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Tonight, Nikita Dawkins and Ralph Petrella (strength and conditioning) were removed from the roster. Yesterday Stollings said four (including coaches and staff) were joining her at Texas Tech. Two to go.


Coaches:
Marty McGillan - Assistant Coach | Co-Defensive Coordinator
Gail Striegler - Assistant Coach

Staff
Tiffanie Couts - Director of Basketball Operations
Greg Haag - Video Coordinator
Garrett Solis - Video and Player Development Specialist
 

How about getting McCarville to coach the Gophers posts players��
 

I'm not sure, but I don't think McCarville could be hired as a coach, as she doesn't have a degree. I think that there was a time when Trent Tucker had a similar problem with that. It will be very interesting to see who Whalen names as her assistants. I'm thinking that she has a ton of contacts that she has accumulated over the years. Although she certainly doesn't need my help with that, I'll throw out some interesting names just for the fun of it. Jim Pete, Roysland, Cosgriff, Schoenrock. Not sure if any of her retired or soon to be retired Lynx cronies would fit the bill, but they might.
 

tripledouble said:
I'm not sure, but I don't think McCarville could be hired as a coach, as she doesn't have a degree. I think that there was a time when Trent Tucker had a similar problem with that. It will be very interesting to see who Whalen names as her assistants. I'm thinking that she has a ton of contacts that she has accumulated over the years. Although she certainly doesn't need my help with that, I'll throw out some interesting names just for the fun of it. Jim Pete, Roysland, Cosgriff, Schoenrock. Not sure if any of her retired or soon to be retired Lynx cronies would fit the bill, but they might.
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Seeing the names makes me wonder what Whalen will do. Will be interesting and does need to make good choices that I believe she will. She typically doesn't mess around.
 

We certainly need a serious recruiter. We immediately need someone who is currently recruiting, recruits aggressively and has an established network of contacts. We can assume that Stollings and Dawkins are "Guns Up!" hitting the ground running. They are certainly telling every recruit they've contacted during the last several years, "come to Texas Tech, same offense and plenty of openings". The Red Raiders aren't paying Marlene a million bucks this season to sit on her duff. And right now, Marlene and Nikki, to recruits, are still the face of the Minnesota program.
 


Ignatius L Hoops said:
We certainly need a serious recruiter. We immediately need someone who is currently recruiting, recruits aggressively and has an established network of contacts. We can assume that Stollings and Dawkins are "Guns Up!" hitting the ground running. They are certainly telling every recruit they've contacted during the last several years, "come to Texas Tech, same offense and plenty of openings". The Red Raiders aren't paying Marlene a million bucks this season to sit on her duff. And right now, Marlene and Nikki, to recruits, are still the face of the Minnesota program.
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Yes, that was my immediate concern. But the prominence of Whalen will stop knee-jerk decommits, I think. But retention and recruitment cant wait.
 

Katogopher said:
How about getting McCarville to coach the Gophers posts players��
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Maybe. But, if she is looking at teammates to be an assistant coach, I'll take Rebekkah Brunson. Five time WNBA champ and a ferocious rebounder. If she is at all interested in coaching, try to get her. Like Whalen, she will play for the Lynx this year, and that could pose a problem. But, imagine a recruit seeing two of the most accomplished WNBA players asking you to play for them.
 

Notes on McCarville are correct. No degree means you can't coach at this level. It is also a reason she can't have a banner in the Barn. Rumor has always had it she was quite aways from having enough credits to graduate. Good assistants are going to be a must!
 

This situation makes me curious about how other great players with little or no experience approached their coaching task, particularly when it comes to assistants - for instance, when Larry Bird was hired to coach the Pacers. Without looking, I'm guessing he hired experienced coaches who brought schemes and methods with them.
 



