MBB: Conference of New England

[broke_ya_ankles]

anyone have any idea who some leading candidates are for the Endicott job?  It will be interesting to see what direction they go in...

One has to wonder if perhaps Plansky may be getting the itch to coach again...

Or if former Gull Jeremy Currier is interested in returning to his former stomping grounds (currently serves as Associate Head Coach at Division 2 Pfeiffer University in NC)...

When Milette was originally hired it was the second week in April I believe so if history is any indication we could be seeing the new Endicott coach within the next 3 weeks or so...

anyone heard of any candidates?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Currier may be a good option, although if they didn't give Millette a great deal of time to win, perhaps they're not looking to give someone their first job.

[BornBalla]

That would be interesting. Coach Plansky back in the saddle again. What happened 4 years ago when he left? What is Plansky doing now? Currier would be interesting too? Gotta believe a young coach could get the talent there. Can he coach?

I would imagine they would get a great deal of interest from current Head coaches as well. Salary range is 55K-60K. That seems like a great pay to coach D3 basketball. Plus I here their facility is nice. What kind of academic ranking does the school have? The CCC is a weird league with some schools that are  considered academically strong and others that are flat out awful. Where's Endicott fall in that picture?

[broke_ya_ankles]

I agree Plansky could potentially be intriguing.... It was my understanding he left to become the Athletic Director at Marblehead high school where he still is...

as far as Currier... he got his first college coaching gig (I believe) in 2006-07 when he started as an Assistant Coach at Daniel Webster College.  He spent one year as an assistant and they improved to 6-18 (after having been 0-25 the previous year).  In February immediately following his first year as an assistant he was named Head Coach for the 2007-08 season.  He spent one year as the head coach there and posted a 7-19 record.  Then he left for Pfeiffer University (NC), a Division 2 school where he currently serves as the lead assistant under Dave Davis.  The team finished 16-12 this season.

As stated with the salary and facilities being what they are I'm sure there will be a ton of interest, it will be interesting though to see who gets the nod to bring Endicott back to where Plansky had left them...

[broke_ya_ankles]

Also worth passing along for those who may be interested (I hope this isn't old news and if it is I apologize...)

but former CCC standout Sherrad Prezzie-Blue is currently playing professionally in England, he is signed to the Northampton Neptunes.

This is the same team that had signed former Colby-Sawyer great Andrew St. Clair to a contract a couple of years ago...

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Endicott hasn't had the best academic reputation.  We have to remember it wasn't very long ago that they were a two year institution.  They have been working hard to form themselves into a respected 4-year school, but of course, that is a journey that often takes more time than it should.

They do have great facilities and if they're paying that much for a head men's basketball coach, they'll have plenty of worthy candidates.

EC has shown they're dedicated to building a solid athletic program, so I suspect they'll come out of this just fine.  I was one who thought Millette would be a fantastically successful coach.  He was credited with the recruitment of both this year's and last year's senior class at Brandeis.  I guess he wasn't as good a coach as he was a recruiter and apparently Endicott isn't as easy to sell to kids as is Brandeis.  No shame there.

[backboard]

Also worth passing along for those who may be interested (I hope this isn't old news and if it is I apologize...)

but former CCC standout Sherrad Prezzie-Blue is currently playing professionally in England, he is signed to the Northampton Neptunes.

This is the same team that had signed former Colby-Sawyer great Andrew St. Clair to a contract a couple of years ago...

I knew Prezzie-Blue went over seas, just didn't follow him thoroughly enough to know which team.

I looked up his statistics, which were almost impossible to find.    In 12 games, he averaged 25.5 points.  Take it for what it's worth, but not bad for a kid in his first professional year.

Nice to see that he's doing his best to represent the CCC, as well as himself, in a good way

[jamiejohn]

crazy!!!!

http://www.hoopdirt.com/job/983f80a9/phil-rowe-hired-at-endicott/

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

crazy!!!!

http://www.hoopdirt.com/job/983f80a9/phil-rowe-hired-at-endicott/

If you pay it; they will come.

[BornBalla]

Who were the other candidates for Endicott job? Phil Rowe has lots of experience. I guess that was the key. Considering the last coach had none, we can assume Endicott didn't want to go that road again. Really curious who other candidates were.

[broke_ya_ankles]

It's official, Endicott has hired Phil Rowe as the next Men's Basketball Coach.

Rowe has spent a fair amount of time in New England D3 basketball with Plymouth State, Keene State, and NEC.  Also spent time as an Assistant with George Washington (back when they were really good), and as the Head Coach at UNH a few years back.  Endicott made their decision pretty quickly so it looks like they found their guy in Rowe pretty early on...

[BornBalla]

Guess Rowe was interested in the job a few years back too.

http://seacoastauction.com/2005news/05062005/sports/40905.htm

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Guess Rowe was interested in the job a few years back too.

http://seacoastauction.com/2005news/05062005/sports/40905.htm

I wonder if they went after him this time, what with the speed of the process and all.

[Hugenerd]

Looks like Gordon is in need of a new coach.  Schauer moving on to one of the top d3 programs in th country.

[thundermike]

Mike Schauer is now the head coach at Wheaton College

http://athletics.wheaton.edu/news/2009/4/29/MBB_0429092958.aspx?path=mbball