B1G Head Coaches previous head coaching experience

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I was curious as to the head coaching experience the coaches in the B1G had prior to being hired in the B1G. I focused on DI jobs and got the info from their bios. I probably made a mistake or two.

Ohio State - Jake Diebler: No prior head coaching experience. Hired from within.
Purdue - Matt Painter: Southern Illinois
Michigan St - Tom Izzo: No prior college head coaching experience
Northwestern - Chris Collins: No prior head coaching experience
Nebraska - Fred Hoiberg: Chicago Bulls (NBA), Iowa St
Penn State - Mike Rhoades: VCU, Rice
Rutgers - Steve Pikiell: Stony Brook
Illinois - Brad Underwood: Oklahoma St, Stephen F. Austin
Iowa - Fran McCaffery: Sienna, UNC-Greensboro
Michigan - Dusty May: Florida Atlantic
Wisconsin - Greg Gard: No prior head coaching experience
Indiana - Mike Woodson: Atlanta Hawks and NY Knicks (both NBA)
Washington - Danny Sprinkle: Utah St., Montana St
UCLA - Mick Cronin: Cincinnati, Murray St.
USC - Eric Musselman: HC of 7 pro teams at various levels
Maryland - Kevin Willard: Seton Hall
 



gopher-revolution said:
I was curious as to the head coaching experience the coaches in the B1G had prior to being hired in the B1G. I focused on DI jobs and got the info from their bios. I probably made a mistake or two.

Ohio State - Jake Diebler: No prior head coaching experience. Hired from within.
Purdue - Matt Painter: Southern Illinois
Michigan St - Tom Izzo: No prior college head coaching experience
Northwestern - Chris Collins: No prior head coaching experience
Nebraska - Fred Hoiberg: Chicago Bulls (NBA), Iowa St
Penn State - Mike Rhoades: VCU, Rice
Rutgers - Steve Pikiell: Stony Brook
Illinois - Brad Underwood: Oklahoma St, Stephen F. Austin
Iowa - Fran McCaffery: Sienna, UNC-Greensboro
Michigan - Dusty May: Florida Atlantic
Wisconsin - Greg Gard: No prior head coaching experience
Indiana - Mike Woodson: Atlanta Hawks and NY Knicks (both NBA)
Washington - Danny Sprinkle: Utah St., Montana St
UCLA - Mick Cronin: Cincinnati, Murray St.
USC - Eric Musselman: HC of 7 pro teams at various levels
Maryland - Kevin Willard: Seton Hall
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Here's the issue: Of the ones who didn't have prior experience and have been successful, two took over for Hall of Fame or border-line Hall of Famers. Izzo for Judd Heathcote and Gaard for Bo Ryan. And Chris Collins coached under Coach K. Ben Johnson coached under Travis Steele and Richard Pitino.
 

I'm not fact checking you here but I do remember than Fran McCaffrey was first a head coach at Lehigh before the two programs you list. He also took all three programs previous to Iowa to the NCAA tournament.
 


gopher-revolution said:
I was curious as to the head coaching experience the coaches in the B1G had prior to being hired in the B1G. I focused on DI jobs and got the info from their bios. I probably made a mistake or two.

Ohio State - Jake Diebler: No prior head coaching experience. Hired from within.
Purdue - Matt Painter: Southern Illinois
Michigan St - Tom Izzo: No prior college head coaching experience
Northwestern - Chris Collins: No prior head coaching experience
Nebraska - Fred Hoiberg: Chicago Bulls (NBA), Iowa St
Penn State - Mike Rhoades: VCU, Rice
Rutgers - Steve Pikiell: Stony Brook
Illinois - Brad Underwood: Oklahoma St, Stephen F. Austin
Iowa - Fran McCaffery: Sienna, UNC-Greensboro
Michigan - Dusty May: Florida Atlantic
Wisconsin - Greg Gard: No prior head coaching experience
Indiana - Mike Woodson: Atlanta Hawks and NY Knicks (both NBA)
Washington - Danny Sprinkle: Utah St., Montana St
UCLA - Mick Cronin: Cincinnati, Murray St.
USC - Eric Musselman: HC of 7 pro teams at various levels
Maryland - Kevin Willard: Seton Hall
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Musselman coached Nevada to the Sweet 16 and Arkansas to a pair of Elite 8s and a separate Sweet 16.

Fran McCaffery also took Lehigh to an NCAA tourney.

howeda7 said:
Here's the issue: Of the ones who didn't have prior experience and have been successful, two took over for Hall of Fame or border-line Hall of Famers. Izzo for Judd Heathcote and Gaard for Bo Ryan. And Chris Collins coached under Coach K. Ben Johnson coached under Travis Steele and Richard Pitino.
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There is no border line. Bo Ryan is already in the Hall of Fame and Tom Izzo certainly will be. Matt Painter almost counts as a hire from within as he played under Gene Keady, got head coaching experience and was named coach-in-waiting for a year during Keady's last season. Painter served as an assistant during that season and was head coach after that. Of course, Keady is also a Hall of Famer.
 

tjgopher said:
Musselman coached Nevada to the Sweet 16 and Arkansas to a pair of Elite 8s and a separate Sweet 16.

Fran McCaffery also took Lehigh to an NCAA tourney.



There is no border line. Bo Ryan is already in the Hall of Fame and Tom Izzo certainly will be. Matt Painter almost counts as a hire from within as he played under Gene Keady, got head coaching experience and was named coach-in-waiting for a year during Keady's last season. Painter served as an assistant during that season and was head coach after that. Of course, Keady is also a Hall of Famer.
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I was going to make the same point about Painter - he only had one season as head coach at SIU before joining Keady as assistant for a year. Painter went straight from playing to coaching at some really low levels. He’s only 54 and has been head coach for 20 years now.
 

TwistingMyMelon said:
I'm not fact checking you here but I do remember than Fran McCaffrey was first a head coach at Lehigh before the two programs you list. He also took all three programs previous to Iowa to the NCAA tournament.
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You are correct. I was skimming his bio as it is quite long.
 

I think if anyone is trying to figure out the "secret recipe" to what guarantees a successful coaches, your going to be looking forever. Unfortunately there is no 1 thing. Sure some assistants turn into HOF coaches, most don't. Sure some who have had success other places will here. Most won't. This is at any school.

To me in 2025 I think everything revolves around money. Like it or not you need a big payroll to get 6-10 guys every single year. That means you need a coach who rallies the base and can get money moving in. Pickell has had his ups and downs at Rutgers, he somehow found the money to get 2 of the top 5 players in the country. They might not be great, but they aren't the doormat they were. I hope it's not Saunders or some of the others listed, but if it is, they better be driving the brinks truck to the presser.
 



leib0039 said:
I think if anyone is trying to figure out the "secret recipe" to what guarantees a successful coaches, your going to be looking forever. Unfortunately there is no 1 thing. Sure some assistants turn into HOF coaches, most don't. Sure some who have had success other places will here. Most won't. This is at any school.

To me in 2025 I think everything revolves around money. Like it or not you need a big payroll to get 6-10 guys every single year. That means you need a coach who rallies the base and can get money moving in. Pickell has had his ups and downs at Rutgers, he somehow found the money to get 2 of the top 5 players in the country. They might not be great, but they aren't the doormat they were. I hope it's not Saunders or some of the others listed, but if it is, they better be driving the brinks truck to the presser.
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When it comes to NIL/paying players, the new arrangement with the B10 (which I don't completely understand) will put the Gophers ahead of most non-B10 schools. Brinks truck is already en route, at least theoretically.
 

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