I know we don't need to go with former gophers but the list of former gophers that come to mind are

Shannon Schonrock- Former assistant at Winona State
Shannon Nelson (formerly Bolden) Head coach at Northland CTC-won Juco/D3 title in 2014
Jackie Voigt-Assistant at Augsburg
Mikayla Bailey-Assistant at Augsburg
Kiara Buford-Head Coach at Cooper HS-won 2018 State title
Kelly Roysland- Head coach at Macalester

my vote is for Shannon Nelson (Bolden)-In terms of Defense there was none better on the 2004 final four team.
 

bball_craz_26 said:
I know we don't need to go with former gophers but the list of former gophers that come to mind are

Shannon Schonrock- Former assistant at Winona State
Shannon Nelson (formerly Bolden) Head coach at Northland CTC-won Juco/D3 title in 2014
Jackie Voigt-Assistant at Augsburg
Mikayla Bailey-Assistant at Augsburg
Kiara Buford-Head Coach at Cooper HS-won 2018 State title
Kelly Roysland- Head coach at Macalester

my vote is for Shannon Nelson (Bolden)-In terms of Defense there was none better on the 2004 final four team.
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I keep pimping for Damian Johnson, but he's going to end up on some college staff somewhere, sometime. Might as well be this one.
 

Bad Gopher said:
This situation makes me curious about how other great players with little or no experience approached their coaching task, particularly when it comes to assistants - for instance, when Larry Bird was hired to coach the Pacers. Without looking, I'm guessing he hired experienced coaches who brought schemes and methods with them.
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Please don't follow the Jimmy Dykes, Arkansas legend, approach. Dykes was a men's assistant at various stops in the 80's. Then he spent the next 25 years in the broadcast booth before being, surprisingly, named head coach of the Razorback women's team. He promised to hire experienced assistants to fill in his knowledge gaps. In the first season, with a losing conference record in the SEC, they made the NCAA tournament. Dykes got an extension.

His second season was terrible and his third season ended 2-14 in the SEC with the team in disarray. He resigned and Arkansas spent the bucks to hire the very experienced and Arkansas native, Mike Neighbors, away from Washington. There's really no substitute for the head coach truly running the program.
 

Ignatius L Hoops said:
Please don't follow the Jimmy Dykes, Arkansas legend, approach. Dykes was a men's assistant at various stops in the 80's. Then he spent the next 25 years in the broadcast booth before being, surprisingly, named head coach of the Razorback women's team. He promised to hire experienced assistants to fill in his knowledge gaps. In the first season, with a losing conference record in the SEC, they made the NCAA tournament. Dykes got an extension.

His second season was terrible and his third season ended 2-14 in the SEC with the team in disarray. He resigned and Arkansas spent the bucks to hire the very experienced and Arkansas native, Mike Neighbors, away from Washington. There's really no substitute for the head coach truly running the program.
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I know it's early, but Neighbors only won one more game than Jimmy in his last year with similar guys. Not saying Neighbors won't turn it around, but it doesn't seem that actual bball coaching was a major issue, otherwise you'd think you'd see more improvement with the same players. It's more about the Joes, not the x's and o's.
 



manderson1984 said:
I know it's early, but Neighbors only won one more game than Jimmy in his last year with similar guys. Not saying Neighbors won't turn it around, but it doesn't seem that actual bball coaching was a major issue, otherwise you'd think you'd see more improvement with the same players. It's more about the Joes, not the x's and o's.
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That's a fair point. I do think Neighbors is far more likely to recruit players getting him a return trip to the final four than was Dykes. Which returns to my original concern. We seriously need a recruiter. More specifically, a recruiter who can get the kind of players Lindsay wants. As of now, we, of course, we don't even know the type of players Lindsay wants.
 

Ignatius L Hoops said:
Please don't follow the Jimmy Dykes, Arkansas legend, approach. Dykes was a men's assistant at various stops in the 80's. Then he spent the next 25 years in the broadcast booth before being, surprisingly, named head coach of the Razorback women's team. He promised to hire experienced assistants to fill in his knowledge gaps. In the first season, with a losing conference record in the SEC, they made the NCAA tournament. Dykes got an extension.

His second season was terrible and his third season ended 2-14 in the SEC with the team in disarray. He resigned and Arkansas spent the bucks to hire the very experienced and Arkansas native, Mike Neighbors, away from Washington. There's really no substitute for the head coach truly running the program.
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Obviously there's a balance you need to strike. I always think of Phil Jackson and how he let Tex Winter run the offense, even though it wasn't like Phil didn't know what was going on. Part of what made him a good head coach was not being neck deep in the details all the time.
 

