Two weeks after the conclusion of the 2018-2019 NCAA swimming & diving championship season, the collegiate coaching carousel has begun to turn, quickly.
For the first time in a few years, we didn’t have any coaches departing jobs during NCAAs, but a big retirement from Alabama head coach Dennis Pursley, announced on Wednesday, sent the offseason into overdrive.
Here are the Division I head coaching openings that we know about so far:
- The carousel began turning with the resignation of Cleveland State head coach Paul Graham a week before the Horizon League Championships.
- Southern Illinois head coach Rick Walker is retiring after 32 years at the helm of the Salukis’ program. His decision was announced in early February, though he finished out the season.
- Saint Francis University coach Kyle Almoney resigned on February 20th.
- In late February, Youngstown State head coach Ryan Purdy stepped down after he and the school couldn’t agree to terms on a contract for him to take over the newly-announced men’s program, in addition to his existing duties with the women’s team.
- Colgate coach Andy Waeger resigned from his position at Colgate after the team’s conference championship meet. He was there for 5 seasons.
- UNC head coach Rich DeSelm announced his resignation on March 4th, after a cancer diagnoses. We’ve heard rumors that the university is considering splitting the program into male and female teams.
- Evansville parted ways with head coach Brent Noble in mid March after just 1 season.
- Matt Bos resigned as the head coach at IUPUI in late March after his wife took a big job in Minnesota.
- Chris Ip was announced as ‘out’ at Brown, without explanation, in late March.
- No fooling: on April 1st, C. Robb Orr announced his retirement after 40 years at the helm of the Princeton men. The rumor on this one is that the school is not leaning toward combining programs.
- Alabama head coach Dennis Pursley announced his retirement on April 10th.
- The latest opening is Gardner-Webb, where Scott Teeters spent just 1 season as the head coach.
- On Monday, Illinois State head coach Scott Cameron resigned after 4 seasons to pursue other opportunities.
Along with a couple of already-announced assistant coaching openings at big-time programs, including Tennessee assistant Christian Hanselmann, who announced he was heading back to club swimming yesterday, things are heating up on the circuit.
Ted Knapp just announced his retirement yesterday from the Stanford program.
This man is the Goat.
Indiana ast / sprint coach position is advertised. Was this Coley’s position? Did he get one of the head positions currently open?
***Update – Kirk Grand is listed as the ast sprint coach at IU. So, this is not Coley’s position. So, did Kirk get one of the head jobs?
I thought Coley got the UNC job?
3 of the programs on this list will be looking for new coaches after a coach was hired less than a year ago. What is going on with those programs?
This past season at GW was divisive, confusing, and heart-breaking. I don’t agree with the abrupt termination of the coach, and the lack of clarity from the AD, but our team needs to move forward after a disappointing season.
Has Mizzou settled their coaching situation yet? I see they still have Greg listed as head coach, after he was suspended for nearly all of the season.
I imagine they have to wait until the investigation’s concluded to make an official decision, and things like that can take a long time (lots of paperwork and lots of pressure to not make any mistakes evaluating the evidence). Mizzou had a pretty successful season, I can see Grevers being promoted to non-interim head coach if it turns out Rhodenbaugh is out.
Great job at university of nevada assistant position 😉
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As a former Nevada Assistant, I can attest to the quality of the university and the department. Keep up the great work coach!
Does anyone know where in Minnesota Matt Bos is moving?
Is there a vacancy at Youngstown State as well?