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Title: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 02:16:29 PM
Obviously Huggins, but his firing had nothing to do with performance.

Who are some others?
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 02:17:01 PM
Maybe it is on one of John Currie's charts. (I would LOVE to see those charts, BTW).
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 03, 2012, 02:18:05 PM
Dana Altman
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: hemmy on April 03, 2012, 02:18:39 PM
Chingon already made this exact thread.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 02:19:04 PM
Dana Altman

Not fired!
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: j rake on April 03, 2012, 02:19:11 PM
Tubby Smith has achieved a tiny sliver of success.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: kso_FAN on April 03, 2012, 02:20:17 PM
Alford
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: AzCat on April 03, 2012, 02:20:33 PM
Dana Altman

Altman's most significant subsequent high major achievement was this past season's trip to the NIT Quarterfinals.  His success was at a nice safe mid major. 
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on April 03, 2012, 02:20:59 PM
Dana Altman

Not fired!

it's weird how many people think he was.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: j rake on April 03, 2012, 02:21:14 PM
mark gottfried*$
steve lavin*

*only good because they were on espn.
$technically resigned, but would have been fired.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: kso_FAN on April 03, 2012, 02:21:21 PM
Sutton. His final season at Kentucky he was 13-19.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: kso_FAN on April 03, 2012, 02:23:25 PM
Leonard Hamilton
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 02:23:34 PM
mark gottfried*$
steve lavin*

*only good because they were on espn.
$technically resigned, but would have been fired.


Lavin had a ridiculously experienced roster, Gottfried is the best answer so far.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 02:23:59 PM
Leonard Hamilton

where was he fired?
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: EllToPay on April 03, 2012, 02:25:30 PM
Sutton. His final season at Kentucky he was 13-19.

wow, i think _Fan just punched mi/sfcat right in the face with this one.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: FP TC etc. on April 03, 2012, 02:25:47 PM
Chingon already made this exact thread.

michigancat has been on an awful posting streak lately.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: kso_FAN on April 03, 2012, 02:28:22 PM
Leonard Hamilton

where was he fired?

I could be wrong, but I thought he was fired at Oklahoma State.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: mocat on April 03, 2012, 02:28:52 PM
Doug Gottlieb*

*Note: Doug Gottlieb has never been fired. Also he hasn't had success after being fired. But he would have had success if K-State had hired him.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 03, 2012, 02:29:57 PM
Doug Gottlieb*

*Note: Doug Gottlieb has never been fired. Also he hasn't had success after being fired. But he would have had success if K-State had hired him.

He did get kicked off of a team and then go on to find success. I have little doubt he could accomplish the same feat in the coaching ranks.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 02:32:09 PM
Leonard Hamilton

where was he fired?

I could be wrong, but I thought he was fired at Oklahoma State.

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-03/sports/sp-595_1_north-carolina-state
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: kso_FAN on April 03, 2012, 02:34:07 PM
Leonard Hamilton

where was he fired?

I could be wrong, but I thought he was fired at Oklahoma State.

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-03/sports/sp-595_1_north-carolina-state

Okay, I was wrong. Its not like he was stellar there, I couldn't remember the circumstances of him going to Miami.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 03, 2012, 02:35:09 PM
Bob Knight wasn't horrible at Texas Tech.
Title: Re: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: ChiComCat on April 03, 2012, 02:39:42 PM
Bob Knight wasn't horrible at Texas Tech.
Chings had a qualification about it being a performance based firing. His thread was much better that way

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Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 03, 2012, 02:40:09 PM
Stan Heath just had a nice season by South Florida standards.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Skipper44 on April 03, 2012, 02:45:33 PM
Jim Harrick maybe?
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 02:45:57 PM
Bob Knight wasn't horrible at Texas Tech.
Chings had a qualification about it being a performance based firing. His thread was much better that way

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I missed this thread. mods please merge.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Paul Moscow on April 03, 2012, 02:50:25 PM
Mike Davis had  four 20-win in six seasons at UAB.

Buuuuut he was just fired (again) after going 15-16.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: treysolid on April 03, 2012, 03:03:18 PM
amaker
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: SleepFighter on April 03, 2012, 03:11:14 PM
amaker

The superior Chings thread not only qualified the firings as win/loss related, but also restricted the future success to other high-major programs.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: nicname on April 03, 2012, 06:13:37 PM
By Chingon's parameters there are very few, and even those that have seemingly had success haven't been at their current jobs long enough to see if that success is fleeting.  Sutton, Smith and now BCG getting fired from Kentucky are the best candidates for success but Smith is waning now at Minn, Sutton i think was fired more for the sanctions than performance, and BCG has a hard row to hoe at TTU. 

The jury is still out on Lavin and Gottfried. 

It is hard to find examples because the number of guys hired at major schools after being fired from one is so small. Of course this isn't news to anyone reading this thread. 

I find it humorous, in a way, because people are claiming that Weber is a "safe" hire.  Well, it doesn't seem like too many major schools in the last 20 years or so have felt the idea was very safe. 