In a similar situation for a first time coach returning to his alma mater, Fred Hoiberg had Bobby Lutz on his staff for one year at Iowa State. It's a relevant (and local/regional) example as Hoiberg knew hoops like Whalen does but had never coached. Lutz had ten years head coaching experience and the common held belief among Cyclone fans is that this was a big help in Hoiberg's first year coaching in Div 1. Even if you can game coach and know how to prepare a team, having someone who has done all of the head coaching duties before (from staff management to recruiting to munde admin stuff) can help mentor a newbie at the start. Lutz only stayed a year but I am among the fan group that thinks his contribution was likely valuable to start things off.
 

Lindsay's name was added to the coaching staff.

Coaches

Lindsay Whalen - Head Coach
Marty McGillan - Assistant Coach | Co-Defensive Coordinator
Gail Striegler - Assistant Coach

Tiffanie Couts - Director of Basketball Operations
Greg Haag - Video Coordinator
Garrett Solis - Video and Player Development Specialis
 

Lindsay said she's contacting Dawn Staley for advice. They should discuss Lisa Boyer's role as Staley's long time assistant. You just need to find someone like Boyer.:)

https://www.postandcourier.com/staf...cle_d66fea04-ccb8-5609-bce3-18f12cc30958.html

Lisa Boyer is ferociously intense, so listen up.

“This is not for the faint-hearted,” said Boyer, the associate head coach/enforcer within Dawn Staley’s South Carolina basketball juggernaut and a Staley confidant since 1996. “You have to put people under pressure if you expect them to perform under pressure.”

Boyer, Ithaca College Class of 1979, has been coaching since 1981. The Ogdensburg, N.Y., native has been a head coach (at Converse and Bradley) and has coached with Staley for 13 years.

“I know exactly what Dawn likes,” Boyer said. “I know what it’s supposed to look like.”

http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/boyer_lisa00.html

"Having Lisa on our staff says a lot because she could be a head coach in her own right," Staley said. "I strive for perfection. If you don't have the knowledge to accomplish perfection, then you get somebody who has that knowledge to pass it along to you. When I started in coaching, Lisa was that person for me. I wore her down because I knew I needed her. I trust her with my life, and I knew I could trust her with my career, not just as a coach, but as an administrator, a manager and overall as a person."

Boyer helped Staley lead Temple to five NCAA Tournaments and three Atlantic 10 Tournament titles in six seasons. She also keyed the recruitment of two players that would go on to be Temple's first WNBA First-Round Draft Picks. In 2005, the Owls became the first team in A-10 history to go undefeated in the regular season when they posted a 16-0 mark in league play. That team went on to capture its second-straight A-10 Tournament championship and finished the season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a school-record 28 wins. Prior to falling in the second-round game against Rutgers, Temple had rattled off 25 consecutive victories, the nation's longest winning streak of any men's or women's team that season.

Prior to her stint at Temple, Boyer spent six seasons coaching in first the ABL and then the WNBA. She began her career at the professional level in 1996 as the head coach of the Richmond (later Philadelphia) Rage. After guiding her first team to a 21-19 record, Boyer welcomed the arrival of Staley to the 1997 squad. Boyer left the Rage to take an assistant coach position with the WNBA's Cleveland Rockers in 1998. During her five years with the club, the Rockers advanced to the WNBA semifinals (1998) and the conference final (2000). As part of her work with the Rockers, Boyer had the opportunity to serve on John Lucas' Cleveland Cavaliers' staff in 2001-02, becoming the first woman on an NBA coaching staff.

Boyer took the position with the Rage after 10 seasons as Bradley University's head coach. With a 100 percent graduation rate throughout her tenure, she guided the Braves to a 15-13 record in her first season (1986-87). Boyer also posted winning records in 1989-90 (16-12) and 1991-92 (17-11) before leaving the program following the 1995-96 season. In her final four seasons at Bradley, she also served as the department's senior women's administrator and compliance coordinator.

Bradley was not Boyer's first head coaching stop, however. She led Converse in 1982-83, just one year after getting her start in coaching as an assistant at Davidson. Following her single season at Converse, Boyer served as an assistant coach for one season at East Carolina, Miami (Ohio) and Virginia Tech, respectively.

