men_s_basketball:2008_coaching_carousel
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2008 Coaching Carousel
Majors
| School | Old Coach | Reason for Change | New Coach | Old Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARQUETTE | Tom Crean | Hired at Indiana | Buzz Williams | Marquette Assistant |
| Cal | Ben Braun | Fired | Mike Montgomery | Former Stanford HC |
| Indiana | Kelvin Sampson | Fired | Tom Crean | Marquette HC |
| LSU | John Brady | Fired | Trent Johnson | Stanford HC |
| Oklahoma State | Sean Sutton | Resigned | Travis Ford | UMass HC |
| Oregon State | John Jay | Fired | Craig Robinson | Brown HC |
| Providence | Tim Welsh | Fired | Keno Davis | Drake HC |
| South Carolina | Dave Odom | Retired | Darrin Horn | Western Kentucky HC |
| Stanford | Trent Johnson | Hired at LSU | Johnny Dawkins | Duke Assistant |
| Texas Tech | Bobby Knight | Retired | Pat Knight | TT Assistant |
Mid-Majors and Low-Majors
| School | Old Coach | Reason for Change | New Coach | Old Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcorn State | Samuel West | Fired | Larry Smith | LA Sparks (WNBA) Assistnat |
| Arkansas Pine-Bluff | Van Holt | Resigned | George Ivory | Mississippi Valley State Assistant |
| Arkansas State | Dickey Nutt | Resigned | John Brady | Former LSU Head Coach |
| Brown | Craig Robinson | Hired at Oregon St | Jesse Agel | Brown Assistant |
| Bucknell | Pat Flannery | Retired | Dave Paulsen | Williams College (D3) |
| Centenary | Rob Flaska | Fired | Greg Gary | Duquesne Assistant |
| Detroit | Perry Watson | Resigned | Ray McCallum | Indiana Assistant |
| Drake | Keno Davis | Hired at Providence | Mark Phelps | Arizona St Assistant |
| Florida Atlantic | Rex Walters | Hired at San Francisco | Mike Jarvis | Former St Johns HC |
| Grambling | Larry Wright | Fired | Rick Duckett | South Carolina Assistant |
| Idaho | George Pfefier | Fired | Don Verlin | Utah State Assistant |
| Jacksonville State | Mike LaPlante | Fired | James Green | Mississippi Valley State HC |
| James Madison | Dean Keener | Resigned | Matt Brady | Marist Head Coach |
| Kent State | Jim Christian | Hired at TCU | Geno Ford | Kent State Assistant |
| Loyola Marymount | Rodney Tention | Resigned | Bill Bayno | Portland Trail Blazer Assistant |
| Marist | Matt Brady | Hired at James Madison | Chuck Martin | Memphis Assistant |
| Maryland-Eastern Shore | Meredith Smith | Interim Coach | Frankie Allen | UMBC Assistant |
| UMass | Travis Ford | Hired at Oklahoma State | Derek Kellog | Memphis Assistant |
| Mercer | Mark Slonaker | Fired | Bob Hoffman | ABA Arkansas Aeros |
| Mississippi Valley State | James Green | Hired at Jacksonville State | Sean Woods | TCU Assistnat |
| Missouri State | Barry Hinson | Fired | Cuonzo Martin | Purdue Assistant |
| NJIT | Jim Casciano | Resigned | Jim Engles | Columbia Assistant |
| Ohio | Tim O'Shea | Resigned | John Groce | Ohio State Assistnat |
| Pepperdine | Vance Walberg | Resigned | Tom Asbury | Alabama Administration |
| Rice | Willis Wilson | Fired | Ben Braun | Cal Head Coach |
| Sacremento State | Jerome Jenkins | Fired | Brian Katz | San Joaquin Delta College HC |
| San Francisco | Jessie Evans | Dismissed | Rex Walters | Florida Atlantic HC |
| St Francis (Pa) | Bobby Jones | Resigned | Don Friday | Lycoming College HC (D3) |
| Texas Southern | Ronnie Courtney | Fired | Tony Harvey | Missouri Assistant HC |
| TCU | Neil Dougherty | Fired | Jim Christian | Kent State Head Coach |
| Toledo | Stan Joplin | Fired | Gene Cross | ND Assistant |
| Western Illinois | Derek Thomas | Resigned | Jim Molinari | Ball St Assistant |
| Western Kentucky | Darrin Horn | Hired at South Carolina | Ken McDonald | Texas Assistant |
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