Re: Coaching Carousel 2024
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2024 9:20 am
First week in July, decision time for many. What are the rumblings?
FDU tabs Alex Stone, former Associate HC at Muhlenberg
https://fdudevils.com/news/2024/7/1/men ... rosse.aspx
Good hire with local ties. Definitely a step in the right direction. I think he will do well.laxrules wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2024 11:05 am I think it is a solid hire. FDU was not a job folks were really excited about. Stone will do a good job getting them to respectable. He was a great assistant/recruiter at Muhlenburg. I think this was a surprise because we didn’t hear his name, but a solid surprise. Best of luck to FDU
Truth. The stuff being thrown around FDU was90% garbage. I don’t think anyone mentioned on forum were in the mix or even applied.
I thought that opening was a formality? Great hire for Brockport. Fiorentino did great work at Geneseo.kuzandrat wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2024 9:36 pm Brockport has announced it’s coaching selection.
https://gobrockport.com/news/2024/7/2/m ... coach.aspx
It was a formality until someone with more experience applied. Does kind of suck for Cornaire. Hes getting uprooted and booted after only two season and recruiting 2 huge classes to try and reignite the program.laxrules wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2024 9:58 pmI thought that opening was a formality? Great hire for Brockport. Fiorentino did great work at Geneseo.kuzandrat wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2024 9:36 pm Brockport has announced it’s coaching selection.
https://gobrockport.com/news/2024/7/2/m ... coach.aspx
Most of these are schools with almost no chance to have significant success at. Kean has little chance of having any sort of big time success but is not a likely career trajectory killers as many of the other might be. However, the PT issue is massive. It is certainly not some sort of tradition rich or glamorous job. It is in a conference that is barely a conference with no chance of an autobid. They will get someone with a decent CV I am sure but not surprising they are not being flooded with great candidates.MajorMacLax18 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 11:08 am Albertus Magnus College (CT)
Benedictine (IL) - Josh Berey-Wingate (Lewis AC)
Brevard (NC)
SUNY Brockport - Nick Fiorentino (Former Geneseo HC)
Cairn (PA) - Matt LoStracco (HS Coach)
FDU (NJ) - Alex Stone (Muhlenberg AC)
Guilford (NC)
Juniata (PA)
Kean (NJ)
LaGrange (GA) - Kevin Riordan (Coastal Carolina HC - MCLA)
Northland (WI)
Notre Dame (MD)
Oglethorpe (GA) - Christian Hall (Wingate AC)
SUNY Poly
SUNY Potsdam
Rhodes (TN)
St Joseph's (ME)
St Joseph's (NY)
Virginia Wesleyan (VA) - Sam Jones (Virginia Wesleyan AC)
Washington & Jefferson (PA)
William Peace (NC)
What's going on with Kean??...seems like that is the best job still open (once Rhodes announces) even though it is PT.
Stone is quite strong. Good hire, tireless worker.choochooCharlie wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:26 am Surprised in the FDU selection. Some of the other names mentioned as having interviewed were quite strong.
NJ schools offer a lot. FDU/Kean both have nice athletic facilities/campuses, access to trains, the shore, NYC, Hoboken, professional sports venues. Stone is a Jersey guy, I expect Keans new coach will be as well.liongoes wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2024 3:08 pm Muhlenberg has been very solid in recent years. If he has a hand in that it sounds like laxdad and homer have a point!
I think the other 'names mentioned' were only mentioned by one person who wanted to stir the pot with some made up rumors. I do wonder who the actual candidates were and what the process was like, curious what the pool looks like for some of the more challenging division 3 jobs.
I'm not sure it make sense to say something like "NJ has lots to offer" when discussing hiring at a given school. It's an entire state, of course it has lots to offer. So do all states. No one is going to chose to coach a school because it is in the same state as Hoboken. NJ produces lots of excellent lacrosse players, most of the better of whom chose to go to college elsewhere, both at the D1 and D3 level. Rectify that and these schools could attract better coaches. Selling them on the boardwalk at Wildwood is probably not going to cut it.