NCAA Basketball: Predicting head coaches to fill job vacanies in 2019

By Bryan Mauro | Apr 2, 2019

ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 22: Head coach Eric Musselman of the Nevada Wolf Pack reacts against the Loyola Ramblers in the first half during the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament South Regional at Philips Arena on March 22, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

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NASHVILLE, TN – MARCH 18: Head coach Mick Cronin of the Cincinnati Bearcats reacts against the Nevada Wolf Pack during the first half in the second round of the 2018 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 18, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images) /

Every off-season the NCAA Basketball coaching carousel starts spinning. The country has many open jobs currently, with more surely to come. Who the schools hire matter, which coaches will land new jobs?

Coaching changes are an essential part of every NCAA Basketball offseason. No athletic director likes to make the changes, but they understand how essential the changes are. The NCAA tournament enters its final weekend and many teams and programs from around the country have already elected to go a different way and elect new head coaches.

There are numerous jobs that are still unfilled and a few of them are jobs of higher caliber. Some of the lower division 1 schools may not be filled until right before the season. Last month in March, the busiest month of the college basketball season saw schools such as Vanderbilt, Nebraska, Cal and Arkansas fire their coaches for disappointing years. Nebraska and Cal have already found coaches while the search goes on for the remainder.

The one down fall of the coaching carousel is replacing a head coach at your university who takes what they consider a better job. No Athletic Director wants that to happen, and that hire is almost more important than the hires the administration makes when they fire the old coach. It is always harder to maintain a top program that it is to build one. Finding the right coach is essential for every program’s success. Even if a coach is not currently on the hot seat, in the ever-changing world of coaching it may only take one bad season to place them there.

The rumor mill is swirling with hot names for each team and who they are interviewing. Much like a regular job the interview process could be lengthy, especially with so many qualified applicants. The purpose of this article is to predict who each school will hire and why the hire fits their needs. Some are logical and some schools are going to have to dig deep to find someone within their pool of applicants. The jobs highlighted are only jobs that are currently open.

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