More Basketball Coaching Changes
by BoilerTMill on Apr 13, 2011 11:00 AM EDT
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PrintIt is not a real surprise, but Assistant basketball coach Mike Jackson has resigned, effective April 30th. This is not a surprise because he was suspended on February 9th after receiving an OWI. Since we're in our slowest part of the year in terms of the news this at least gives us something to talk about with two assistant coaching positions open and a new war chest of cash out there to fill them.
That leaves us with Jack Owens and two open positions with the departure of Paul Lusk. There have been some names floated with current IPFW coach (and IU alum) Dane Fife being one of the top names out there. Brian Neubert at GBI recently posted a blog about Fife, stating that a high profile assistant position might be better in the long run for Fife even though he is currently the head man at another school. He has a good relationship with Painter, and he can likely earn more as an assistant than he can leading the Mastodons.
I don't know about Fife. It would likely upset some IU fans since he is a former player and possible heir apparent down the road. He also is having a nice run of success at IPFW considering that he was the youngest coach in Division I when he started. He is only 82-97 as head coach, but IPFW has never won fewer games than a previous season under him. He is coming off of the best season in program history at 18-12. Does he stay and continue to build his resume, or is Purdue really a better move?
Another factor in our search is that one of the 10 head coaching positions within the state is currently open. The IUPUI Jaguars are still looking to replace Ron Hunter, who is the only coach they have had in their Division I history. Even though Hunter stayed there for 17 years, it is likely that the next coach at IUPUI (perhaps even current IUPUI women's coach and former Purdue player Austin Parkinson?) will try to use that as a springboard to something else. That means a solid young assistant may look for his first head coaching spot instead of taking a potential assistant job with us.
That said, here are some of my top picks for the two open positions. By no means is this the definitive coaching search list, but it merely one fan's wish list of top candidates:
Kenneth Lowe - Kenny is a former point guard and he is the example of Purdue toughness, playing despite 27 (approximate) shoulder injuries. He is currently playing professional in Finland, however, and may want to keep playing. Kenny could be a great recruiter in the one area of the state we normally own (Branden Dawson aside) The Region.
Carson Cunningham - Here is another former point guard and potential asset in The Region. He is coaching at Andrean High school and a professor of History at DePaul. I am sure we could even find a history class or two for him to teach if he was interested.
Austin Parkinson - I know, I am obsessed with point guards, but I can't help it. They often make the best coaches. Parkinson has already served as a graduate assistant and an assistant at IUPUI. He just finished his first season as the women's basketball head coach, going 4-24 after being hired in September following a pretty nasty scandal with the previous coach.
Micah Shrewsberry - He is the first program outsider on this list, but as a Butler assistant the past two seasons he has been part of two straight National Runners-Up. He would be an interesting pick-up in terms of getting some of the better Indy-area players.
Dan Dakich - Hopefully our own players would respect him more than IU did at his last coaching gig. He's becoming too much of a national media personality though (and one of the few good ones). The Boiled Sports guys are high on him.
Linc Darner - this former player is doing well at Florida Southern, but I see him becoming a Division I head coach first, maybe even at Miami, which is still open.
Chris Kramer - How awesome would this be? Although I think he still has another year in the D-League and a shot at making the Bucks roster first.
Me - Why not? lol
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Robert Buckets? He already has a year of experience as a Volunteer Student Assistant Coach.
Chris Kramer would be awesome.
Like… Seriously.
by Danulas on Apr 13, 2011 11:22 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Not sure
CK3 would be a great recruiter.
Dosvidaniya, bitches! BTFU!
by BoilerUpAT on Apr 13, 2011 9:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
GBI has basically said it will be...
Fife and Shrewsberry. It probably has already been set in motion and will just be announced next week because the job has to be posted for a certain amount of time.
both would be very solid additions
I would be happy with one of them and Lowe
by GreenBayBoilermaker on Apr 13, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t be happy to see Dane Fife in black and gold, but I certainly wouldn’t begrudge him the move. As you note, he probably would make more as a Purdue assistant than at IPFW. He’s probably done all that he can do at IPFW. It’s way too early to suggest that Fife is an heir apparent, but I don’t think being an assistant at Purdue would prevent him from becoming IU’s coach down the road, if that’s how things work it. It’s most likely that we would be at Purdue for a few years and would move on.
Another thing to consider about Fife is that he’s never been an assistant coach anywhere. His bio claims that he was an assistant coach at IU, but he really was in an administrative position for a couple of years under Mike Davis. From a learning perspective, it probably would be a good move for him. He still will have the head coaching experience on his resume, but this probably would position him for a better head coaching job.
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by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Apr 13, 2011 11:45 AM EDT reply actions
“we” should be “he.”
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by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Apr 13, 2011 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I think his assistant job was reviewing tape, not as a true assistant coach.
