On Hot Seat: Which DI Coaches Should Be Looking Over Their Shoulders?

July 16th, 2017 - 7:04

An average of nearly 50 Division I schools annually made head coaching changes since the mid-1990s. The dominoes already started to fall this summer when Thad Matta was forced out at Ohio State and Dave Wojcik abandoned ship amid seeing handwriting on the wall at San Jose State. Following is an alphabetical list of active coaches who probably are looking over their shoulders heading into a shaky-ground 2017-18 campaign:

Hot-Seat Coach School Principal Reason Mentor on Shaky Ground
Todd Bozeman Morgan State four consecutive losing campaigns
Brad Brownell Clemson six consecutive seasons failing to reach NCAA playoffs
Joe Callero Cal Poly four consecutive losing seasons
Chris Casey Niagara four losing records at least 13 games below .500 in as many years
Michael Curry Florida Atlantic three losing records at least 10 games below .500 in as many seasons
Dennis Cutts UC Riverside four losing seasons in as many years
Tommy Dempsey Binghamton five losing records in as many seasons
Tracy Dildy Chicago State seven losing records in as many seasons
Pat Duquette UMass Lowell four losing records in as many seasons
Anthony Evans Florida International four losing records in as many seasons
Bill Evans Idaho State finished 10th or worse in Big Sky Conference standings four times in last five years
Jim Fox Appalachian State won only 1/3 of games past three seasons
John Gallagher Hartford three straight losing seasons including being at least 13 games below .500 each of past two years
Murray Garvin South Carolina State three 20-loss seasons in last four years
Jayson Gee Longwood four losing seasons at least 12 games below .500 in as many years
John Giannini La Salle losing overall and Atlantic 10 Conference records covering last four seasons
Matthew Graves South Alabama four losing records overall and in Sun Belt Conference competition in as many seasons
Larry Hunter Western Carolina five losing records in last six seasons
George Ivory Arkansas-Pine Bluff six losing records in last seven seasons
Brian Katz Cal State Sacramento eight losing records in nine seasons
Matt Langel Colgate six losing records in as many seasons
Anthony Latina Sacred Heart four losing records in as many seasons
Jeff Lebo East Carolina four consecutive non-winning records and second-division finishes in league standings
Paul Lusk Jr. Missouri State six non-winning Missouri Valley Conference records in as many seasons
Mike Maker Marist three records at least 16 games below .500 in as many seasons
Mike Martin Brown five non-winning Ivy League records in as many seasons
Mark Montgomery Northern Illinois six non-winning Mid-American Conference records in as many seasons
Jack Murphy Northern Arizona only one winning record in first five seasons with fewer than 10 victories each of last two campaigns
Kevin Nickelberry Howard University seven non-winning records in as many seasons
Fran O'Hanlon Lafayette 10 non-winning records in last 13 seasons, including fewer than 10 victories each of past two campaigns
Andre Payne Mississippi Valley State three years compiling fewer than nine victories each season
Russ Pennell Central Arkansas three years registering fewer than nine victories each season
Dave Pilipovich Air Force four consecutive losing records overall and in Mountain West Conference competition
Dave Simmons McNeese State five consecutive losing records including fewer than nine wins each of last two seasons
G.G. Smith Loyola (Md.) four losing records in as many seasons
Keith Walker Delaware State three non-winning records in as many full seasons with last two notching fewer than 11 victories
Bob Walsh Maine three seasons in as many years posting fewer than nine victories
Corey Williams Stetson four seasons at least nine games below .500
Billy Wright Western Illinois three seasons in as many years notching fewer than 11 victories