I hope it works out.  I'm not against oscar.  I'm not going to root for him to fail. 
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: kougar24 on April 04, 2012, 12:52:30 PM
Sutton. His final season at Kentucky he was 13-19.

wow, i think _Fan just punched mi/sfcat right in the face with this one.


...Eddie Sutton? Did Kentucky fire him?

:dubious:
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 04, 2012, 12:57:38 PM
By Chingon's parameters there are very few, and even those that have seemingly had success haven't been at their current jobs long enough to see if that success is fleeting.  Sutton, Smith and now BCG getting fired from Kentucky are the best candidates for success but Smith is waning now at Minn, Sutton i think was fired more for the sanctions than performance, and BCG has a hard row to hoe at TTU. 

The jury is still out on Lavin and Gottfried. 

It is hard to find examples because the number of guys hired at major schools after being fired from one is so small. Of course this isn't news to anyone reading this thread. 

I find it humorous, in a way, because people are claiming that Weber is a "safe" hire.  Well, it doesn't seem like too many major schools in the last 20 years or so have felt the idea was very safe. 

I hope it works out.  I'm not against oscar.  I'm not going to root for him to fail.

Smith wasn't fired, but he was probably going to be.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on April 04, 2012, 01:00:39 PM
By Chingon's parameters there are very few, and even those that have seemingly had success haven't been at their current jobs long enough to see if that success is fleeting.  Sutton, Smith and now BCG getting fired from Kentucky are the best candidates for success but Smith is waning now at Minn, Sutton i think was fired more for the sanctions than performance, and BCG has a hard row to hoe at TTU. 

The jury is still out on Lavin and Gottfried. 

It is hard to find examples because the number of guys hired at major schools after being fired from one is so small. Of course this isn't news to anyone reading this thread. 

I find it humorous, in a way, because people are claiming that Weber is a "safe" hire.  Well, it doesn't seem like too many major schools in the last 20 years or so have felt the idea was very safe. 

I hope it works out.  I'm not against oscar.  I'm not going to root for him to fail.

it's the safe hire for currie because he knew that he could pull it off. no other fan base in america would have allowed something like this.

also, people can give the lavin and gottfreid stuff all they want, but those coaches took time off in between jobs. the tubby smith thing isn't comparable either because the guy went from the best head coaching job in america to minnesota and he wasn't even fired from kentucky. illinois to kstate is not that different and from a historical standpoint, kstate is the better of the two. i seriously can not even think of anything that is comparable to what we just saw.

kstateo.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: CHONGS on April 04, 2012, 01:03:25 PM
It was a great fiscal hire.

oscar Weber can never really demand a raise or use another job as leverage.   oscar Weber will coach here for what ever money we give him for as long as we will have him.  We can keep oscar's salary fixed just right so basketball barely squeaks out a profit.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on April 04, 2012, 01:05:38 PM
seriously though, when was the last time that a fairly successful major bball school fired a head coach for performance related issues only and a different fairly successful major bball school immediately hired that recently fired coach? i'm not asking if it's every worked out well before. i'm asking if it's ever happend. ever.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: michigancat on April 04, 2012, 01:07:40 PM
seriously though, when was the last time that a fairly successful major bball school fired a head coach for performance related issues only and a different fairly successful major bball school immediately hired that recently fired coach? i'm not asking if it's every worked out well before. i'm asking if it's ever happend. ever.

I think the closest was Stan Heath. And South Florida was complete dogshit.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on April 04, 2012, 01:12:26 PM
seriously though, when was the last time that a fairly successful major bball school fired a head coach for performance related issues only and a different fairly successful major bball school immediately hired that recently fired coach? i'm not asking if it's every worked out well before. i'm asking if it's ever happend. ever.

I think the closest was Stan Heath. And South Florida was complete dogshit.

well if that's the closest, then it's not even close to a comparable situation. is there anything more compareable than this?

kansas state had been to the tournament four out of the last five years, had been to an elite eight within the last three, was averaging 12k a game.

south florida had been to the tournamet twice in school history with the most recent trip being 15 years before heath was hired.

we just saw something that has never, ever, ever been done before in the history of major d1 college basketball. kstateo.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: EllToPay on April 04, 2012, 01:21:35 PM
Sutton. His final season at Kentucky he was 13-19.

wow, i think _Fan just punched mi/sfcat right in the face with this one.


...Eddie Sutton? Did Kentucky fire him?

:dubious:

I can read posts from bbs'ers i've blocked.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: nicname on April 04, 2012, 02:09:09 PM
seriously though, when was the last time that a fairly successful major bball school fired a head coach for performance related issues only and a different fairly successful major bball school immediately hired that recently fired coach? i'm not asking if it's every worked out well before. i'm asking if it's ever happend. ever.

I think the closest was Stan Heath. And South Florida was complete dogshit.

well if that's the closest, then it's not even close to a comparable situation. is there anything more compareable than this?

kansas state had been to the tournament four out of the last five years, had been to an elite eight within the last three, was averaging 12k a game.

south florida had been to the tournamet twice in school history with the most recent trip being 15 years before heath was hired.

we just saw something that has never, ever, ever been done before in the history of major d1 college basketball. kstateo.

