According to Wikipedia, he's from Aplington and played his college ball at UNI. Was an assistant at Creighton for a long time.
West Virginia is good landing spot for any coach. Iowa is a dumpster fire right now; a step down. Not even a lateral move.
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West Virginia is good landing spot for any coach. Iowa is a dumpster fire right now; a step down. Not even a lateral move.
Sounds like a dream job to me. I'd love to get paid to tank Iowa Athletics.
Iowa men's basketball hasn't had much fan support in almost 30 years. They are more focused on Football, wrestling and women's basketball.
WVU at least cares about men's basketball.
WVU at least cares about men's basketball.
He's owed 60% of his remaining salary.
He has 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7 remaining. So he would be owed 6.48M. Plus the assistant buyouts, plus Devries Buyout. Iowa doesn't have THAT kind of money for basketball.
All of the "Devries to Iowa" opinions are 100% pure speculation. Everyone assumes he wants that job. He would be better off staying at WV and waiting for the Creighton job to open.
They are back to a wrestling school, as long as bob keeps buying wrestlers.
Check Marg's purse, see if she has a weird shaped coin type purse in it. May have a couple things of Fran in it.
All I know is that I never want Tang and McCaffrey to ever leave their respective jobs.
I hope Fran does his usual.
Just enough to hang on/not totally tank the win quality in Iowa City.
But Iowa basketball is stuck in a ditch and going nowhere.
Just enough to hang on/not totally tank the win quality in Iowa City.
But Iowa basketball is stuck in a ditch and going nowhere.
Hawk fans prefer going far in NIT to NCAA tournament so that might get him a raise!
I’m guessing he’s looking at senior living options in Indy as we speak.
His brother played football at Iowa, and the rumor is the entire family grew up EIU fans. The 3 brothers own 10/12 grocery stores in Iowa under the name of Brothers Market. Most of the stores are located in smaller county seat towns like Bloomfield and Sigourney. His buyout at WV is one third of his the remaining contract. Currently making $2.8 million a year.
West Virginia head coach DeVries contract details revealed
The contract for West Virginia men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries is for five years and $15 million.
Northern Iowa alum. So probably a fan of Iowa growing up but, like most Iowa fans, never attended.
His brother played football at Iowa, and the rumor is the entire family grew up EIU fans. The 3 brothers own 10/12 grocery stores in Iowa under the name of Brothers Market. Most of the stores are located in smaller county seat towns like Bloomfield and Sigourney. His buyout at WV is one third of his the remaining contract. Currently making $2.8 million a year.
West Virginia head coach DeVries contract details revealed
The contract for West Virginia men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries is for five years and $15 million.westvirginia.rivals.com
Guessing WVU extends him with a lot more money after this year. I am sure they see what is going on in Iowa City and know his past connection with them.
They're going to take a hard run at DeVries, and if they can't get him, they'll hire McCollum.
Both would be upgrades over Fran.
His brother is an all time Iowa FB great. I'd be shocked if he wasn't an Iowa fan for a lot of his life.
I would think he would rather take over the Creighton job from Mac than the EIU job. At Creighton you have more NIL, and do not have to share the limelight with WBB and football like you would at EIU. Creighton is the better program and he coached there a number of years. McDermott is only 60 and currently makes $2.1 million a year, EIU will be able to double that figure.
