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UNC-Asheville's schedule the past four years(the years McDevitt's been the head coach there) along with some notable games: 2013-2014: http://uncabulldogs.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=126 @ Kentucky, @ Duke 2014-2015: http://uncabulldogs.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=129 @ Wake Forest, @ South Carolina, 2015-2016: http://uncabulldogs.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=132 @ Tennessee, @ Texas A&M, vs Drexel, vs Middle Tennessee, @ Georgetown 2016-2017: http://uncabulldogs.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=134 @ VCU, @ Georgia, @ Kansas, @ Ohio State, vs Siena, vs UNC-Greensboro

That's why McDevitt is my top choice. If you skip to 27:00 in this clip (http://www.hipcast.com/podcast/H1tJ6XnG), this guy is not afraid to bulk up on OOC opponents like Charlie Coles did at Miami. Interview was 29 days ago.

Nick McDevitt, finalist for the Skip Prosser Man of the Year award http://uncabulldogs.com/news/2017/3/30/mens-basketball-mcdevitt-chosen-as-finalist-for-skip-prosser-man-of-the-year-award.aspx "One example of McDevitt's involvement in the community is that he recently showed off his Subway Sandwich Artistry skills at the Subway restaurant on 740 Merrimon Ave., Merrimon Square, Asheville, NC 28804. The special appearance by McDevitt at Subway was part of an effort to help raise awareness and support for the fight against cancer through the Coaches vs. Cancer campaign. Bulldog fans, normal Subway lunch lovers and even some of McDevitt's own players came out to support the tremendous cause during McDevitt's appearance from 12-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Sporting a blue UNC Asheville Adidas polo, a Subway hat and his own personal Subway nameplate, McDevitt by the conclusion of his time at Subway even had people ringing the bell at the end of the line to denote he had made a perfect sandwich." "Just the third coach in Big South Conference history to win 15 or more games in each of his first four seasons as a head coach in the conference, McDevitt guided the Bulldogs to their second-most wins in program history in a season this year with 23. This year's Bulldog team reached 20 wins faster than any other team in program history in 27 games. McDevitt's program has now collected back-to-back 20-win seasons and made two straight postseason appearances with the Bulldogs playing in the 2016 NCAA Tournament and the 2017 CollegeInsider.com Tournament."

I agree with you on it's important to get the correct coach rather than doing it quick. My point was that if anyone wants to coach in this region of the country as a head coach, we're the only one in the state now, and possibly of the adjacent states as well. My comments were meant to be as a positive, not a negative. This opening is only three days young. It'd be foolish to hire someone this quickly. I think going to Arizona is a brilliant idea. You can have as many interviews as you want in a day compared to having to wait for them to get into town to have maybe two or three in a day. It will be a very productive weekend for us in Arizona, that's for sure.

We're now the last Ohio DI school with a men's basketball opening.

Article/Bio on Mr. Sugiyama http://www.dhrinternational.com/about/news-media/glenn-sugiyama-visionary-collegiate-arena/

Nick McDevitt is still my top choice. Matt Figger was another of my top choices, but he just got hired as head coach at Austin Peay. Baker Dunlevy was my top choice, but he got hired by Quinnipiac before ours opened, so it never was a possibility anyway. If not McDevitt, my next choice would be Lamont Paris. Travis Steele at Xavier too. I want to try and stay away from major power assistant coaches like Jerrance Howard at Kansas. Hard to tell if a move from a penthouse to townhouse would go well(P5 to mid-major analogy if anyone doesn't get it).

Missed opportunity on Matt Figger. It happens. Plenty of solid candidates out there still though.

I would be okay with the median MAC salary with incentives that can make it one of the higher ones in the MAC, like Dambrot's contract was if I recalled correctly.

There goes one of my top choices for the Zips.

I think you're overestimating my "praise" for Coach Pfau. The women's soccer program has been so bad, that I was just stating he was decent compared to the rest. I disagree on some of the talent on the roster, but we're on the same page with Pfau's coaching stint at Akron. I do believe Noreen will get the program on track.

Looks like Miami has made their hire. Sounds like Jack Owens, Purdue associate head coach, is going to be their next head coach according to their message board.

