2010 COACHING OPENINGS

Next ULL wrote:

ULL:

They had a candidate on campus yesterday and today.

I would beware of anyone other than Schexnayder who is looking for a job in the middle of the year.

go figure wrote:

[quote]Next ULL wrote:

ULL:

beware

of

Schexnayder

?

Why would you "beware" of someone looking at the ULL job at mid-year?

Kind of slimy to leave mid-season...but you got to do whats best for you!

heard thru the vine that the UNLV coach has taken the UAB job, opening up the UNLV position. Any thoughts on the UNLV situation?

(1) ULL is not the best gig on the beat...except for someone like schex who will have a following that will raise money without him having to ask.

(2) Anyone else will not excite those $$ people and it will then be run on a so-so budget

(3) If ULL is to return to respectibility in their conference, it will be outside funds that do it...just as when Lancon was there

(4) A mid year coach will not be able to recruit anyone to the current team anyway, so they (ULL) should just wait until the spring for a stronger list of candidates who are not desperate rejects from the other jobs they have applied for during a normal athletic year and not landed

(5) After taking a closer look at Troy's record following AD Farmers' departure from that school, look for a similar ULL "kill" when he gets the ULL AD's post. Troy has a female running the mens program.....al la Farmer.

(6) The past (see 5) is a predictor of the future, which is why Schex may not be gung-ho interested this time around

You have a lot of insight to this job. Why would a new coach not be able to recruit this year. That is the dumbest thing I've heard.

I used to live in Vegas and trained on thier track. As much as I am for distance UNLV is not a good place for it. Too hot, no where close to campus to run. Just hot asphalt and windy 80% of the year. They should just focus on jumps/sprints/throws. It might be just a job to getsomeones foot in the coaching door but too tuff to expect much out of it. Most of the schools they face also are high altitude schools in thier conference like NAU, CU, BYU and Wyoming. So puts them at disadvantage right away. My 2 cents.

Ummm, NAU and CU are not in their conference and I think BYU just left it.

But UNLV is in the Mountain West Conference with altitude site schools Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico and Wyoming. Nevada-Reno, another altitude site school, will join the conference in 2012. It is tough for UNLV distance runners to have to compete at altitude the majority of the time at MWC Championships.

yes, I am not that current on all the conference changes and actually meant Colorado State and was thinking of Big West or Big Sky whatever NAU is in, but you get my drift.

Who was hired at Northern Colorado? Does anyone know anything about her?

Look up 8 posts. ^

She meets the only qualification they were looking for.....FEMALE....here is my question....you have 2 full time coaches on staff...and both coach the same events....sprints/hurdles....why not go with a distance or throws person? Terrible hire...but no surprise for a program as poor as Northern CO.

west coast. wrote:

She meets the only qualification they were looking for.....FEMALE....here is my question....you have 2 full time coaches on staff...and both coach the same events....sprints/hurdles....why not go with a distance or throws person? Terrible hire...but no surprise for a program as poor as Northern CO.

I know her. She is a very nice person and a decent coach, but not ready for a D-1 program--especially the head coach. Honestly, she wasn't ready to be an NAIA head coach. I would have advised her to wait 3-4 more years.

If I was a guy looking for work, I would be wishing I was a woman. LOL.

If someone has the chance to be a head coach you TAKE IT!!!Why would anyone say Im not ready yet, I think Ill wait another 3-4 years.

xcurious wrote:

If someone has the chance to be a head coach you TAKE IT!!!Why would anyone say Im not ready yet, I think Ill wait another 3-4 years.

She was a head coach and a decent one, but it is my opinion that she should have gained 3-4 more years of experience before advancing to a head coach of a D-1 program. Jumping from NAIA to NCAA D1 is a big jump. I don't know that she even knows the recruiting rules. Don't get me wrong. I want her to be successful. That is why she should have waited.

If the Dallas Cowboys called me today to be their next head coach I would be a fool to accept. I am not prepared for that. Perhaps this example will answer your question xcurious.

Perhaps she should have waited and gained a little more experience but honestly Northern Colorado is hardly a true D1 job. Its so in name only. Her old school Western State is a better program as are other lower level schools in the state. So many D1 programs really only field a program to meet the membership requirement which is so sad. There should be some course like USATF does for Level I, II, etc that all coaches should have to complete to coach at any college level. Make it a challenging week-long course at the least and overseen by USTFCCA. One level for assistants and another for head coaches. With such a program we could really better prepare coaches for the rigors of college coaching. I know so many coaches at the D1 level that are either a joke or clueless or too young and running around like they are friends with the athletes or worse trying or getting into their runners pants.