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LSU Basketball: 7 candidates to replace Will Wade as head coach

By Joey Loose

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 26: Head coach Will Wade of the LSU Tigers reacts against the Missouri Tigers during a game at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on February 26, 2022 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 26: Head coach Will Wade of the LSU Tigers reacts against the Missouri Tigers during a game at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on February 26, 2022 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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Grant McCasland North Texas Mean Green (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Grant McCasland North Texas Mean Green (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

Grant McCasland

He’s going to be a big candidate at nearly every power conference opening this offseason and for very good reason. McCasland has done impressive work in his coaching career already and he’s clearly proven that he’s ready for one of these bigger jobs. Will that come with these Tigers?

McCasland played at Baylor and later returned to the school to serve on Scott Drew’s coaching staff for five years. In addition to that experience, he’s been a head coach at four different schools, including two at the D1 level. His stint at Arkansas State was very brief, but he’s led North Texas to an NCAA Tournament upset win and a pair of C-USA regular-season titles across a five-year stint.

McCasland will be a dynamic hire someday for some team, whether or not it’s LSU or one of these other open SEC schools. If I’m McCasland, I’m waiting for the right fit, and taking over a school that could get slapped any day by NCAA sanctions doesn’t seem like the smartest move. Then again, mentor Scott Drew did this exact thing at Baylor and we all know how that ended.

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