By they way, his base salary last year was $85,739. Mike Jackson made $100,000, an amount that would probably had been higher next year in the post-Painter-extension world.
by SpartanBoiler on Apr 13, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Austin Parkinson coaches basketball?
My god.
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He knows basketball
I think he has a bright future as a coach.
by Bulldogsmoltz31 on Apr 13, 2011 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
he might know it, but he couldnt play it
No player in my short history of watching purdue drove me up the wall more than him
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by HawkeyeBoiler on Apr 13, 2011 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think he was a Big Ten player
But he could have been very successful at a smaller school. He is his high school’s all-time leading scorer, and my nephews attend thats chool now.
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Really? There was NOBODY that drove you more nuts than Danger?
I went to high school with him. He was a pure player, and a Purdue style guy as well. He was on the floor, he was pure energy. Literally, his freshman year we used him as a one man press.
He came to God’s country at a rough time in the program, but he was a good player. Probably too small for the B1G, and (like many point guards we seemed to recruit) he didn’t look to shoot first, but Austin was a good player. I have a list of 10 guys more frustrating to watch than him.
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27 shoulder injuries for Lowe
That is per game, right?
Shouldn't we be considering more prominent staff additions?
Not that the list you provided TMill isn’t solid. But with the increase in pay/support that was agreed to by the AD a few weeks back when signing Painter to his new contract (and the new facilities) might this not be the time where Matt gets the chance to bring in some guys with seriously top-notch credentials?
I know we’d want to make sure they can recruit in-state and that’s important, but it would seem to me that as long as the recruits know the background on the assistants (and believe me, they’ll find out) and think they’re going to help them get better, that’s the biggest factor.
Will be interesting to see which way Matt goes with two vacancies to fill. Maybe he’ll split it up. One in-state/Purdue alum, and one from somewhere else. I just hope that whoever gets the nod can recruit well and knows how to help the players get better.
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I see nothing wrong with Dan Fife however...
because there’s nothing wrong in my book with making IU suffer.
by Jackson Brunner on Apr 13, 2011 4:38 PM EDT reply actions
I vote for the A-Train!
He has a tremendous upside! He played basketball in Jr High and lettered in both football and baseball – that should count right?
Hammer Down!
Vote #2 here
Or wait, maybe we can get him to coach some football
Dosvidaniya, bitches! BTFU!
by BoilerUpAT on Apr 13, 2011 9:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Linc Darner....
Simply can’t see Linc Darner in the mix for Miami job. It’s a big-time Division 1 ACC gig and Darner is a good Division II coach in Central Florida, not South Florida. Huge difference. I doubt the new AD is going to go in that direction. Local boy Frank Martin at Kansas State is the most logical choice….
Personally...
I can’t stand Dan Dakich. I hate when he is doing a game on “The Mothership” and I can’t believe he was hired there after his piss poor performance for the Big Ten Network. Again, I know some of you are high on him, including TMill, but I personally have never liked him, both at IU and working in TV.
As for the other candidates, I am all for CK3 even though as TMill stated, he probably wants to give the NBA a little more of a shot first. For his age, Kramer has a great basketball mind and I believe would be a great coach. He said in an interview I saw one time that outside of playing professionally he would like to coach one day, so who knows!
Austin Parkinson
I think y’all forget how much a certain player that used to wear #12 from 1989 until 1993 used to make 14,123 quickly get on their feet and yell “&%$$%^ it, -—-er!”
Dane Fife
I wouldn’t have a problem with Dane Fife being an assistant-it was his brother Dugan that I didn’t like
Mixed Feelings
I have mixed feelings about Fife. My assumption is that Fife has been able to turn around IPFW because he knows basketball and he has brought in better recruits. Both of those things benefit Purdue and is the reason I would welcome the hire. I have my doubts because I fear we would only be a short stay for Fife. I could be wrong but I assume he wants a higher profile coaching job and this would only serve as a springboard to another gig. I kind of want someone who is planning on staying for 6 or 7 years at least. Shrewsberry seems like a good hire and I don’t think we could go wrong with any of the Purdue guys on the list.
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I cast my vote for Dave Barrett. Walk on for Coach Keady after a very good hgh school career at Lafayette Catholic. He had been head coach at Central Catholic for 6 years, winning 6 straight sectionals. Ray Eddy Hustle Award winner 4 years at Purdue.
by terryboilermaker on Apr 14, 2011 2:38 PM EDT reply actions
Asst coach
According to a source Trey Lyles’ dad said Purdue’s biggest problem was none of the coaching staff was personable. Adding that they are a great X’s and O’s staff.
So in my opinion we need a guy with some personality, and is very charismatic. I don’t think Fife is this guy so I hope he is not one of our next assistants.
by nicjohns on Apr 14, 2011 8:19 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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