MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[mailsy]

See St. Mary's lost tonight.  Are they still in contention for pool C or are they ECAC material?

[jams0325]

St. Mary's (Md.) is not a member of the ECAC...it is NCAA or bust at this point.

[bbald eagle]

UMW hosts York today in men's and women's CAC championship games. 

[jams0325]

Even more of a reason to believe that the polls don't mean much until after the New Year. Don't sleep on York this year...they are always a tough out and the guys will be motivated to have Coach Gamber go out on a high note. Conference championship and NCAA tournament appearance are very realistic for them this year...but again, very early still and lots of games yet to play.

Well...maybe I should just make my way down to the local gas station and play some lottery numbers. Crazy...

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Congrats to Coach Gamber and YCP on the title... heck of a way to salute Coach Gamber!

[CCHoopster]

Anybody hear any rumors on who is in the mix for the York College job? I thought if Gambers son was to be in the mix it would be wrapped up by now. Wonder if they have had any on campus interviews yet. I hope they do not go the D1 route like we are seeing in DIII these days.

[Pat Coleman]

I'm not sure "the D1 route" is the way things are going these days. More D-III assistants were hired as D-III head men's coaches last year (13) than D-I assistant and head coaches combined (10).

Based on last year's coaching carousel, which is not an exhaustive list but does encompass 32 men's coaching changes, schools last year did the following:

Hired another D3 school's assistant coach: 9
Hired a D1 school's assistant coach: 6
Promoted their own (D3) assistant coach: 4
Hired another D3 school's head coach: 4
Hired a D1 school's head coach: 2
Hired a D1 school's former head coach: 2
Hired a high school coach: 2
Hired a D2 head coach: 1
AD came back to coach: 1
Hired a junior college coach: 1

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

What Jeff Gamber told me (on a Hoopsville interview you can still see) was that the search was a national one... giving the obvious hint that it wasn't his son's to just take over. They were going to search for the best candidate possible... though, Dean could be that candidate. They are probably doing their due diligence... it is a process that has become more expected these days surrounding openings then just "giving" the job to someone every expects. I can think of a few occasions that has happened in just the last two years.

Good luck to Dean... and I am sure YCP is doing what is right for the college, athletic department, and program.

[CCHoopster]

I'm not sure "the D1 route" is the way things are going these days. More D-III assistants were hired as D-III head men's coaches last year (13) than D-I assistant and head coaches combined (10).

Based on last year's coaching carousel, which is not an exhaustive list but does encompass 32 men's coaching changes, schools last year did the following:

Hired another D3 school's assistant coach: 9
Hired a D1 school's assistant coach: 6
Promoted their own (D3) assistant coach: 4
Hired another D3 school's head coach: 4
Hired a D1 school's head coach: 2
Hired a D1 school's former head coach: 2
Hired a high school coach: 2
Hired a D2 head coach: 1
AD came back to coach: 1
Hired a junior college coach: 1

Thanks for the clarity, Pat. Ignorance on my part for assuming, just thought I have been seeing more D1 coaches make the D3 jump last few years. Guess thats the mindset of a 100% D3 fan. Thank though, what great info.

[CCHoopster]

What Jeff Gamber told me (on a Hoopsville interview you can still see) was that the search was a national one... giving the obvious hint that it wasn't his son's to just take over. They were going to search for the best candidate possible... though, Dean could be that candidate. They are probably doing their due diligence... it is a process that has become more expected these days surrounding openings then just "giving" the job to someone every expects. I can think of a few occasions that has happened in just the last two years.

Good luck to Dean... and I am sure YCP is doing what is right for the college, athletic department, and program.

Thanks Dave, that was a great interview. Only special people get to go out in a special way and Coach Gamber certainly did so. Thanks for the reply.

[purpleheart22]

Heard Matt Hunter got the job at YCP.  He was an assistant at Desales for the last few years and also had a year as the interim coach at The College of New Jersey.  He was also an assistant TCNJ before he got the interim tag.  Hunter is a Salisbury University alum and played basketball for three years there.  Great hire he should do well in the CAC.  Good luck to him! 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Hope you don't mind a break in the action, as it were, but I want to share a story the D3 community should know about. You actually may have seen the story on the front page of D3hoops.com, but just in case:

A Goucher basketball player has been paralyzed in a freak accident. He was wrestling around with a friend one morning in his dorm building when he landed on his neck. The entire story is here.

He was released from the hospital to the Kennedy Krieger Institute for rehab shortly after that article was posted last week. However, over the weekend he was sent back to the hospital when he apparently had trouble breathing. Now he awaits a return to the rehab facility, probably any day if he hasn't been released already.

Please keep Damone Brooks, his family, the Goucher basketball team(s), and Goucher community in your thoughts, hearts, and prayers. The family certainly needs help with medical bills as well, so if you feel inclined, please consider them as well.

To follow his progress online, click here.
And to consider a donation, click here.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

York's new basketball coach, Matt Hunter, sat down with me to talk about his first permanent head coaching position, taking over a program with it's first new coach in 35 years, and the challenges of getting ready for the '12-'13 season. It is a Hoopsville OnDemand interview on campus.

Link: www.d3hoops.com/notables/2012/06/hoopsville-interview-matt-hunter

[Seatfiller]

This board is kind of dead but big news for anyone who didn't know, Southern Virginia University has joined the CAC along with CNU and they start play this year, the news release is here http://athletics.svu.edu/about/news/2012-13/cac-membership

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Seatfiller - they start play NEXT season... the CAC will have just 7 teams for the '12-'13 season... next year Southern Virginia, Christopher Newport, and Penn State-Harrisburg join the conference. You can get an update on the front page of D3hoops.com.