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NCAA Basketball: 10 Coaches who have overstayed their welcome entering 2019-20

By Bryan Mauro

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 14: Head coach Patrick Chambers of the Penn State Nittany Lions yells instructions to his team against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at the United Center on March 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 14: Head coach Patrick Chambers of the Penn State Nittany Lions yells instructions to his team against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at the United Center on March 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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DAYTON, OH – MARCH 17: Head coach Steve Masiello of the Manhattan Jaspers looks on in the first half against the Hampton Pirates during the first round of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 17, 2015 in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
DAYTON, OH – MARCH 17: Head coach Steve Masiello of the Manhattan Jaspers looks on in the first half against the Hampton Pirates during the first round of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 17, 2015 in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

9. Steve Masiello – Manhattan

The Jaspers have been on a roller coaster ride with Masiello. The extreme highs, which happened at the beginning of his tenure. The rest of the tenure has been mired with tension and bad basketball. Masiello played at Kentucky under Tubby Smith and Rick Pitino and cut his teeth as a coach as a member of the Louisville coaching staff under Pitino. His reputation as a strong recruiter and his ties to Pitino helped him get the job at Manhattan.

The Jaspers experienced a great deal of success in the early part of Masiello’s tenure. The Jaspers were a 13 seed in the NCAA tournament three years after their new coach took the reins. The 2014-2015 season the Jaspers made the NCAA tournament for the second season in a row. The events that would follow changed the direction of the program and started a somewhat tenuous relationship with their head coach.

Masiello was a finalist and front-runner for the South Florida coaching job. It came to light during a background check that the coach had been lying on his resume about receiving his degree from the University of Kentucky. Masiello never graduated was turned down for South Florida and placed on subsequent leave at Manahttan. His degree has now been completed, so he is back on the sidelines, but the program has been bad since that point.

Since the scandal the Jaspers have failed to win 15 games, Masiello has not been able to get the same quality of talent he was early on in his tenure. It is time for Manhattan to move on. They are in a talent rich area and in a conference, that has no true power other than Iona. If the Jaspers decide to move on, it would be expected and well received.

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