2014 / 2015 Coaching Carousel

[Mr.Right]

Compared to D1 the D3 Coaching Carousel has been DEAD. Good thing for coaches I suppose. There have been many D1 Changes this offseason with more pressure being put on these coaches in ALL divisions.

Random D1 question----Does anyone know what happened to Cornell's Head Coach? He has been underperforming for a while bugt wanted to know if he left for greener pastures or was nudged out of "college town".

[Golden_Fan]

Whoops accidentally posted this in the wrong section at first.

Now former Keuka coach, Matt Tantalo, takes over at Nazareth. Hopefully he can turn the program around. He also is going to be coaching the new NPSL team the Rochester River Dogz.


http://www.nazathletics.com/news/2016/2/2/MSOC_0202160714.aspx?path=msoc

[Mr.Right]

Nazareth used to be a decent program. Not a national or even a regional power BUT they used to be a tough out in the Empire 8 and would regularly hit 10 wins a season with a decent non-conference slate. I have no idea what happened to the program the past 3-4  years but last season was an ABSOLUTE DISASTER.

[FootyFan]

Any rumblings about the Ursinus opening?  I would think this would be a highly coveted job considering the Centennial Conference is considered one of the better conferences each year and it often earns multiple NCAA bids.  The longer these schools wait to choose a coach, the more difficult it will become to land 2016 recruits. 

[Mr.Right]

So do we have only 3 openings left in D3?

Husson
Sage
Ursinus

[Mr.Right]

D1 looks like Cornell and Iona on the East coast are open. Interestingly, Iona's Head Coach for 13 years just left to become Head Coach at NJIT..Surprising to me a bit to leave a stable job of 13 years but maybe he has roots in New Jersey

[Domino1195]

Wittenberg hires Dwight Burgess to replace Steve Dawson - HC for 32 years.  Dwight has been around central Ohio soccer for decades - play by play announcer for the Columbus Crew currently.  Dwight coached Capital Universoty the last time they were in the NCAA tournament (2009)

http://www.wittenbergtigers.com/sports/msoc/2015-16/releases/20151217nsxbcf

[Mid-Atlantic Fan]

Noticed the Stevenson HC job is now open in Maryland.

[Shooter McGavin]

That has to be a attractive and lucrative job offer. I am sure they will fill it quickly.

[Domino1195]

http://athletics.heidelberg.edu/sports/msoc/2015-16/releases/20160304oo12i1

Well that didn't last long . . .

[Mr.Right]

http://athletics.heidelberg.edu/sports/msoc/2015-16/releases/20160304oo12i1

Well that didn't last long . . .

I missed this....What happened to the Ryan Caruth(former standout SLU player) experiment ay Heidleberg? Didn't he just get hired in 2014?

[Flying Weasel]

Caruth is now the UC Riverside assistant. http://gohighlanders.com/news/2016/2/11/MSOC_0211164732.aspx?path=msoc

[Mr.Right]

A complete SHOCK...

https://twitter.com/BardAthletics?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor



Former Midd assistant and Bard Head Coach died unexpectedly a couple days ago. For our Liberty League friends they know as much as I do what a turn around McCabe was doing at Bard and even beat Skidmore last season. I would imagine former Midd star of the 2007 NCAA Championship team and current assistant will get a go at this on an 1 year basis.

[Saint of Old]

McCabe was a great Coach.
With ANY luck at all he would have beat every LL playoff team last year.
He singlehandedly turned around that program in the span of a few years and they were definitely on an upward swing!

I did not know him, but from everything I'm reading, he was also an AMAZING individual as well.

A great coach/person and will be missed.

[Saint of Old]

Caruth is now the UC Riverside assistant. http://gohighlanders.com/news/2016/2/11/MSOC_0211164732.aspx?path=msoc

Carruth did  a great job as head coach.
Had a good record and lost in Conference Semi to a strong team in his first year at Heidleberg.
I think he proved himself capable of doing the job well, but at the end of the day you have to be happy, and Carruth has always been a West Coast boy at heart.

Probably one of the most technical players I ever played with at 6foot 3 inches.
Top Scorer for the national Championship team in 1999
I do think he will become, like Durocher, an even better coach than he was a player  (Though they were both amazing players).