Official Utah basketball coach candidates thread.

[New Mexican Disaster]

Made the Elite Eight the following year. We can't take credit for starting Gottfried's slide at Bama.

That is the night the bloom came off the rose. That elite eight run was after a very disenchanting season of underachieving and the level of interest began dying and in retrospect that was the first step off the peak.

[Maximus]

trent johnsons record at LSU doesnt worry utah fans?

[LA Ute]

trent johnsons record at LSU doesnt worry utah fans?

It worries this one. Judging from comments on the UF.net board, it worries others too.

[BoylenOver]

trent johnsons record at LSU doesnt worry utah fans?

Trent Johnson should be the 5th or 6th option. The other former Nevada HC in the SEC interests me slightly more.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Trent Johnson should be the 5th or 6th option. The other former Nevada HC in the SEC interests me slightly more.

Johnson isn't my first choice but I will be happy if he is hired.


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[myboynoah]

From ESPN Rumors:

Now that Utah has pulled the plug on Jim Boylen after four seasons and a 69-60 record, making it clear mediocrity won't be tolerated, who will the Utes turn to as their next head coach?

According to ESPN's Andy Katz, Utah is likely to go with a "more established name" for its next hire.

"Some early names that will likely be involved in the search: Saint Mary's Randy Bennett; LSU's Trent Johnson, who was an assistant at Utah and head coach at Nevada and Stanford; Old Dominion's Blaine Taylor, who previously coached at Montana and was an assistant at Stanford under Johnson and former Alabama coach and current ESPN analyst Mark Gottfried, who was an assistant on the UCLA's 1995 national championship team."

Another to consider? Duke assistant Steve Wojciechowski. According to Katz, if Utah AD Chris Hill looks at assistants, Wojciechowski is ready to be a head coach and his wife is from Utah so it could be an excellent fit.

[UteStar]

Out of that group that Katz mentioned and including Tony Bennett, I would have them in the following order:

T. Bennett
Mark Gottfried
Randy Bennett
Trent Johnson
Blaine Tayler
Wojo

I don't trust going with another assistant. It should be an interesting week or two. C'mon Hill...bring it home.

[SeattleUte]

Out of that group that Katz mentioned and including Tony Bennett, I would have them in the following order:

T. Bennett
Mark Gottfried
Randy Bennett
Trent Johnson
Blaine Tayler
Wojo

I don't trust going with another assistant. It should be an interesting week or two. C'mon Hill...bring it home.

I agree except I'd go with Trent Johnson over Randy Bennett, and I think it's close between Johnson and Gottfried. Johnson is a proven winner with a major program; hell at LSU he's even won the SEC regular season once; he put UN Reno on the map. He had some great teams at Stanford, and recruited well in California. I'd be patient and totally confident in him. He made a big mistake going to LSU, which was predictable.

[SeattleUte]

Out of that group that Katz mentioned and including Tony Bennett, I would have them in the following order:

T. Bennett
Mark Gottfried
Randy Bennett
Trent Johnson
Blaine Tayler
Wojo

I don't trust going with another assistant. It should be an interesting week or two. C'mon Hill...bring it home.

BTW, Blaine Taylor was probably available when Hill hired Boylen. That was a big mistake.

[SeattleUte]

Some guy on Utefans is saying KUTV is reporting Huntsman will get involved in recruiting Rose to Utah. How can that be? Isn't that a conflict of interest given Huntsman is a GA? (Dig it, a GA more loyal to the U of U than the LDS Church.)

[Maximus]

Some guy on Utefans is saying KUTV is reporting Huntsman will get involved in recruiting Rose to Utah. How can that be? Isn't that a conflict of interest given Huntsman is a GA? (Dig it, a GA more loyal to the U of U than the LDS Church.)

I stopped at some guy on utefans is saying..

[myboynoah]

Even thus downgraded, stronger than the WCC. Utah can win 18 games in the PAC12 and be seeded higher in the Dance than a 25-win BYU team in the WCC. Of course, winning 18 games seems a long ways away right now for the Utes....

LOL

You are one funny guy, LA.

WCC vs. PAC seeding

I wonder who that someone is.

[BoylenOver]

Re: Wojo

I want no part of an assistant coach. Besides, it seems like the Coach K coaching tree isn't much to write home about.

[TripletDaddy]

T. Bennett
Mark Gottfried
Randy Bennett
Trent Johnson
Blaine Tayler
Wojo

So I guess the U ditched the original plan to hire a well known, accomplished coach?

[BoylenOver]

So I guess the U ditched the original plan to hire a well known, accomplished coach?

Blaine Taylor is the only head coach on that list without a Sweet 16 appearance. Trent Johnson did it with Stanford and Nevada; Gottfried with Alabama; Randy Bennett with St Mary's; and Tony Bennett with Wazzou.

I mean, none of them have the resume of a Dave Rice or Jeff Judkins, but it's what we have to work with.