Ross Hodge Replacement Candidates?

[BleedingGreen]

Ok,  I’ll say it!

Bring back Johnny Jones. He is only 63.  Josh White as an assistant also. 

[BleedingGreen]

And shoot…. Avery Johnson as his 1st assistant. 

[CMJ]

I loved JJ as much as anyone, but typically the second go round at a coaching job isn't as good as the first. 

Getting White as an assistant would be cool, but he seems loyal to Jones.

[Pseudo Nym]

35 minutes ago, BleedingGreen said:

Avery Johnson

That's actually a thought worth kicking around:

Bring in Avery then:

- Hire a GM and accompanying recruiting/personnel evaluation staff to keep pace with the rest of the NEW college basketball world.

- Hire/retain a defensive specialist as an assistant coach to run the defense (I'm looking at you Andre Shaw! Seen you in the TBT, definitely ready for a bigger role).

- The only thing that speaks just as loud as $$ in the transfer portal when it comes to getting players is, "Can you get me to the league?" and he checks that box in several BIG ways. 

My vote, if I had one, would be for Scott Cross, but if you want to make a BIG splash in the portal, this may be a way to do it, and let's be real: this new age of college basketball comes down to what players you can get more than it ever has before and with NIL and the portal, that's not going to change anytime soon (or ever really!).

I'd go a step further if you went with Avery and look at adding Josh Howard to the staff; there's your potential coach-in-waiting who can develop bigs/wings at an NBA All-Star level.

 

Edited Friday at 03:22 AM by Pseudo Nym

[Pavlovs Eagle]

So if we don't have a name by Monday EOD we're in deep shit right?

[Green Otaku]

4 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Are you a politician?

I was going to say. All those words to not answer the question.

[Green Otaku]

Neither Olen or Huss being mentioned is worrying.

[TIgreen01]

This is one hire I'm not worried about.  Hiring basketball coaches is what Mosely does best.

[Tommy Gadberry]

11 hours ago, Ross Hodgeson said:

Here are some of the names being mentioned for the Drake opening.  They lost their coach to Iowa.

https://www.drakenation.com/190817/New-coach-possibilities-2025

Eric Henderson
J.R. Blount
Daniyal Robinson

 

Robson would be in our price range.  According to this article he is making about $400K a year.  I think Ross was making $750K.

https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2024/11/what-kind-of-new-deal-is-coach-daniyal-robinson-receiving-from-cleveland-state-terry-pluto.html

[MeanGreenZen]

Jared has a high-level background in basketball and is 2-for-2 on basketball hires. Plus, he is still buddy/buddy with Thin Wren, who might be the best in the country at hiring basketball coaches. I’m sure Thin Wren gave Jared a list of coaching names to investigate too. 
Plus, if I was Jared, I might pay our new head coach way less than Grant/Ross and use the savings for men’s basketball NIL.
I mean will that coach’s life be much different making $400K a year than it would be making $800K a year?
That much money towards NIL at our level can make a HUGE impact on the quality of players that the new coach lands.

Edited Friday at 02:43 PM by MeanGreenZen

[wardly]

23 minutes ago, MeanGreenZen said:

Jared has a high-level background in basketball and is 2-for-2 on basketball hires. Plus, he is still buddy/buddy with Thin Wren, who might be the best in the country at hiring basketball coaches. I’m sure Thin Wren gave Jared a list of coaching names to investigate too. 
Plus, if I was Jared, I might pay our new head coach way less than Grant/Ross and use the savings for men’s basketball NIL.
I mean will that coach’s life be much different making $400K a year than it would be making $800K a year?
That much money towards NIL at our level can make a HUGE impact on the quality of players that the new coach lands.

I don't know exactly how the NIL works when it comes to intermingling with university dollars but you might not be able to transfer one to another. Would someone who actually knows jump in. Thanks

[MeanGreenTexan]

25 minutes ago, MeanGreenZen said:

Jared has a high-level background in basketball and is 2-for-2 on basketball hires. Plus, he is still buddy/buddy with Thin Wren, who might be the best in the country at hiring basketball coaches. I’m sure Thin Wren gave Jared a list of coaching names to investigate too. 
Plus, if I was Jared, I might pay our new head coach way less than Grant/Ross and use the savings for men’s basketball NIL.
I mean will that coach’s life be much different making $400K a year than it would be making $800K a year?
That much money towards NIL at our level can make a HUGE impact on the quality of players that the new coach lands.

I don't really feel like Mosely should get much credit for the Hodge hire.   It was the most obvious hire he will have ever made.   It would have been a botched hire if he went with anyone else.  Anyone with at least 1/2 of a normal person's cognitive function would have made that hire.
  
