![]() I don’t know if he’d have any interest, but, this is a guy that you have to make say no. ![]() ![]() So think about all of the success and Big 12 experience that he has over the last 19 seasons, including two national championships, three title games, four final fours, eight elite eight appearances, and ten sweet sixteens. ![]() He is the longest tenured assistant in Kansas Basketball history. Townsend has been an assistant on Bill Self’s staff in Lawrence since 2004. Kurtis Townsend Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images I’m not sure Coach Maligi would take the position, but it wouldn’t hurt to call on a coach who has outstanding recruiting ties to Texas, I mean its worked pretty well in football. He has deep ties in Texas and obviously Texas Tech. You see what he did in getting Timmy Allen and Marcus Carr to Texas prior to this year, and you see what he has done in getting Keyontae Johnson and Desi Sills to Manhattan for this year. Needless to say, Maligi can recruit to Lubbock. Mac McClung, Terrence Shannon Jr., Jahmius Ramsey, Tariq Owens, Matt Mooney and Micah Peavy just to name a few. He was instrumental in recruiting a lot of the top talent to Lubbock during the Beard era. When Chris Beard left Lubbock to go to Austin, he took his main recruiter Maligi. This season, Texas is 23-8 and just beat #3 Kansas at the Moody Center by 16 points. He has kept the program at Texas in an elite category after being dealt a pretty crappy hand. There is a reason that he was chosen by Beard, and CDC to be the guy after Beard. I hate the Longhorns as much as the next guy, but I admit, what he has done with that program since the firing of Chris Beard, has been remarkable. If Texas decides to move on from Terry after the season, which is very possible, Tech should make every effort to talk to him. Rodney Terry Chris Jones-USA TODAY Sports In 2016 he took the head coaching job at Arkansas St for one season (20-11) before taking the head job at UNT in 2017. He also served as an assistant at Baylor from 2011-2016 under Scott Drew. He’s coached in the area, having been the coach at Midland College from 2004-2009 when he got the job at 27 years old, Midland College won the JUCO National Championship in the 2006-2007 season. From 1999-2001, McCasland was the director of operations for James Dickey at Texas Tech. He received his master’s degree from Texas Tech in 2001. Over the last three seasons he has a record of 68-23, and in five seasons he has an overall record of 104-58. Grant McCasland is the current coach at North Texas. Grant McCasland Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports If Kirby Hocutt decides to move on, a move that seems imminent at this point in time, there is a list of coaches that should be on the shortlist, and some that I’ve thrown in just to spice things up a bit. I won’t speculate on all of that here, because I firmly believe that everyone deserves to tell their side of the story- a story that we probably will never get nonetheless- but still that is my belief. Rumors have spread like wild fire about the state of the locker room, the coaching staff, personal lives, and literally everything in between. This team has been the center of speculation for off the court distractions all season long. Period.Įither way, at this point in time, The basketball program is at a crossroads. I for one don’t think the comment was meant inappropriately, but extremely tone-deaf is an understatement if the reports of what was said are true. ![]() With all of this being said, I find it hard to see any circumstance or situation where Mark Adams is the Head Coach at Texas Tech for another game. KCBD was the first to break the news and I’ll link their story here. By now, you have probably heard the news that Mark Adams has been suspended by Texas Tech for what has been characterized as an “inappropriate comment to a player”. ![]()
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