A native of Ogdensburg, N.Y., Boyer was a standout forward for Ithaca College, from which she graduated with a bachelor of science degree in 1979. She also earned a master of education degree from UNC Greensboro in 1982. For her 30+ years in coaching and shaping both professional and collegiate players, Boyer's alma mater honored her with induction into the Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
 

Ignatius L Hoops said:
Lindsay said she's contacting Dawn Staley for advice. They should discuss Lisa Boyer's role as Staley's long time assistant. You just need to find someone like Boyer.:)

https://www.postandcourier.com/staf...cle_d66fea04-ccb8-5609-bce3-18f12cc30958.html

Lisa Boyer is ferociously intense, so listen up.

“This is not for the faint-hearted,” said Boyer, the associate head coach/enforcer within Dawn Staley’s South Carolina basketball juggernaut and a Staley confidant since 1996. “You have to put people under pressure if you expect them to perform under pressure.”

Boyer, Ithaca College Class of 1979, has been coaching since 1981. The Ogdensburg, N.Y., native has been a head coach (at Converse and Bradley) and has coached with Staley for 13 years.

“I know exactly what Dawn likes,” Boyer said. “I know what it’s supposed to look like.”

http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/boyer_lisa00.html

"Having Lisa on our staff says a lot because she could be a head coach in her own right," Staley said. "I strive for perfection. If you don't have the knowledge to accomplish perfection, then you get somebody who has that knowledge to pass it along to you. When I started in coaching, Lisa was that person for me. I wore her down because I knew I needed her. I trust her with my life, and I knew I could trust her with my career, not just as a coach, but as an administrator, a manager and overall as a person."

Boyer helped Staley lead Temple to five NCAA Tournaments and three Atlantic 10 Tournament titles in six seasons. She also keyed the recruitment of two players that would go on to be Temple's first WNBA First-Round Draft Picks. In 2005, the Owls became the first team in A-10 history to go undefeated in the regular season when they posted a 16-0 mark in league play. That team went on to capture its second-straight A-10 Tournament championship and finished the season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a school-record 28 wins. Prior to falling in the second-round game against Rutgers, Temple had rattled off 25 consecutive victories, the nation's longest winning streak of any men's or women's team that season.

Prior to her stint at Temple, Boyer spent six seasons coaching in first the ABL and then the WNBA. She began her career at the professional level in 1996 as the head coach of the Richmond (later Philadelphia) Rage. After guiding her first team to a 21-19 record, Boyer welcomed the arrival of Staley to the 1997 squad. Boyer left the Rage to take an assistant coach position with the WNBA's Cleveland Rockers in 1998. During her five years with the club, the Rockers advanced to the WNBA semifinals (1998) and the conference final (2000). As part of her work with the Rockers, Boyer had the opportunity to serve on John Lucas' Cleveland Cavaliers' staff in 2001-02, becoming the first woman on an NBA coaching staff.

Boyer took the position with the Rage after 10 seasons as Bradley University's head coach. With a 100 percent graduation rate throughout her tenure, she guided the Braves to a 15-13 record in her first season (1986-87). Boyer also posted winning records in 1989-90 (16-12) and 1991-92 (17-11) before leaving the program following the 1995-96 season. In her final four seasons at Bradley, she also served as the department's senior women's administrator and compliance coordinator.

Bradley was not Boyer's first head coaching stop, however. She led Converse in 1982-83, just one year after getting her start in coaching as an assistant at Davidson. Following her single season at Converse, Boyer served as an assistant coach for one season at East Carolina, Miami (Ohio) and Virginia Tech, respectively.

A native of Ogdensburg, N.Y., Boyer was a standout forward for Ithaca College, from which she graduated with a bachelor of science degree in 1979. She also earned a master of education degree from UNC Greensboro in 1982. For her 30+ years in coaching and shaping both professional and collegiate players, Boyer's alma mater honored her with induction into the Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
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This is pretty impressive. Let's hope Lindsay can find someone like this. If so, it will probably be the most important step to a successful career.
 

