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Post by ineedajob on Jan 15, 2022 0:28:32 GMT -5
My money is on Kristen Kelsay. I’ll take your money.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2022 0:30:50 GMT -5
Wow! Interesting timing. Turnover of 21% of B1G coaching jobs this season. That has to be a first. Jordan Larsen is probably kicking herself for accepting that TX job so early.
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Post by gbuttah on Jan 15, 2022 0:31:10 GMT -5
My money is on Kristen Kelsay. Didn’t her fiancée just get hired as a Nebraska assistant coach? I wonder which job would take precedence? Could Mike Gawlik at Central Michigan be an option? He used to be at MSU. Has he had any success at CMU? My money is on Gawlik. He was a huge part of MSU’s success and his departure has correlated with their downfall. He’s had decent success at CMU bringing them from the bottom to the mid-top of the MAC over his 5 year stint. I think he has the experience & ties to be a great replacement for CG. Also, I agree, Reyes would be an option. Not sure how committed he is to staying associate at Nebraska or if a head coach at MSU would even make more $ than associate at NEV. And obviously being married to Kelsay would bring great interest. Both would be great choices, IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2022 0:54:07 GMT -5
Wow! Interesting timing. Turnover of 21% of B1G coaching jobs this season. That has to be a first. Jordan Larsen is probably kicking herself for accepting that TX job so early. why? There was 0 chance they woulda given Jordan this job with no coaching experience. Doesn’t matter how good of a player she was/is
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Post by bruinsgold on Jan 15, 2022 0:59:10 GMT -5
Wow! Interesting timing. Turnover of 21% of B1G coaching jobs this season. That has to be a first. Jordan Larsen is probably kicking herself for accepting that TX job so early. why? There was 0 chance they woulda given Jordan this job with no coaching experience. Doesn’t matter how good of a player she was/is Wrong Jordan. Jordan LARSON accepted the coaching job at Texas. I think this poster is referring to Jordan LARSEN, who accepted the job at Texas Community State College University. There's a difference.
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Post by abcd098 on Jan 15, 2022 6:02:05 GMT -5
I hope MSU is committed to keeping a woman head coach for the program. Cathy George was a trailblazer- first woman coach to reach the Final Four, so it would almost be a step back if they don’t hire another woman.
Arielle Wilson was an assistant at MSU before her current stint at Georgia Tech. I wonder if she would be interested.
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Jan 15, 2022 6:03:54 GMT -5
From Lansing State Journal: Cathy George realized she didn’t have the same zest for the job that she’d loved for so long. And the energy for it didn’t seem to be coming back. If she wasn’t all in, if her enthusiasm for the work wasn’t at the level she demands of those around her — especially her players — it was time to step aside. “I have to be what I tell everybody else to be,” George said Friday evening, a couple hours after telling her team she was retiring as Michigan State’s volleyball coach after 17 years. George leaves as MSU’s all-time winningest coach, having won 302 matches since taking taking over in 2005, reaching the NCAA tournament 10 times, including seven straight seasons from 2011 to ’17. MSU made three Sweet 16s during her run and, in George’s final NCAA tournament appearance, reached the Elite Eight. George was a pioneer before that, as the first woman to coach a team to the Final Four, taking the University of Texas-Arlington there in 1989. She began her career at North Dakota State in 1987 and first made her name in this state coaching Western Michigan from 1994 to 2004. “She was a trailblazer,” MSU athletic director Alan Haller said Friday evening. “ ... She’s a true ambassador for our department and our community. Cathy George should be celebrated. That’s what we plan on doing.” Read the rest of the article: news.yahoo.com/trailblazer-cathy-george-retires-msu-035439452.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Jan 15, 2022 6:21:07 GMT -5
I have had the privilege of watching Cathy George's volleyball career since her days as an outside hitter (Cathy Olson) at our shared alma mater, Illinois State University. The game of volleyball is losing a gem of a coach, but as is sometimes said but in this case truly applies, AN EVEN BETTER PERSON! * 25 All-B1G selections * 37 B1G Distinguished Scholars * Five B1G All-Freshman Selections * 2000 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year * Three-time Southland Conference Coach of the Year (1989, 1990, 1992) * 1988 NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year * 1987, 1988 North Central Conference Coach of the Year * 2019 Inductee, Illinois State Athletics Hall of Fame
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Post by Sooners1822 on Jan 15, 2022 9:09:20 GMT -5
Mike Gawlik will likely be in the mix. Kind of depends if they want to stay away from CGs coaching tree or draw from it. Before the Nebraska move I could have seen Kelsey as an option too with Reyes but now I don’t think so.
Crazy for whoever above to say it would be a step backwards to hire a male. That’s not helpful. Should be possible to be a step forward for the program hiring a male or female. Whoever they believe will help the program become elite. We’ve already seen from the D1 HC fillings that women getting these jobs is not an issue at all. They’ve gotten 2x the amount men have.
Here’s some other candidate thoughts… Sam Erger (from Michigan I think?), either of the Minn assistants (Houck or Benzing) either of the Wisc assistants, Collier, Meske…Leah Johnson from ILL state (extensions means ath. Dept. is committed but she probably still will look around)
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Post by yoda on Jan 15, 2022 9:41:07 GMT -5
Kelly Sheffield, John Cook, DBK, Dan Fisher. That’s the list. No, no, no, and no. I know this has been brought up before, but Dagenais. Another Yooper like Izzo. Todd would be a good get.
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Post by macfan on Jan 15, 2022 10:23:41 GMT -5
I thought about Gawlik as well. History at MSU, now has HC experience. His team has improved but is it enough for them to hire a male?
Munson at WMU. Very successful HC career in state. Follow the CG path.
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Jan 15, 2022 11:03:28 GMT -5
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Post by willtravel2cwvb on Jan 15, 2022 11:18:05 GMT -5
MSU stats don't tell the picture the way I see it. Every year MSU posed a threat to nearly every team; against the best in the B1G, MSU's game and their style of play was dangerous and there were few gimmees. George had a talent for discovering talent...Autumn Bailey always stands out in my mind...that made watching MSU, even if you didn't have a dog in the fight, a really good use of your time. The demonstrable affection and respect shown by all the other coaches I witnessed said it all. Thanks, Coach, for improving the ball.
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Jan 15, 2022 16:06:23 GMT -5
I can remember years ago posting that Coach George's teams featured African-American players before it became the standard. My theory at the time was that collegiate volleyball was primarily populated by white players whose parents had the financial wherewithal to pay for their daughters' participation in volleyball clubs. I can remember college volleyball coaches 'at the time' saying that female volleyball players who were good players were frequently not great athletes, but were still quite skilled in volleyball technique. My theory about Coach George's MSU teams was that she gambled on recruiting athletic black athletes that she could train in volleyball skills once she got them in the gym.
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Post by gibbyb1 on Jan 15, 2022 16:23:48 GMT -5
I can remember years ago posting that Coach George's teams featured African-American players before it became the standard. My theory at the time was that collegiate volleyball was primarily populated by white players whose parents had the financial wherewithal to pay for their daughters' participation in volleyball clubs. I can remember college volleyball coaches 'at the time' saying that female volleyball players who were good players were frequently not great athletes, but were still quite skilled in volleyball technique. My theory about Coach George's MSU teams was that she gambled on recruiting athletic black athletes that she could train in volleyball skills once she got them in the gym. Oh my
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