Basketball Coaching Carousel '25

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Jai Lucas -- associate head coach at Duke -- expected to take the University of Miami job

https://apnews.com/article/miami-jai-lucas-duke-61adb4a973c40b27a4cefe8127f9e43a

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Utah is parting ways with Craig Smith, per Jeff Goodman (just beat Kansas and Kansas State immediately after the loss at UC)

Former WVU interim coach Josh Eilert will serve as the interim coach the rest of the 2024-25 season

(why do I feel like UC will play Utah again in the Big 12 tourney?)

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Jeff Goodman says that Virginia Tech's Mike Young is expected to return next season "with an increased NIL package"

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Utah is parting ways with Craig Smith, per Jeff Goodman (just beat Kansas and Kansas State immediately after the loss at UC)

Former WVU interim coach Josh Eilert will serve as the interim coach the rest of the 2024-25 season

(why do I feel like UC will play Utah again in the Big 12 tourney?)

Utah is looking at Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen. Following the BYU hiring model?

https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/1897048526070186390?s=46&t=6827ybyyA2NHZ_hNyS2mFg

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Utah is looking at Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen. Following the BYU hiring model?

https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/18...A2NHZ_hNyS2mFg

This is almost done. Jensen was a Final Four player at Utah along with Andre Miller and Keith Van Horn if memory serves.

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The aforementioned Jai Lucas (Miami) and Alex Jensen (Utah) were both made official by the schools

Lucas will join Miami at the conclusion of the regular season, foregoing a potential tourney run with Duke

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Another NBA assistant likely bound for college -- Jeff Goodman says Sacramento assistant Luke Loucks is expected to be the guy at FSU. The former FSU player led the Seminoles with 14 points in the loss to UC in 2012 (yikes, it has been that long since a Sweet 16 appearance).

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Thad Matta will be back at Butler, per Jeff Goodman

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Tad Boyle says he’ll be back at Colorado

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Kevin Keatts done at NC State

https://x.com/coachkeattsncsu/status/1898734314306564248?s=46&t=6827ybyyA2NHZ_hNyS2mFg

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Another NBA assistant likely bound for college -- Jeff Goodman says Sacramento assistant Luke Loucks is expected to be the guy at FSU. The former FSU player led the Seminoles with 14 points in the loss to UC in 2012 (yikes, it has been that long since a Sweet 16 appearance).

Luke Loucks at FSU is official

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Another NBA assistant likely bound for college -- Jeff Goodman says Sacramento assistant Luke Loucks is expected to be the guy at FSU. The former FSU player led the Seminoles with 14 points in the loss to UC in 2012 (yikes, it has been that long since a Sweet 16 appearance).

Yeah, the guy who telegraphed a pass that Dion Dixon stole for a slam, putting UC ahead late in a close game.

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Bellarmine coach Scott Davenport retiring, son likely to take over https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/18...A2NHZ_hNyS2mFg

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Quannas White, associate HC at Houston (on Sampson's staff since 2017), reportedly taking the HC job at Louisiana

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Steve Prohm has stepped down at Murray State after a second go around there