Coaching Hot Seat 2021

[Vowelguy]

Linky? Wow, did not expect them to pull the trigger, but it was time. Probably will lose some transfers and maybe some of their incoming recruits, but Wynn was going nowhere, regardless of how much time they gave her.

Washington women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn fired after four seasons with Huskies

Washington Huskies women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn has been fired after four years guiding the program. Wynn led UW to a 38-75 record, including 11-58 in the Pac-12.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[nwhoopfan]

Jody Wynn let go as UW women's basketball head coach

Wynn coached at Montlake for four years.

247sports.com

 

[nwhoopfan]

Whoa.
Hopefully @nwhoopfan doesnt hurt him/herself doing cartwheels.

Of course I have no idea who they will get as a replacement, but it clearly wasn't working.

 

[Vowelguy]

Of course I have no idea who they will get as a replacement, but it clearly wasn't working.

what about gonzaga? she's kept things going post-Graves, when it wouldve been easy to fall off
or the idaho st coach?

 

[nwhoopfan]

what about gonzaga? she's kept things going post-Graves, when it wouldve been easy to fall off
or the idaho st coach?

Definitely would make sense to put out feelers to Fortier. I don't know anything about the Idaho St. coach. Such a crap shoot w/ coaches who have been successful at mid majors. Sometimes they can transition to success at P5 schools, sometimes they don't.

 

[SECbbfan24]

LSU fans wait anxiously over the next week. Everyone else is pulling the plug

 

[Lorcan]

Wow. Didn’t expect Washington to pull the trigger. It makes you wonder if they have someone in mind. Kelsey Plum was coaching at Arkansas recently.

I wonder if we’ll see any other movement in the PAC.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Kelsey Plum was coaching at Arkansas recently.

So was Osahor. I've been keeping an eye on an alum from an earlier time frame, Loree Payne. After a nice stint at D2 Univ. of Puget Sound, she has slowly been improving Northern Arizona. Don't really think that's who I would be looking at currently.

 

[Plebe]

Washington women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn fired after four seasons with Huskies

Washington Huskies women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn has been fired after four years guiding the program. Wynn led UW to a 38-75 record, including 11-58 in the Pac-12.

www.seattletimes.com

Wow, I guess they really don't like losing to Washington State. The one unforgivable sin.

 

[triaddukefan]

Washington women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn fired after four seasons with Huskies

Washington Huskies women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn has been fired after four years guiding the program. Wynn led UW to a 38-75 record, including 11-58 in the Pac-12.

www.seattletimes.com

Wow.... two signees originally signed with Duke.. then McCallie resigned... then they committed to Washington.. and now that coach was let go.

 

[Lorcan]

Payne could be interesting. I almost wonder whether you go after someone wild like Jarrold Olson at Cal Baptist after his perfect season. The success is certainly there. Otherwise, I’m not sure there’s a huge list of names if Fortier, Johnston, and others stay at their programs

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wow, I guess they really don't like losing to Washington State. The one unforgivable sin.

It couldn't be the 11-58 conference record over 4 years...

 

[DefenseBB]

Wow.... two signees originally signed with Duke.. then McCallie resigned... then they committed to Washington.. and now that coach was let go.

All D1 Head Coaches-note to self, do not sign these two recruits...

 

[LETTERL]

How many Pac 12 coaches have come and gone while Tara has been at Stanford? It has to be over 30.

 

[nwhoopfan]

How many Pac 12 coaches have come and gone while Tara has been at Stanford? It has to be over 30.

Oh my goodness, I'm gonna let somebody else try to tackle that. I think CTT is the second longest tenured by a healthy margin. Scott Rueck might actually be the third longest?

 

[garddog]

NMP can definitely be added to the hot seat now. No post season for Mississippi State.

 

[dws3665]

NMP can definitely be added to the hot seat now. No post season for Mississippi State.

I cannot imagine MSU dumping her after one year. Who would take the job after that? I do wonder about how many Bulldogs might pop up in the portal this week, though. And that won’t help next year.

I am wondering about the scenario described up-thread suggesting that if LSU didn’t make the tourney, then the “Other Nikki” might be packing her bags.

 

[garddog]

I cannot imagine MSU dumping her after one year. Who would take the job after that? I do wonder about how many Bulldogs might pop up in the portal this week, though. And that won’t help next year.

I am wondering about the scenario described up-thread suggesting that if LSU didn’t make the tourney, then the “Other Nikki” might be packing her bags.

Not saying for sure she is fired this year, but she has joined the hot seat crowd.

You have to understand, this year reminded some of us of 25 years ago when it was just bad. Sharon Fanning, who preceded Vic never had teams that looked this lackadaisical.

 

[Lorcan]

Tara started at Stanford in 1985. Since then there have been 54 coaching stints at programs currently in the Pac-12. I got lazy when I was doing stats for a part of it, but not for others.



Arizona State (4)

Juliene Simpson 1985-1987
Maura McHugh 1987-1993
Jacqueline Hullah 1993-1996
Charli Turner-Thorne 1996-Present (471-271 at ASU) (240-175 Pac12 57.8%) 13 NCAA's, 2016 Pac-12 Title

Arizona (5)

Wendy Larry 1985-1987
June Olkowski 1987-1991
Joan Bonvinci 1991-2008
Niya Butts 2008-2016
Adia Barnes 2016-Present (WNIT Championships 2018) (84-62 at Arizona) (39-50 .438 Pac-12 .438.)

