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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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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MARCH 31: A detail of a basket hoop, net and backboard as the Duke Blue Devils play against the Louisville Cardinals during the Midwest Regional Final round of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 31, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MARCH 31: A detail of a basket hoop, net and backboard as the Duke Blue Devils play against the Louisville Cardinals during the Midwest Regional Final round of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 31, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

3. Don Verlin – Idaho

The University of Idaho much like their Big Sky conference brethren Northern Arizona have a program with little to no tradition. They have experienced a little more than their counterpart, but overall not much success. Current head coach Don Verlin and his tenure as the coach in Moscow, Idaho has not been a total failure.

Verlin has an overall record at Idaho that is one game over .500 and finished near the top of the league two years ago. The one thing that has never happened is a trip to the NCAA tournament. In fact, Verlin has never made an NIT and has a handful of CBI appearances on the record. Verlin is entering his 12th season as the head man for the Vandals and Idaho, despite some competitive teams has nothing of note to be happy about.

Two seasons ago when Idaho finished second in the Big Sky conference, many around the program had some optimism as that was the culmination of a decent 4 year run near the top of the conference for Verlin. It appeared he may have turned around the Vandals. This season saw Idaho win five total games and finish in dead last in the Big Sky. The games that Idaho lost were largely uncompetitive.

It should be noted that the Vandals did lose a ton of production due to graduation heading into this season. Verlin was retained and next year will likely bring more of the same as the last 11 seasons. How long will the Vandals stick with Verlin if he fails yet again to make the NCAA tournament?  Especially since his record is only one total game over .500.

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