Linfield has named Levi Sieg as the next men's basketball coach.  He has been a member of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps coaching staff for the past 15 years.  He is a native of Monmouth, Oregon and graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2000.

He is coming into a difficult situation at Linfield, trying to heal a program after a very nasty termination of Coach Rosenberg. I wish him well, but I hope he knows what he is getting into.  I would not work for either President Miles Davis or Athletic Director Garry Killgore.  I think both of them should be fired.

Linfield College has hired Casey Bunn as women's basketball coach.  She was girls varsity basketball coach at Tualatin High School, and played collegiately at Oregon State University.
She appears to be very qualified, and I hope for the best for women's basketball at Linfield under her leadership.

Very interesting article in the April 13 edition of the Linfield Review about Robin Potera-Haskins resignation as women's basketball coach.  From the tone of the article, it could be interpreted that she was given encouragement to resign. 
"Two years ago the coach was the subject of a NCAA investigation. 'I can see why there was an investigation because that was the year we were practicing the most, but it wasn't even in the heart of the season when there were even more problems. That investigation caused more problems on our team than it was worth, especially because the NCAA never even found anything', a senior and former member of the team said."   

There are several more statements from former team members, with not so positive statements about her coaching style. I find it telling that no names are given in the article.   It appears that Coach Potera-Haskins came very close to going over the line as to what might constitute abuse.   It is sad that the powers that be chose to hire her, even with the reputation she brought after her experience at Montana State. Then again, no one has ever said that the Athletic Administrators at Linfield were another Albert Einstein.

Linfield College is now searching for a new women's basketball coach. Robin Potera-Haskins submitted her resignation as women's basketball coach and physical education professor effective immediately.  Apparently she wants to pursue other opportunities.
It will be interesting to see who they might attract, given the lack of support from the administration (athletic and college) for basketball (both mens & womens) or any sport
that is not football or baseball. I would guess the new coach will have a teaching load as well as coaching. I would not consider this a very desirable position.  Glad to see she is gone, frankly, she should never have been hired after her termination from Montana State.

Linfield has its men's 2014-2015 roster up on the website as of today. Andrew Batiuk's name is on the roster.
Not many players left from the Doty era, many newcomers on the roster.   The schedule for the upcoming
season is also posted.  This schedule is more favorable than last years, there are more non-conference home games!

I would agree with you that success at the Junior College level does not automatically translate to success in the four year college level, NCAA I, II or III and NAIA. All I was saying is that he has experience in situations that will be helpful at Linfield, which to me sounds very promising. Having experience in the Northwest Conference is definitely a plus.  It appears that he did not have a lot of resources at Foothill College and turned that program into a very competitive program.  That is also helpful coming to Linfield, a school that has not been very generous in supporting sports other than football and baseball.

Linfield just announced the new Men's Basketball Coach for the Wildcats.  Shanan Rosenberg, Head Coach at Foothill College in California, has accepted the position.  According to the press release, he was Assistant Head Coach at Lewis & Clark College from 1998 to 2002.  His record at Foothill College was 186-131, with his 2012-13 team going 22-5, the best regular season record in program history.  Sounds very promising.  Welcome Coach Rosenberg.

It is too bad that the Linfield Athletic Department will not spend a few extra dollars to make all sports competitive.  The sacred god of football has to have everything.  It also time for Linfield to hire an Athletic Director that is not a football coach or a baseball coach. The best thing for the College would be for the streak in Football to end.  Some humility would be a good thing.

Larry did some of what you mentioned, but he never got full cooperation from
the College or the department on getting dates for his camps and other fund raising events.  Plus not having a full-time assistant really limited what he could do.  I do
put a good portion of the lack of budget on the non-cooperation of the Athletic Director and the College for this situation.

I am not surprised that Bridgeland would turn down Linfield's offer.  Nothing is allowed to
challenge football and baseball for funding at Linfield.   I have heard that Greg Garrison,
Linfield alum and former coach at Corvallis High School has received consideration, whether or not he is still in the running I do not know.   

It would seem like a no-brainer to pick Bridgeland, and I hope Linfield does give him
the job.  Knowing the Athletic Director at Linfield, it would not surprise me that they
would make an unfortunate decision.

I have not heard anything.  I do know that coaches have asked Larry Doty about
the job, but that is all I know. It would be interesting to know how much he told them about the real situation, as opposed to the spin put on by the College and the Athletic Director.  It will be interesting to see what direction Linfield goes.  I wish I had more confidence that the powers that be will make the right choice.

I am sorry that physical damage was done to the Rutschman's yard.   Knowing Larry as I do,
I do not believe that he would have anything to do with something like that. 

DOC, Men's basketball has not been the only program to have difficulties since the transition, women's basketball, swimming, women's lacrosse are some others that have struggled.  This you can not
place on Doty.   Oh yes,  Saint Ad, is perfect, never made a mistake in his life. 

Those wise old men have turned into grumpy old men who do not recognize the differences in
rules and regulations between the NAIA and the NCAA Division III, especially in terms of financial
aid and recruiting.  All of the coaches have to play by different rules than was the case in the 1950's,
1960's, 1970's and 1980's.  Larry Doty has had to deal with different rules than did Ted Wilson. The College needs to institute stronger controls over the Top Cat Club.