2025 MBB Coaching Carousel
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Such a big Hawkeye fan that he went to West Virginia when everyone knew Fran was on his way out?
Why? They could hire someone good. But hiring is pretty much a crapshoot.
I think they could hire one, but its a bit of a crapshoot. Prohm was a disaster, Nebraska thought they struck gold in Hoiberg. The list goes on and on.
They have a lot of money? How so? Sure they have higher revenues but astronomical expenses. Their net is so great the AD had to get loans from the university to which they still haven’t repaid.
Unless Iowa commits to SIGNIFICANTLY increasing it's NIL, why would a coach like DeVries leave a well funded program like WV?
Because Iowa is an elite sleeping giant and everyone dreams of coaching there. Duh.
West Virginia to DeVries is what UNLV was to TJ.
I’ve heard West Virginia also has some pretty great basketball facilities. Does Iowa have anything like that?
I think Iowa will promise an increase in NIL but many are questioning how they will sustain it. If DeVries takes it, great. But it’ll impact his longevity there. DeVries and WVU spent big time last year and still struggled to win and it wasn’t all about injuries.
Wasn't his brother Jared a spokes person for Subway restaurants?
They actually had a pretty good year despite having a lot of injuries.
TJ knew Prohm was not long for ISU one way or another and he was next in line. Prohm would have had to have won the conference outright, and then maybe advance to an Elite 8 for the TJ ball to stop rolling. Just a matter of when.....not if.
DeVries has known this about Fran as well. And he wants to be back in Iowa. Does that mean he gets the job..........I have no idea about that. Do not follow that school close enough but I would say if Iowa and WVU can work the numbers........he'll be a Hawkeye.
Would expect the Iowa AD has promises from booster's about future NIL funding for the men's basketball program. Plus she probably has some flexibility in-house related to the House Settlement how it will be split between FB, MBB & WB.
Also with Hawkeye WBB still riding a high from the Clarke era, IMO Goetz needs to resurrect the MBB program from a fan interest/booster support to maximize revenue across both sports.
I get nervous when Devries is the talk of the town at Drake and the next year a coach surpasses him at Drake.
Eh, Darian jumped because there was a full rebuild coming at Drake and he needed to make a move while his stock was as high as it possibly could be.
