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FILE -
In this
Wednesday,
Oct. 16,
2019,
file
photo,
Vanderbilt
head
coach
Jerry
Stackhouse
speaks
during
the
Southeastern
Conference
NCAA
college
basketball
media
day in
Birmingham,
Ala.
Juwan
Howard
took
over his
former
team
when he
replaced
John
Beilein
at
Michigan,
and
Stackhouse
was
hired to
be the
new
coach at
Vanderbilt.
Both of
them
starred
as
players
in the
early-to-mid
1990s
and went
on to
lengthy
NBA
careers.
(AP
Photo/Butch
Dill,
File)
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Tip Ins:
Howard,
Stackhouse
among
the new
coaches
to watch
By
NOAH
TRISTER
apnews.com
About a
quarter-century
ago,
Juwan
Howard
and
Jerry
Stackhouse
were two
of the
biggest
names in
college
basketball.
Now,
they’re
trying
to
succeed
as
coaches.
Howard
took
over his
former
team
when he
replaced
John
Beilein
at
Michigan,
and
Stackhouse
was
hired to
be the
new
coach at
Vanderbilt.
Both of
them
starred
as
players
in the
early-to-mid
1990s
and went
on to
lengthy
NBA
careers.
Howard
is
remembered
fondly
at
Michigan
for
reaching
two
Final
Fours
with the
Wolverines
as part
of the
Fab
Five,
but he
has big
shoes to
fill
after
the
program
finally
reached
those
heights
again
under
Beilein.
Stackhouse
led
North
Carolina
to a
Final
Four in
1995. He
isn’t
back
with the
Tar
Heels —
that job
is
rarely
open —
but
Vanderbilt
is
hoping
he can
turn
things
around
after
the
Commodores
went
9-23
last
season.
Howard
and
Stackhouse
will be
two of
the most
scrutinized
new
coaches
this
coming
season,
but
several
other
programs
are also
under
new
leadership.
UCLA
Mick
Cronin
takes
over the
Bruins
after a
consistent,
solid
run at
Cincinnati.
UCLA
hasn’t
been a
national
power of
late,
and
Steve
Alford
was
fired in
the
middle
of last
season.
Alford
is now
the
coach at
Nevada.
UCLA
lost its
top
three
scorers,
but
seniors
Prince
Ali and
Alex
Olesinski
return.
Cincinnati,
meanwhile,
hired
John
Brannen
to
replace
Cronin.
Brannen
reached
the NCAA
Tournament
twice in
the last
three
years at
Northern
Kentucky.
ARKANSAS
This
is a
program
with an
impressive
arena
and
passionate
fans,
but it
has
struggled
to stay
relevant
since
Nolan
Richardson’s
exit.
Arkansas
fired
Mike
Anderson,
who
ended up
going to
St.
John’s.
The
Razorbacks
are now
led by
former
Nevada
coach
Eric
Musselman.
Arkansas
has to
replace
scoring
and
rebounding
leader
Daniel
Gafford,
who left
for the
NBA.
Musselman
says the
Razorbacks
will
share
the ball
and
shoot a
lot of
3-pointers.
ALABAMA
Elsewhere
in the
Southeastern
Conference,
Alabama
landed
former
Buffalo
coach
Nate
Oats.
The
Crimson
Tide
made the
NCAA
Tournament
just
twice
since
2006,
whereas
Buffalo
made it
three
times in
the last
four
seasons
under
Oats.
Buffalo
went
32-4
last
season.
The
Bulls
promoted
Jim
Whitesell,
Oats’
top
assistant,
to take
over
that
program.
VIRGINIA
TECH
The
Hokies
have
made the
NCAA
Tournament
three
straight
years
and
nearly
knocked
off Duke
in the
Sweet 16
this
past
season,
but they
lost
coach
Buzz
Williams
to Texas
A&M.
Virginia
Tech
quickly
hired
Mike
Young,
who
spent 17
seasons
as
Wofford’s
coach
and
finished
third in
the AP
coach of
the year
vote in
2019.
The
Terriers
beat
Seton
Hall in
the
first
round of
last
season’s
NCAA
Tournament.
Wofford
promoted
associate
head
coach
Jay
McAuley
to take
over
Young’s
job.
SAINT
JOSEPH’S
It
was the
end of
an era
when
Saint
Joseph’s
fired
longtime
coach
Phil
Martelli.
He’s now
on
Howard’s
staff at
Michigan.
The
Hawks
will now
be
coached
by
former
Philadelphia
76ers
assistant
Billy
Lange.
There’s
another
big
change
in the
Big 5 as
well:
Temple’s
Aaron
McKie
takes
over for
Fran
Dunphy.
McKie is
another
former
player
back at
his
school
as a
coach:
His Owls
were
eliminated
from the
NCAA
Tournament
by
Howard’s
Michigan
team in
1992 and
1993.
BELMONT
Rick
Byrd
retired
after
805
victories
and
eight
NCAA
Tournament
berths,
and
Belmont
hired
Casey
Alexander
to
replace
him. He
was an
assistant
for Byrd
for 16
years
before
spending
time as
the head
coach at
Stetson
and
Lipscomb.
Alexander
is also
a former
Belmont
player.
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