California (6)

Gooch Foster 1985-1996 (279-222 .557) (137-131 .511 PAC) 3 NCAA Appearances
Marianne Stanley 1996-2000 (35-75 .318) (16-56 .222 Pac)
Caren Horstmeyer 2000-2005 (52-91 .364) (23-67 .256 Pac)
Joanne Boyle 2005-2011 (137-64 .681) (70-38 .648 PAC) 4 NCAA's WNIT Champions in 2010.
Lindsay Gottlieb 2011-2019 (179-89 .668) (88-59 .599) Final Four 2013, 7 NCAA's, 1 PAC 12 Title
Charmin Smith 2019-Present (12-19 in first season, 1-16 this year.)

UCLA (4)

Billie Moore 1985-1993
Kathy Oliver 1993-2008 (232-208) (132-128) 5 NCAA Appearances, 1 Quarterfinal
Nikki Fargas 2008-2011 (72-26) (40-14 in Pac-12) 2 NCAA's
Cori Close 2011-Present (172-99) (91-53 Pac-12 as of 2019) 5 NCAA's 2015 WNIT Champions

Southern California (The real USC) (8)

Linda Sharp 1977-1989 (271-99, 116-40 Pac-12) 2 NCAA Championships, 7 NCAA's.
Marianne Stanley 1989-1993 (71-46, 45-27 Pac) 3 NCAA's
Cheryl Miller (1993-1995) (44-14, 26-10 PAC) 2 NCAA's
Fred Williams (1995-1997) (33-23,21-15) 1 NCAA
Chris Gobrecht (1997-2004) (90-64, 52-38)
Mark Track V 1.0 (72-57, 41-31)
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke (2013-2017) (70-57, 29-43)
Mark Trakh V. 2.0 (64-49, 32-40)

Washington (6)

Chris Gobrecht (left for USC) 1985-1996 (243-89, 143-50)
June Daugherty 1996-2007 (191-139, 113-85)
Tia Jackson 2007-2011 (45-75, 24-48)
Kevin McGuff 2011-2017 (41-26, 19-18) (Never made it to NCAA's)
Mike Neighbors 2013-2017 (98-41, 47-25) NCAA Final Four
Jody Wynn 2017-2021 (No words needed. As of 2020, 3-32 in conference play before this season. I think she may have also been fired due to controversies created off the court that got her in hot water. )


Washington State (5)

Harold Rhodes 1982-1999
Jenny Przekwas 1999-2002
Sherri Murrell 2002-2007
June Daugherty 2007-2018
Kamie Ethridge 2019-Present NCAAS! 1st time since 1990!

Oregon (5)

Elwin Heiny 1976-1993
Jody Runge 1993-2001
Bev Smith 2001-2009
Paul Westhead 2009-2014
Kelly Graves 2014-present

Oregon State (4)

Aki Hill 1978-1995
Judy Spoelstra 1995-2005
LaVonda Wagner 2005-2010
Scott Rueck 2010-Present

Utah (3)

Elaine Elliot 1983-2010
Anthony Levrets 2010-2015
Lynne Roberts 2015-Present

Colorado (4)

Ceal Berry 1983-2005
Kathy McConnell-Miller 2005-2010
Linda Lappe 2010-2016
J.R. Payne 2016-Present

 

[Plebe]

How many Pac 12 coaches have come and gone while Tara has been at Stanford? It has to be over 30.

Dating back to the Pac-10 days? Since 1985? Has to be a lot more than that.

 

[Lorcan]

Dating back to the Pac-10 days? Since 1985? Has to be a lot more than that.

It's 54.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Jody Wynn 2017-2021 (No words needed. As of 2020, 3-32 in conference play before this season. I think she may have also been fired due to controversies created off the court that got her in hot water. )

Hey now, don't short change her. 3-32 was the first 2 years. She exploded for 5 conference wins in '19-'20. 3 more this year.

I don't know about that controversy. That seemed to blow over. AFAIK it only came from 1 player, didn't seem to be any substantiation. I certainly didn't see any evidence of chemistry problems or poor body language from any players. I think it's more likely that was just sour grapes from one disgruntled player than an actual problem within the program. Just my $.02.

Wait, were you referring to a tweet that got a little blow back? That was overblown, but if it was really a problem why wasn't she fired when it happened (like almost a year ago)? I don't remember the administration raking her over the coals for that.

No, I think her termination is squarely resting on her failure to field a competitive squad in conference 4 straight seasons.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Hey I was right about Rueck being 3rd longest tenured, just ahead of Close.

 

[DefenseBB]

So, I am curious about any comments from the schools on Nikki Fargas or Sharon Versyp. I mean, come on, those contracts are expiring next year and there is no sign of visible improvement coming. Doesn't the school at least offer some insight into what they plan? After the tournament FSU will need to address their situation. I still think some more dominoes have to fall. Will any early round exits cause additional "hot seat" situations?

 

[Vowelguy]

All D1 Head Coaches-note to self, do not sign these two recruits...

I suspect some of our SEC visitors would love for these 2 recruits to commit to their schools.