Missouri basketball coaching candidates: Kim English, Jerome Tang and Dana Ford lead our list--The Athletic
Call list (in alphabetical order)
Darian DeVries, Drake head coach. There may be multiple suitors for a 46-year-old Midwesterner and two-time Missouri Valley Conference coach of the year whose Bulldogs have won 94 games (and counting) in his four seasons. The metrics didn’t love Drake as much this season, but DeVries directed a near-top 30 offense in 2020-21 and his group pulled off an NCAA Tournament win before bowing out to a USC team that reached the Elite Eight. Will the contract be an issue? DeVries signed an extension through 2028-29 only a year ago. You wouldn’t think a mid-major coach would agree to anything with a massive buyout — the terms of the deal aren’t known, as Drake is a private school — nor would a school like Missouri be all that dissuaded by one. But it’s a detail to deal with.
Dana Ford, Missouri State head coach. We’ve noted previously how the 37-year-old has rebooted both Tennessee State and Missouri State successfully. He’s an Illinois native and naturally has built connections within Missouri state lines over the previous four years. Ford checks every familiarity box. He hasn’t worked at a power-conference program, even as an assistant; does that give anyone pause, given how grueling on all fronts the SEC is fast becoming? If Missouri administrators have done their homework and due diligence, chances are they have a pretty good handle on those answers, given that Ford is basically in the neighborhood already.
Best/Worst MVC Programs of the Millennium--Missouri Valley Beat
MVC WOMEN'S TOURNEY: Top-seed Salukis battle past Sycamores--Dispatch Argus
MVC WOMEN'S TOURNEY: Redmond powers Redbirds past Ramblers--Dispatch Argus
MVC WOMEN'S TOURNEY QUARTERFINAL: Second half shooting costs Drake chance at upset--Dispatch Argus
Sources: Missouri Parting Ways with Men’s Basketball Coach Cuonzo Martin--Sports Illustrated
Sources told SI that some potential replacements for Martin include North Texas head coach Grant McCasland, Baylor assistant Jerome Tang and Drake head coach Darian DeVries.
Daily Dirt – 3/11/22--Hoop Dirt
Besides the obvious name of Drake assistant Marty Richter at Florida Gulf Coast, other names I’ve heard for the FGCU job are: USC associate head coach Chris Capko, Baylor assistant John Jakus, and Florida assistant Erik Pastrana.
Drake women's basketball beats Bradley in opening round of MVC Tournament--Des Moines Register
Drake women's basketball goes cold in second half of MVC quarterfinal loss to Missouri State--Des Moines Register
Women’s Basketball Falls in Quarterfinal--godrakebulldogs.com
University of Evansville Athletics Director Mark Spencer announces resignation--Evansville Courier & Press
Watch now: JuJu Redmond sparks Illinois State past Loyola in MVC Women's Tournament--The Pantagraph
ISU knocks off Loyola 68-52 in MVC tournament quarterfinals--The Vidette
Redmond Drops 29 Points in MVC Quarterfinal Win Over Loyola, 68-52--goredbirds.com
Salukis end ISU women's season--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Sycamores’ season ends in MVC quarterfinals--gosycamores.com
Women’s Basketball Senior Allison Day Brings Home Two All-MVC Awards--Loyola Phoenix
Southern Illinois Dominates Indiana State, Advances to Semifinals--Loyola Phoenix
Loyola Women’s Basketball Falls to Hot-Handed Illinois State in MVC Quarterfinals--Loyola Phoenix
Illinois State Fends Off Loyola In MVC Quarterfinals, 68-52--loyolaramblers.com
Missouri State Lady Bears erase 15-point deficit vs. Drake to advance to MVC Tournament semis--Springfield News-Leader
Missouri State Lady Bears survive Drake scare to advance to semis--The Standard
Lady Bears Advance to MVC Semifinals with Comeback Victory--missouristatebears.com
MVC WOMEN'S TOURNEY QUARTERFINAL: UNI blows out Valpo--Dispatch Argus
UNI women's basketball moves to Hoops in the Heartland Semifinal with win over Valparaiso--unipanthers.com
UNI women's basketball set to take on Missouri State in Hoops in the Heartland Semifinal--unipanthers.com
Happening Hoops CBI/The Basketball Classic Bracketology #10--Happening Hoops
The Basketball Classic (32 Teams Campus Sites)
Midwest
- Youngstown State (18-14 Horizon)
- Southern Illinois (16-15 MVC)
- Morehead State (23-11 OVC)
- Western Illinois (16-15 Summit)
Sports Column | Bucky Dent: Hard to take your eye off SIU's Walker--Southern Illinoisan
Women’s Basketball open Hoops in the Heartland Tournament with Start-to-Finish win vs Indiana State--Daily Egyptian
Salukis Never Trail vs. Indiana St., Advance to MVC Semifinals--siusalukis.com
Women’s Basketball Season Comes to End at Hoops in the Heartland Quarterfinal--valpoathletics.com
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