Bond played with Buchanan at Virginia his freshman year under Tony Bennett. There is a relationship there but don’t know if there is a fit next year given the positional need.
Ben Jacobson to Utah State
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Tuttle seems way too logical and could be the choice.
I could have maybe seen Ali if Nico was still at CSU.
Yeah, it's been kind of a wild ride there but I still think it ends up going that way.
Risky move but UNI is going to have to take a risk here no matter which way they go.
There is no such thing as a slam dunk hire at the MM+ level anymore and I'm of the opinion that young and upside need to win out every single time.
I love KG but he's 57 years old.
He won’t retire there. Major cultural shock.Logan, Utah is a pretty place to live. Just a bit different than Cedar Falls.
The last 4 Utah State coaches stayed there an average of 2 years and left for P5 jobs, so that's an option too.
Utah State is a fringe P5 job now. The New PAC is kind of going to be in its own category.
Surprised but totally understandable. I imagine part of it is getting Tuttle an opportunity now, but I imagine being a mid-major coach is a total grind right now.
I would argue that it's MUCH easier to be a low major coach right now than a true mid.
What's this Ben Jacobson doing these days?
UNI could do the funniest thing ever..
UNI could do the funniest thing ever..
Actually, I would say that UNI has come out fairly well among the mid-major schools when it comes to the NIL era. Yeah, Heise and Bowen Born transferred out and up, but Nate had given UNI four years already (albeit one of them being a redshirt/injury year) and Bowen, sad to say, was a shell of himself as a senior compared to his freshmen/sophomore years, so I wouldn't count as them being truly early departures.
Plus, guys like Tytan Anderson and then Trey Campbell, studs at the MVC level, did stick around for all four years and had good success, particularly Trey.
As a dual fan, this news is still kind of sinking in for me. I had truly expected him to retire at UNI.
Any relation to a Captain Tuttle?
Seth Tuttle - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory - UNI Athletics
Former All-American and MVC Player of the Year Seth Tuttle completed his eighth season with the UNI men's basketball staff in 2025-26, and fifth as a full-ti...unipanthers.com
Not surprising Jacobson left, his current salary is much lower than it was in 2020, or even 2022. And in 2025 UNI posted a $3.2M loss. That also makes Hogan or Tuttle more likely than KG, since there current salaries are much lower than KG's, and they could double either of their salaries and save some money.
