NCAA first year head coaches When doing pre-season power and total ratings, one of the things I track is first year head coaches for various reasons. I've done a preliminary walk through most of the NCAA this year spotting all the teams with rookie head coaches, who they are, and where they came from along with the occasional note that might affect their style of play. I thought others might find this interesting.
If you know of additions or corrections to this list, please post them. I'm doing this in the hope I'll get some feedback that helps me out. Forgive any formatting problems, there's only so much I can do within the limitations the forum allows.
New Team................Head Coach..............Former Gig
appalachian-st..........Jason Capel............ assistant
auburn..................Tony Barbee............ utep head coach
boise-state............ Leon Rice.............. gonzaga assistant
boston-college..........Steve Donahue.......... cornell head coach
central-arkansas........Corliss Williamson......Arkansas Baptist (JC) head coach
central-florida........ Donnie Jones............marshall head coach
charlotte.............. Alan Major..............ohio-state assistant
chicago-state.......... Tracy Dildy............ illinois-chicago assistant
clemson................ Brad Brownell.......... wright-state head coach
colorado................Tad Boyle.............. no-colorado head coach
columbia................Kyle Smith..............st-marys assistant
cornell................ Bill Courtney.......... virginia-tech assistant
crieghton.............. Greg McDermott..........iowa-state head coach
depaul..................Oliver Purnell..........clemson head coach
east-carolina.......... Jeff Lebo.............. auburn head coach
fordham................ Tom Pecora..............hofstra head coach
gardner-webb............Chris Holtmann..........ohio assistant
hartford................John Gallagher..........penn assistant
hawaii..................Gib Arnold..............usc assistant
hofstra................ Mo Cassara..............assistant
holy-cross..............Milan Brown............ mount-st-marys head coach
houston................ James Dickey............two years off (OK St. assistant)
howard..................Kevin Nickelberry...... Libyan national team, no shit (hampton head coach)
illinois-chicago........Howard Moore............wisconsin assistant
indiana-state.......... Greg Lansing............assistant
iona....................Tim Cluess..............C.W. Post (Div II) assistant
iowa....................Fran McCaffrey..........siena head coach
iowa-state..............Fred Hoiberg............NBA scout - Never coached before?
la-lafayette............Bob Marlin..............sam-houston-st head coach
la-monroe.............. Keith Richard.......... lsu assistant
marshall................Tom Herrion............ pittsburgh assistant
mount-st-marys..........Robert Burke............american-u assistant
no-colorado............ BJ Hill................ assistant
oregon..................Dana Altman............ creighton head coach
robert-morris.......... Andrew Toole............assistant
rutgers................ Mike Rice.............. robert-morris head coach
sam-houston-st..........Jason Hooten............assistant
seton-hall..............Kevin Willard.......... iona head coach
siena.................. Mitch Buonaguro........ assistant
st-francis-ny.......... Glenn Braica............st-johns assistant
st-johns................Steve Lavin............ ESPN commentator (ucla 2003)....low total in high total conf.
the-citadel............ Chuck Driesel.......... maryland assistant
toledo..................Tod Kowalczyk.......... wisc-green-bay head coach
tulane..................Ed Conroy.............. citadel head coach
uc-irvine.............. Russell Turner..........NBA Golden State assistant
unc-wilmington..........Buzz Peterson.......... appalachian-st head coach
utep....................Tim Floyd.............. one year off (USC head coach)
wagner..................Dan Hurley..............St. Benedict's prep head coach
wake-forest............ Jeff Bzdelik............colorado head coach............ princeton hybrid offense
wisc-green-bay..........Brian Wardle............assistant
wright-state............Billy Donion............assistant
