2021 Coaching Carousel

Ugh. With a team that mostly looked like they belonged in D2, at that.

 

Maybe one of those excellent coaches in the Dakotas or Midwest would be a good match. Fortier at Gonzaga is a hot name but I would expect her to stay on the west coast if she moves.
Add: Tina Langley at Rice is another popular name. OU fans mentioning Johnnie Harris and Jackson-Durrett if OU goes first time head coach.

 

Actually, they were very much on the bubble for the tourney this year and were picked as one of the four alternative teams. They played very good teams very close including Georgia and beating South Dakota. Everything went right for them when they played us.

That said, we absolutely should have won that game.

 

Really going to be interesting to see what direction OU goes. Texas surprised me by going BIG. Will OU do the same?

 

I would expect Jackson-Durrett to maybe be considered, but I'm hoping our staff stays in tact for at least a few more years.

 

Wouldn't be shocked if Wes Moore doesn't give it a try. He's from the DFW area. Also, Cori Close is probably gonna get a look.

 

Or, everything went wrong for us!

 

I just meant watching them move around on the court, they looked more like a really good D2 team, not a major conference D1 team, in terms of athleticism, instincts, etc.

 

Well, OU has been paying Sherri a much higher salary ($1.33 million this season) than Texas was paying its women's hoops head coach for the last decade or longer. They also pay their softball head coach twice as much as we pay ours. So, they are not cheap. I doubt they hire an unproven commodity based on how much they were paying Sherri.

Interestingly, almost all their current women's sports head coaches are female (hoops, softball, volleyball, gymnastics, to name a few). So, will be interesting if they change course like we did and hire the best candidate regardless of gender.

 

Self inflicted

 

When Vic talks about the 3 games he's upset we lost this season which we should have won, that one is at the top of his list, I'm sure.

 

No doubt.

 

Mine too. I wasn’t free to watch it live. I was recording it, but I checked online in the 4th and saw that we were up 12. I couldn’t wait to watch it later. Needless to say, I deleted it and never watched it.

 

In retrospect it may have been the best thing that happened to us... we seemed to really start improving shortly thereafter. That game may have been the wake-up call.

 

And you will know that how? Only if they hire a man?

what man is better than Gasso to coach softball. Previous volleyball coach was male so I guess OU will hire men.

 

Now this OU opening is one that scares me re: Harris or Jackson-Durrett. High profile job that will invest in resources to be successful and money to throw around

 

I think the biggest question is whether or not they will require HC experience. Sherri was a high school coach when she was hired. It will probably also depend on who is interested. I also think that it might attract some higher-profile names amongst the coaching ranks. This should be interesting.

 

I bet MSST wish they would of hired Johnnie now. They have a mess on their hands now.

 

Yep... fans on their message board are very unhappy.

 

The irony is Gasso was about to quit OU and move back to California because she didn't feel she was being appreciated and paid fairly. She decided to stick it out one more year while her husband moved back to Cali to start his business and she was going to join him a year later. Bingo, she wins the national championship and gets the pay raise. You have to know the back story.

 

I'm going to cry most likely Auburn

 

If this holds true, I sure hate to see Johnnie go. Not many top associate head coaches stick around forever like Daley has with Geno or Brock has with Mulkey, so this was bound to happen eventually. I'll wish her much success and see who/what is next.

If she's in fact headed to Auburn, they paid the previous coach a $250k base salary with $350k in incentives. Harris currently makes $300k at UT if I'm not mistaken.

 

. either of those would be great hires, but I just don’t see either one of them leaving where they are. Will be interesting to see who ends up at OU. I hope it’s not Johnnie Harris......

 

I don't know... I did a little digging around and Tina Langley is a native of Jasper, AL and played her collegiate ball at University of West Alabama. While she seems like perhaps the perfect choice to replace Sherri with her proven experience, could she be the one headed to her home state to take over Auburn's program? Is Johnnie Harris going to OU and maybe taking Dionah Jackson Durrett along? Of course this is all just speculation.

 

I would be surprised if Jonnie stayed in the Big 12 to coach against Vic...but you never know, I guess!!

 

I hope not... in fact I hope she's not going ANYWHERE!

 

Rice finished their season today by winning the WNIT Championship over Ole Miss. If Tina Langley is in fact moving on to one of these P5 openings, then word should be getting out pretty soon.

 

Bravo and best wishes