Now, Coach Burton's hire was a really nice one.   It gives me a little hope that the MBB hire will also be a good one.

[MeanGreenTexan]

1 minute ago, wardly said:

I don't know exactly how the NIL works when it comes to intermingling with university dollars but you might not be able to transfer one to another. Would someone who actually knows jump in. Thanks

Coaches salaries are usually extremely supplemented by donor dollars.
If the donors are OK with the new hire, and he's making less than what Hodge made, Mosely can ask them to simply re-assign their same contributions (or possibly give more if the donors really like the new hire!) from the coaching staff to NIL.

[meanJewGreen]

3 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I don't really feel like Mosely should get much credit for the Hodge hire.   It was the most obvious hire he will have ever made.   It would have been a botched hire if he went with anyone else.  Anyone with at least 1/2 of a normal person's cognitive function would have made that hire.
  
Now, Coach Burton's hire was a really nice one.   It gives me a little hope that the MBB hire will also be a good one.

Vito pointed out he tried to get McCasland to ACU and was a huge part of McCasland coming here when he was at ArkSt, so I'll give Mosely that one. 

Unfortunately I think Scott Cross is off the table 

[wardly]

On 3/26/2025 at 3:53 PM, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Sure as shit more a basketball school than anything else. 

We certainly are in the position to be one based upon what MAC and Ross have done. However our attendance dropped significantly this year despite fielding a quality team which shouldn't happen at a "basketball " school. Also we need a dedicated arena as well.

[meangreen10]

Mike Boynton?

Edited Friday at 03:20 PM by meangreen10

[MeanGreenTexan]

10 minutes ago, meangreen10 said:

Mike Boynton?

Boynton hasn't shown he can lead a mid-major team like us.   
His time at OKSt wasn't incredible, and ended poorly.

[MeanGreenTexan]

18 minutes ago, meanJewGreen said:

Vito pointed out he tried to get McCasland to ACU and was a huge part of McCasland coming here when he was at ArkSt, so I'll give Mosely that one. 

Unfortunately I think Scott Cross is off the table 

Wren took a lot of credit for the Coach Mac hire, saying he had known him for a very long time & had many mutual friends prior to bringing him on.     No doubt Mosely had those same kinds of connections, probably closer, being from Texas, but I hope Mosley's real first crack at a MBB hire is as good as that one!

 

[GMG_Dallas]

Ok y'all, I'm curious about your thoughts. I know he's an older coach but he is still currently in the game and still seems to want to coach. He's a Texas guy with success at all levels. His winning percentage as HC is .680 and is currently an assistant at Ole Miss. Worth mentioning he was just at ECU last year so he's familiar with current AAC opponents.

Would you be OK with Mark Adams leading your Mean Green? 

[Tommy Gadberry]

1 hour ago, meangreen10 said:

Mike Boynton?

I would at a minimum give him an interview.

[wardly]

1 hour ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Coaches salaries are usually extremely supplemented by donor dollars.
If the donors are OK with the new hire, and he's making less than what Hodge made, Mosely can ask them to simply re-assign their same contributions (or possibly give more if the donors really like the new hire!) from the coaching staff to NIL.

I doubt that any UNT coaches hires are "extremely supplemented by donor dollars." In fact I would be surprised if donors made any meaningful contribution to coaches salaries. This is North Texas in case we need a reminder.

[2020 Sucks]

Does Rodney Terry have a job yet?

 

[Tommy Gadberry]

11 minutes ago, 2020 Sucks said:

Does Rodney Terry have a job yet?

 

No.  He has a 5.4 million dollar buy out so I assume that money would be deducted from whatever he gets paid in his new gig.  He is an interesting guy to consider as he has been around some big time talent whilest at UT and perhaps could be convinced to come here for less money due to his buy-out.  He wasn't terrible at Texas but they require better than what he could do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Terry

[2020 Sucks]

He should be waived of his buyout if he was fired.  Buyouts only affect coaches that leave for a better job Right?

[MeanGreenTexan]

1 hour ago, wardly said:

I doubt that any UNT coaches hires are "extremely supplemented by donor dollars." In fact I would be surprised if donors made any meaningful contribution to coaches salaries. This is North Texas in case we need a reminder.

Well, they are.    I remember the Lovelaces got very close with Littrell, and I think took on a lot of his pay raises.

That's why (unless a President can find unallocated money lying around) the big $ boosters are the ones who are consulted when the AD's patience wears thin & he's ready to fire.  He has to find the buyout $ somewhere.