College basketball coaching carousel thread

Good read on a long-running feud between John Thompson and former DeMatha High School coach Morgan Wootten that might still be having an effect on Georgetown's coaching situation.
Interesting note that while DeMatha has long been a D.C. powerhouse and Georgetown the same in college basketball, Thompson never recruited a single player from DeMatha.

http://deadspin.com/the-power-struggle-at-georgetown-goes-back-to-a-petty-1793666837

 

If I knew any Dayton Flyers fans I would feel sorry for them.

Ex-Alabama coach Anthony Grant lands head coaching job

 

Among others, Dereck Whittenburg and Sidney Lowe of 1983 NC State fame were DeMatha grads.

 

He did have success at VCU, which is in the same conference

 

He also had Shaka Smart as his top assistant.

 

This is one of the first coaching cycles I can remember where pretty much every hire that has been announced has made sense.

 

Lots of hiring lately:

Miami (Ohio): Jack Owens
UMass: Matt McCall
Eastern Washington: Shantay Legans
Seattle: Jim Hayford
Austin Peay: Matt Figger
Cleveland State: Dennis Felton
Quinnipiac: Baker Dunleavey
Duquense- Keith Dambrot
G. Washington: Maurice Joseph

 

And Danny Ferry and a host of other good players. You would think that a DI coach from a Catholic school in Washington,D.C. would be trying to form relationships with the local Catholic high schools and also in Prince George County - which is where most good local prospects come from- but that has not been the case. I can't think of any of their good NBA players who came from the D.C. area.

 

Jerome Williams was from Rockville.

Reggie Williams and David Wingate were from Baltimore, if you count that.

 

Reggie Lewis was from Dunbar, too. I think the story was he didn't start in high school until his senior year.

 

Big John had success recruiting the DMV. Georgetown people were disappointed JTIII couldn't do the same.

 

Craig Neal fired at New Mexico.

Ryan Ridder hired at Bethune Cookman

CB McGrath hired at UNCW.