Bill Caldwell will take over at Eastern Carolina. He was hand picked/promised this when he took over XC last year.
If they make him the Director, it shows that ECU has no idea what the heck they are doing. That kid was hired after 2 years of being an assistant on a garbage XC program that finished last in the conference. When they hired him over MULTIPLE qualified / experienced coaches, it showed that they did not care about the success of the program. They wanted a young and inexperienced coach that would not be demanding and stand up for the needs of the program.
Not sure if this was posted already but Long Beach State has their person.
Another unexciting coach to help LB State never be good. As long as Andy S is in charge no good person wants to work for him.
Many good candidates applied for that job but the new AD is making some cutbacks making the job less attractive for an expensive place to live as well. DE is a good guy.
LB is part of 23 CSU campus system. Not sure what you mean by “good” but lack of “good” is not because of Sythe it’s because there’s too many similar schools in the area / state. CSU, UCs and countless small privates.
LB state is funded with in state scholarships limits. so they’ll win their big west titles at times and that’s pretty much it. they’re not funded to get internationals or the best Americans. tbh there’s a LOT of California athletes that have fast times but do not pass the eye test.
Why did Newman leave Auburn? Excellent coach, with proven results but I don’t know about his ability to recruit. His posts were very cryptic most of the summer. Good luck to him and I hope this turns out to be a solid place for him. Watts pushed him out in USC but Hayes hires him at UCLA. Who can understand the machinations of the NCAA.
Bill Caldwell will take over at Eastern Carolina. He was hand picked/promised this when he took over XC last year.
If they make him the Director, it shows that ECU has no idea what the heck they are doing. That kid was hired after 2 years of being an assistant on a garbage XC program that finished last in the conference. When they hired him over MULTIPLE qualified / experienced coaches, it showed that they did not care about the success of the program. They wanted a young and inexperienced coach that would not be demanding and stand up for the needs of the program.
Why did Newman leave Auburn? Excellent coach, with proven results but I don’t know about his ability to recruit. His posts were very cryptic most of the summer. Good luck to him and I hope this turns out to be a solid place for him. Watts pushed him out in USC but Hayes hires him at UCLA. Who can understand the machinations of the NCAA.
UCLA is a complete sh!t show. It doesn’t matter who they hire. My god WTF