now that the news is fully confirmed- my first question is- who is available that would even be interested? then, how much $ do we have? how much does the camp circuit bring in (BIG question on LI)?
the admin likes to go high-profile for these types of jobs. they sometimes avoid assistants, different divisions, etc. Just my observation based on history.
with NO inside information, here are some names to chat about (NOTE- i went overly-broad), and in no order:
pietramala: seat is warm at the Hop, local LI guy, high profile, good coach
spallina: great success as the women's coach, well liked; different sport
cassese: some success at lehigh, local guy, ex asst under tiffany, well liked, high profile; might be in the mix for navy/harvard
bates: had some good years at princeton, minor disciplinary issue; might be a nice fit
pressler: has the tools; high profile, loyal to bryant after the duke fiasco
wellner: assoc/interim HC at navy, likes SB, coached with sowell, getting attention this month; senior enough?
recently let go and available:
wojcik: didnt do much at harvard but recruited well (a key for us)
sowell: analysis is obvious; former coach under different AD, might not be interested
seremet: won't happen, but former asst coach late 90s
possible young coaches to pry away:
torpey: can't argue with his success at HPU, new program
polley: has a good setup at BU and nice wins against good teams, new program
poli: done much with little at QU, has interim tag
callahan: seat could be hot at dartmouth, alum, great guy, loves SB
longshots that would likely never consider it, but i offer the following:
warne: local guy, probably knows nagle well, doing well at GT
brecht: a nice fit, local guy, but was snubbed in 2012 and took RU, which is better positioned now in the B1G
amplo: a decade ago accepted the job and then it left the same week; done well at marquette, new program
meade: longtime navy coach, stalling at furman, local LI guy
cannella: entrenched at umass, former SB assistant, LI guy
other longshots from outside D1:
rogers: knows CNY, at cuse, longtime cortland coach (SUNY pension?)
coon: knows NY, success at RIT, which faces similar issues to SB
peluso: LI guy, worked at naz, also RIT and now "local" at stevens tech, similarities to SB
jez: was interested back in 2012, did well at CW Post & army; both similar to SB
chamberlain: close to the program, alum, team 91 network, LI guys; success at FarmState
assistants to consider:
taylor (current vol & alum)
camposa (molloy, navy, rutgers; sowell guy)
compitello (lehigh, yale, SHU, bryant)
wilson (lehigh, brown, rutgers)