An entry on the Stollings twitter page shows a picture of Ralph Petrella, the strength coach, and Tiffanie Couts, Director of Basketball Operations now at Texas Tech. I guess they haven't caught up to taking Tiffanie off the Gopher roster page yet. Both have long time connections to Coach Stollings, so not surprising they have headed south.
 

fanfromthevalley said:
An entry on the Stollings twitter page shows a picture of Ralph Petrella, the strength coach, and Tiffanie Couts, Director of Basketball Operations now at Texas Tech. I guess they haven't caught up to taking Tiffanie off the Gopher roster page yet. Both have long time connections to Coach Stollings, so not surprising they have headed south.
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That leaves one to go. In Marlene's presser she said four from her Minnesota staff would be joining her. Since McGillan appeared on the Whalen intro video and was at Whalen's presser I'm guessing he could remain with Lindsay's staff if she wants him.
 

Has anyone heard any discussion over who Whalen has had dialogue with as of yet? I understand interest in bringing back a former teammate but I'm really hoping we avoid a full on reunion here.

The program has a really unique opportunity right now so I hope there is a real vision as to who will run the ship while Lindsey is playing this summer.
 

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Go Gophers!!
 

Various job postings are now up on the U of M site:

Assistant Coaches-Women's Basketball

Athletics Operations Director-Women's Basketball

Assistant to the Head Coach-Women's Basketball
 

BleedGopher said:
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Go Gophers!!
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http://www.djournal.com/sports/msu-...cle_45d9690b-6125-5ae0-9c9a-a286422ab274.html



Vic Schaefer is not the only member of Mississippi State's women's basketball coaching staff that is receiving recognition this season.

Assistant coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis was named to the WBCA Top Thirty Under 30 in her second season with the Bulldogs.

Thibault-DuDonis has not only helped MSU to a 32-1 record this season but has also been instrumental in its recruiting efforts as well. The Bulldogs have signed the best classes in school history in back-to-back years, including a top 10 class for 2018.

"Carly has done a great job with our recruiting,” Schaefer said. “She gets us organized and keeps us organized in addition to her knowledge of the game. She has done an incredible job with the development of our guards. She deserves a lot of credit there as well.”

Thibault-DuDonis is the daughter of WNBA head coach Mike Thibault of the Washington Mystics


http://hailstate.com/coaches.aspx?rc=780&path=wbball

COACHING HISTORY
2016-present: Mississippi State University (Assistant Coach)
2015-16: Eastern Michigan University (Assistant Coach)
2014: Florida State University (Director of Recruiting Operations)

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
2009-13: Monmouth University
 

http://www.easternecho.com/article/...tant-has-winning-bloodlines?xrs=RebelMouse_tw

A bit more on Carly Thibault from her EMU days.


Over more than 35 years of professional coaching, Carly’s dad has made a lot of connections, and Carly used those connections to land her first job in the business as Florida State’s Director of Recruiting Operations in 2013, right after graduating from Monmouth University.

“He [Mike Thibault] coached one of the assistant coaches there, Brooke Wyckoff,” Thibault said. “I’ve known her since I was probably 12 years old, so that was a really good situation for me, and he knew [head coach] Sue Semrau was a phenomenal person, let alone a great coach.”

EMU women’s basketball head coach Tory Verdi was an assistant for the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun when Mike was the head coach there, and when Verdi needed to fill an assistant coaching vacancy for the Eagles he called Mike to see if Carly would be interested.

“My dad was like, ‘Well just call her, and talk to her about it.’ Coach Verdi brought me up on an interview, and the rest is history,” Thibault remembered. “They’ve known each other for a really long time. I actually met Coach Verdi when he was working for my dad.”
 


Shades said:
So this must be the whay Thibault is helping us. :D
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I listened to Doogies' most recent podcast and he thinks the Carly Thibault rumor has steam. There's a little humor as Wolfson has no idea how to pronounce "Thibault" nor, probably, any idea that Mike Thibault is her father. Sadly the podcast didn't have a Tim Tebow segment.
 

Look for Roysland to be on staff soon.

Kiara Buford would great to get as Dir of Ops she is obviously an up and coming coach.
 

Roland Brooks said:
Look for Roysland to be on staff soon.

Kiara Buford would great to get as Dir of Ops she is obviously an up and coming coach.
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I like this Kelly can really coach defense, and was a good coach on the Pam Borton staff.

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