The most mindboggling way to look at it. 

Team A Has been to the NCAA 4 of 5 years.  Has consistently been a top 25 program.  Earned a 2 seed just two years ago. This team just exceeded expectations in a rebuilding year that saw them win three games over top ten opponents.

Team B Has seen their program fall in a fairly even trajectory from lofty heights, culminating in a horrid season this year that saw them fire their coach after his team (talented team) collapsed after a great start, losing 12 of 14 games to end the season. 

Team C Is a historically bad program with few NCAA appearances, and rare success.  They just fired their coach after a losing season where the team won just two conference games in a relatively weak major conference. 

Team A then pushed out their coach, who left to take a job at Team C and replaced him 5 days later with the coach who just got fired from Team B.   

It is almost unfathomable.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Kat Kid on April 05, 2012, 09:23:05 AM
seriously though, when was the last time that a fairly successful major bball school fired a head coach for performance related issues only and a different fairly successful major bball school immediately hired that recently fired coach? i'm not asking if it's every worked out well before. i'm asking if it's ever happend. ever.

I think the closest was Stan Heath. And South Florida was complete dogshit.

well if that's the closest, then it's not even close to a comparable situation. is there anything more compareable than this?

kansas state had been to the tournament four out of the last five years, had been to an elite eight within the last three, was averaging 12k a game.

south florida had been to the tournamet twice in school history with the most recent trip being 15 years before heath was hired.

we just saw something that has never, ever, ever been done before in the history of major d1 college basketball. kstateo.

The most mindboggling way to look at it. 

Team A Has been to the NCAA 4 of 5 years.  Has consistently been a top 25 program.  Earned a 2 seed just two years ago. This team just exceeded expectations in a rebuilding year that saw them win three games over top ten opponents.

Team B Has seen their program fall in a fairly even trajectory from lofty heights, culminating in a horrid season this year that saw them fire their coach after his team (talented team) collapsed after a great start, losing 12 of 14 games to end the season. 

Team C Is a historically bad program with few NCAA appearances, and rare success.  They just fired their coach after a losing season where the team won just two conference games in a relatively weak major conference. 

Team A then pushed out their coach, who left to take a job at Team C and replaced him 5 days later with the coach who just got fired from Team B.   

It is almost unfathomable.

This is exactly the problem.  It is infuriating.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on April 05, 2012, 09:39:52 AM
seriously though, when was the last time that a fairly successful major bball school fired a head coach for performance related issues only and a different fairly successful major bball school immediately hired that recently fired coach? i'm not asking if it's every worked out well before. i'm asking if it's ever happend. ever.

I think the closest was Stan Heath. And South Florida was complete dogshit.

well if that's the closest, then it's not even close to a comparable situation. is there anything more compareable than this?

kansas state had been to the tournament four out of the last five years, had been to an elite eight within the last three, was averaging 12k a game.

south florida had been to the tournamet twice in school history with the most recent trip being 15 years before heath was hired.

we just saw something that has never, ever, ever been done before in the history of major d1 college basketball. kstateo.

The most mindboggling way to look at it. 

Team A Has been to the NCAA 4 of 5 years.  Has consistently been a top 25 program.  Earned a 2 seed just two years ago. This team just exceeded expectations in a rebuilding year that saw them win three games over top ten opponents.

Team B Has seen their program fall in a fairly even trajectory from lofty heights, culminating in a horrid season this year that saw them fire their coach after his team (talented team) collapsed after a great start, losing 12 of 14 games to end the season. 

Team C Is a historically bad program with few NCAA appearances, and rare success.  They just fired their coach after a losing season where the team won just two conference games in a relatively weak major conference. 

Team A then pushed out their coach, who left to take a job at Team C and replaced him 5 days later with the coach who just got fired from Team B.   

It is almost unfathomable.

This is exactly the problem.  It is infuriating.


yeah. it has never ever ever happened before in a hundred years of major college basketball from what i can tell. kstateo.
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: mcmwcat on April 05, 2012, 10:16:42 AM
seriously though, when was the last time that a fairly successful major bball school fired a head coach for performance related issues only and a different fairly successful major bball school immediately hired that recently fired coach? i'm not asking if it's every worked out well before. i'm asking if it's ever happend. ever.

we all wanted 'thinking outside-the-box' right?  right?  :blank:
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: mcmwcat on April 05, 2012, 10:18:00 AM
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Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: Skipper44 on April 05, 2012, 10:20:32 AM
It its like we dove back in to the box so hard we went through the side and ended up outside of it again
Title: Re: Fired high-major coaches that found success later
Post by: michigancat on April 05, 2012, 10:49:59 AM
I think the closest comparison is Mike Davis, who just got fired at UAB. He took Indiana to the National title game in his second year and then went to just two NCAA tourneys the next 4. I know UAB should be viewed as a worse job as KSU, but maybe it's not.