2014 College Track and Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion

Ole Miss

Um OLE MISS finished 5th ont he Men's Side at SEC, dont think there is gonna be any change there.

Hopefully people are only posting things they have heard some sort of legit speculation on and not trying to initial things

Any new news on WSU after PAC 12s and the big alumni weekend/Sloan send off gathering?

The LetsRun crowd was right... http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/may/19/cougars-have-opportunity-to-get-back-in-the/

Coastal Carolina women's head coach announced retirement today.

TennTrackVols wrote:

Tennessee will definately be open as JJ's contract is up and they really stunk it up @ the SEC's. 11th place scoring 24 points really sucks for a program with such a great tradition. Not a single point scored in any event on the track!

Dave Hart doesn't have the sack to do this, although I agree JJ has done nothing but destroy a once-proud program. While high school running has improved by leaps and bounds over the past decade, UT has let the vast majority of in state talent go other places--NC State, Georgia, UVA, Ole Miss, Arkansas, etc.

JJ clark is getting luca' brazi'd

what's the deal at uconn?

word is jj has two years left on his deal - i can't see them buying him out

Contract ends this year.

Does the admin not care that Ball State is this bad in track? The head coach is a throws guy yet they have no throwers. It is a fairly tough throws conference but you'd think they would be better.

When Ball State eliminated men's track, you knew it was all over.

Wayne Phipps will not bring energy to the WSU program. Not sure what Moos is thinking. It is the PAC 12! Not sure if he realizes, but the WAC is made up of mostly teams that just became D1.

D1:

Clemson (Jumps)

Washington State

IPFW

Grand Canyon

Michigan

Louisville

Southern Utah

Hawaii

Eastern Michigan (Graduate Assistant)

Central Arkansas

D2:

Lake Erie

West Alabama

Lake Superior State

Coker *starting xc/track program*

Pfieffer *starting xc/track program*

LIU Post *reinstating T&F*

D3:

Washington & Jefferson

Olivet

Texas Lutheran

Pratt Institute

Grove City

Lasell

Augsburg

Rhodes

Cal Lutheran (Throws Coach)

Niagra (Women)

Aurora

Lynchburg (Virginia)

Rhodes

Lake Erie College

Davenport

Marietta

NAIA:

University of Antelope Valley *starting xc program*

Point Park *starting track program*

Avila *starting track program*

Graceland

Hastings

Bethany

Midland

Ball(s) state wrote:

Does the admin not care that Ball State is this bad in track? The head coach is a throws guy yet they have no throwers. It is a fairly tough throws conference but you'd think they would be better.

I am a HS coach. Two years ago I had a 2:17/5:15/19:30 XC girl on low mileage/little anaerobic work and only two years in the sport that was planning on attending Ball State. She wanted to walk on. She completed the online questionnaire, sent e-mails, and called regularly. The coach never returned a call or email until I contacted the AD and made it clear that the girl deserved a response even if it was "get lost." He finally contacted her and said she could run a time trial over 5000 meters when she arrived and if she could run 18:30 XC, she could walk on. She made it clear she was more of an 800 runner, and he said he understood but to be good at 800 she would have to run better than 18:30 on day one. She gave up and I am not sure if they have a single runner on the team that can run 18:30 or her HS times. She attends BSU and jogs to stay in shape. The coach either knows NOTHING about the sport or developing athletes or is simply so arrogant that he doesn't care to know. One point at conference is one more than I would expect from my encounter.

Anybody hear anything on UCONN, MIT, or Bryant? The only word I got from talking to other college coaches is "Stay away from Bryant", So what's going on?

So based on the following post here is what is open maybe?

What is open:

Uconn - Head Women's Coach

Missouri State XC

Missouri XC

Georgia Southern Head track/XC

Georgia Southern - 2 assistants maybe?

WSU Director position

Colgate- admin position/distance (probably a female)

Michigan-?

Auburn-?

Loyola New Orleans- head track/xc

Tenn- cleaning house?

Northwestern- Assistant XC

FIU - Head Coach

Costal Carolina - Hire within for the assistant?

Stanford - Filled maybe?

IU - Assistant distance?

Not sure about Michigan, Tenn and Auburn but that was posted on this site somewhere?

Someone mentioned earlier, that two assistants left Charleston Southern. Guessing they are looking for those two spots.