far Chuck Love: 4 year assistant under Amy Williams at USD, 1 year assistant of the Rogers State Men's Program, Assistant at Wayland Baptist U., Grad Assistant at NW Oklahoma State where he graduated in 2008. Emilee Thiese: (Amy Williams' sister) Head Coach at Minnesota State - 2012-2013: 26-6 and 2nd round of NC Regional - 2013-2014: 23-6 - 2014-2015: 21-10 - 2015-2016: 9-18 looks like the wheels fell off this year. She plays and uptempo offense or at least did at one time. Katie Gearlds: Head coach at NAIA Marion University 2013-2014: 16-16 - 2014-2015: 28-6 and lost in NAIA round of 32 - 2015-2016: 32-6 and won national title - Purdue graduate and was drafted 7th overall in the WNBA draft - played overseas as well. Steve Gomez: Head coach of the Lubbock Christian University Chaps - They were NAIA until 2013-14 when they transitioned to D2. 2004-2005: 16-14 2005-2006: 23-12 and advanced to the NAIA final 4 with many upsets along the way 2006-2007: 26 wins and to sweet 16 in NAIA tournament 2007-2008: 25-10 and to elite 8 in NAIA tournament 2008-2009: 27-7 and to sweet 16 in NAIA tournament 2009-2010: 19-12 and went to the NAIA tournament 2010-2011: 25-10 and to elite 8 in NAIA tournament 2011-2012: 28-6 and to final 4 in NAIA tournament 2012-2013: 31-4 in NAIA 2013-2014: 25-1 in D2 2014-2015: 21-7 in D2 2015-2016: 35-0 and won D2 National Title in Sioux Falls He has coached in Texas and as far as I know Texas is not exactly a hot bed of Women's College Basketball. They barely take Men's basketball serious down there because it's all about football in Texas. I'm sorry but none of these coaches move the needle for me. Think bigger, like in what USD pulled off in their last two hires for the FB and MBB positions. Those two hires had much bigger credentials than what is being thrown around here. The WBB program, coming off a WNIT championship, a stocked cupboard of recruits, and a brand new facility, along with what I assume will be an attractive salary package will attract a lot higher level applicants than what you are discussing here.
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Post by yotebewithyou on Apr 13, 2016 8:31:21 GMT -6
PLEASE stop bringing Seekamp into this. Why do you have a problem with Seekamp. She is a very bright individual and very well may have a career in coaching. Her aspirations appear to be the WNBA but there is nothing wrong with bringing her name up. I believe I heard Amy Williams refer to her once as an on the court coach type of player. I can understand not wanting her to jump right into being a head coach but as an assistant there is certainly nothing wrong with that thought. I don't have a problem with Seekamp, I just think it's ridiculous to think she's ready to be an assistant coach. I remember an interview she did quite a while back where she said she didn't think she would even want to coach
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Post by nccyote on Apr 13, 2016 9:00:23 GMT -6
PLEASE stop bringing Seekamp into this. Why do you have a problem with Seekamp. She is a very bright individual and very well may have a career in coaching. Her aspirations appear to be the WNBA but there is nothing wrong with bringing her name up. I believe I heard Amy Williams refer to her once as an on the court coach type of player. I can understand not wanting her to jump right into being a head coach but as an assistant there is certainly nothing wrong with that thought. Question for you CF. So you have argued in the past that Wesley Beschorner was too green when he got the OC job under Ed and that he was far too inexperienced to get this position when he had 4 years of coaching experience (recruiting, game-planning, coaching a position, dealing with alumni/boosters, making in-game adjustments) prior to that promotion. This was for a team that was transitioning into FCS football and not considered a true contender for a MVFC title and surely not a post-season participant. And now you are arguing for Seekamp to be the top assistant to a "Top 40" WBB program coming off of a regular season Summit tile and WNIT title. I don't get it. The similarities in these 2 are uncanny, both arguably one of the top players in their respective programs history, both highly respected for their talents in Vermillion and throughout the region, yet you feel one is highly qualified with no coaching experience at all, and the one who did have significant experience was highly under-qualified for his job. Not trying to start a skirmish, just wondering what the reasoning is for different attitudes for extremely similar situations.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 10:12:46 GMT -6
Pretty garbage reporting by Mick Garry. No ideas for who can coach besides the last name Williams. I get the joke, but he should have finished the article with who he thought could work for the position.
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Post by formeryote on Apr 13, 2016 10:29:11 GMT -6
I’m not saying this would apply to Nicole, but great players don’t always make great coaches.
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Post by larobe on Apr 13, 2016 10:41:46 GMT -6
Katie Gearlds has a lot of similarities to Amy. A couple of differences is that she is not from the upper midwest and she has played both overseas and inthe WNBA. Another possible name is Steve Gomez, head coach at D2 national champion, Lubbock Christian. Gomez looks interesting. 13 years as HC at a small private school in West Texas (his alma mater). The roster looks like mostly local TX girls, many from Lubbock. Two of them are 6'-4"+ ! Three were transfers from larger programs (Texas Tech, CC). Sounds a lot like USD's recruiting strategy, but he hasn't recruited the Midwest before. Private schools don't publish coaches salaries, so...Lots of hoopgirls top 100 players come out of Texas,like the Ogumike sisters from Stanford. Don't know if that would matter if he can't recruit any of them, as history has shown with the two Dakota schools though. Maybe the next level down, but still very good recruits?....lots of players in a populated State. I often wonder about a person of interest from an entirely different region of the country and whether or not they can adapt their recruiting to fit the area where they are applying for a job .They probably start with hardly any contacts here ,but Amy has elevated the status of the program over all, which will help the coach following Amy immensely. Gomez has had good success, but can he keep it going here in SD......Gearlds too for that matter. How will lower Div applicants adapt to the Div 1 recruiting wars? (Amy Excelled at this) Probably not the biggest factors, but factors none the less. Will a future coach's recruiting suffer or not is the question.Can they keep the program at a high level ,or will it begin to dip downward? This is an extremely critical point in the Program's future,and the next coach will either maintain the quality that's been achieved,elevate it even more,or let it slide backwards. Lots of these concerns will be either validated or dismissed hopefully in the interview process,hard questions asked, discretely of course.I hope they take their time and get the best hire they possibly can.
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