Looks like Miami has been reading our posts on here. Jokes aside, that tells me that we may be competing for some of the same candidates. Hope we're already making phone calls....

The cost of maintenance alone compared to the revenue of attendance and vendors isn't enough. It wouldn't surprise me if that's in the red for almost all schools. Using money for half-filled stadiums(if that), is taking money away from basketball budgets in my opinion. That's what I meant by that.

Nope, 15K

And that's why the MAC is what it is in basketball.

Women's soccer was decent under Pfau. But when he left for Houston, the program has never recovered...

Anyone interested in knowing more about McDevitt, this interview was done 27 days ago. 15:15 into the podcast starts the interview(starting at 26:55 is where his philosophy talk shows. Before that is just specifics about his UNC-A team) http://www.hipcast.com/podcast/H1tJ6XnG

I know I'm hammering this name lately, but it's more about the situation than the name. Nick McDevitt - UNC Asheville head coach Current annual salary: $114,000 “Well, we talk to (recruits) about (our philosophy) during the recruiting process, to be honest with you,” McDevitt sad. “We show them film of how we play, how we see them fitting in (with) what we do and the style of play we’re going to play on both ends of the floor. That’s something they kind of know before they get on campus. That’s how we’re going to win games – or the way we’re going to try to win games.” I highly recommend listening to the clip between 6:00 - 7:58 of the 10 minute interview http://da.radio.cbssports.com/2016/03/09/unc-ashevillle-coach-we-sell-defense-when-recruiting/ Another bit from that: "I think when you do things one way (defensively) all the time, in my opinion you better have the best five players on the court each and every game you play. And certainly our goal is to get to the NCAA tournament, so if we're going to go up against the Kentucky's, Duke's, and Syracuse's of college basketball, and we go toe-to-toe with them, and they're going to play man-man half court defense the whole game while we play man-man half court defense the whole game, then we're in trouble. So we have to find ways to try and keep teams guessing a little bit, a little off balance, show them some things they may not see every night. Because of that, we try mix it up from playing half court to full court, from man-man defense to zone defenses, and hopefully we can keep teams out of rhythm a little bit and see where things happen over the last 4-5 minutes of the game(s)." ======================================================================================================= If we can find anyone that is getting paid that much while having SUCCESSFUL DI head coaching experience, the salary increase and our current talent on the team could be enticing for someone from a smaller conference, like a Nick McDevitt at UNC-Asheville in Big South Conference. That's the type of guy we should be looking for. I think this program could fall off if we get someone learning to be a head coach on the job. If Ohio can get a DI head coach, we should be able to do so as well.

http://www.backingthepack.com/2017/3/3/14807990/nick-mcdevitt-nc-state-coaching-search-basketball

Here's a Nick McDevitt phone interview before their opener a few years ago.

After researching a bit last night, Nick McDevitt is someone I would like to see get the opportunity.

This is my list of 15 candidates in no particular order(only the order I wrote them down on paper). Jeff Boals - Current StonyBrook head coach John Groce - Former Illinois and Ohio head coach Nick McDevitt - UNC-Asheville head coach John Brennan - Northern Kentucky head coach King Rice - Monmouth head coach Lamont Paris - Wisconsin associate head coach Travis Steele - Xavier associate head coach Larry Davis - Cincinnati associate head coach Kenny Johnson - Louisville associate head coach Larry Harrison - West Virginia associate head coach Terry Johnson - Butler assistant coach Billy Donlon - Michigan assistant coach, former Wright State head coach Dwayne Stephens - Michigan State associate head coach Matt Figger - South Carolina associate head coach Chris Jent - Ohio State assistant coach My finalists Matt Figger Nick McDevitt John Brennan King Rice Travis Steele

Yep, and even Diggs wasn't JUCO. He was at New Orleans that got rid of their basketball program and because of that, he was able to go anywhere to play right away. So not many JUCOs at all.

Good. Didn't get the chance to read the press release yet. I hope by mid-April, we have a head coach. If not, transferring out and recruiting for upcoming season will start taking it's toll...I know a lot of talk about transferring in the other topic, but a lot of that is reactionary. Once the dust settles, I think many of them will be back. Unless this search goes on too long....