Utah and Utah State Benefit From Transfers Tagging Along With New Coaches
November 22nd, 2021 - 8:12
Tagging along with new head coaches Craig Smith and Ryan Odom, transfers are striving to help Utah and Utah State generate headlines. They joined the following alphabetical list of prominent players who transferred from one major college to another with the same head coach although he wasn't his biological father (including three at BYU after leaving Utah Valley):
Transfer Player Pos. Head Coach First School Second School Mike Aaman F Dan Hurley Wagner commitment Rhode Island 13 Keve Aluma F Mike Young Wofford 18-19 Virginia Tech 21 Marco Anthony G-F Craig Smith Utah State 21 Utah 22 Brent Arrington G Sean Woods Mississippi Valley State 12 Morehead State 14 Brandon Averette G Mark Pope Utah Valley 20 Brigham Young 21 Pasha Bains G Larry Shyatt Wyoming 99 Clemson 00 Bill Brigham F Mike Jarvis Boston University 89-90 George Washington 92-93 C.J. Bryce G Kevin Keatts UNC Wilmington 16-17 North Carolina State 19-20 Anthony Buford G Bob Huggins Akron 88-90 Cincinnati 92 Joe Bunn F Jeff Capel Jr. North Carolina A&T 94 Old Dominion 96 Keon Clergeot G Tubby Smith Texas Tech Memphis 17 Adrian Crawford G Steve Robinson Tulsa 97 Florida State 99-01 Greg Davis F Dave Bliss New Mexico 98-99 Baylor 01-02 Tavian Dunn-Martin G Keith Dambrot Akron 17 Duquesne 19-20 *Nate Erdmann G Kelvin Sampson Washington State 94 Oklahoma 96-97 Marcus Evans G Mike Rhoades Rice 16-17 Virginia Commonwealth 19-20 Shannon Evans G Bobby Hurley Buffalo 14-15 Arizona State 17-18 Josh Fisher G Lorenzo Romar Pepperdine Saint Louis 01-04 Prince Fowler G Billy Tubbs Oklahoma 95 Texas Christian 97-99 John David Gardner G Brad Brownell UNC Wilmington 06 Wright State 08-10 Jasen Gast G Danny Kaspar Incarnate Word TX 00 Stephen F. Austin 02-04 Gerald Glass F Ed Murphy Delta State MS 86 Mississippi 89-90 Torian Graham G Bobby Hurley Buffalo 15 Arizona State 17 Juan'ya Green G Joe Mihalich Niagara 12-13 Hofstra 15-16 Caleb Grill G T.J. Otzelberger UNLV 21 Iowa State 22 R.T. Guinn C Dave Bliss New Mexico 00 Baylor 02 Richard Harward C Mark Pope Utah Valley 18-19 Brigham Young 21 Kevin Henry G Dave Bliss New Mexico 98-00 Baylor 02 Denard Holmes F Abe Lemons Texas 82 Oklahoma City 85 Jason Holmes F Sean Woods Mississippi Valley State 10-11 Morehead State 13 Gary Hooker F Ron Greene Mississippi State 76-78 Murray State 80 Brandon Horvath F Ryan Odom Maryland-Baltimore County 18-21 Utah State 22 Mike Hughes C Keith Dambrot Akron 17 Duquesne 19-20 *Marlon Hunter G Ray Harper Western Kentucky 16 Jacksonville State 18-19 Anthony Hurd F Nolan Richardson Jr. Tulsa 85 Arkansas 87 Shawn James C Ron Everhart Northeastern 05-06 Duquesne 08 David Jenkins Jr. G T.J. Otzelberger South Dakota State 18-19 UNLV 21 LeDarion Jones F Larry Shyatt Clemson 96-97 Wyoming 99-00 Thomas Kilgore G Ben Braun Eastern Michigan California 98-99 Lavon Long F Jimmy Patsos Loyola MD Siena 14-17 Wyatt Lowell F Mark Pope Utah Valley 19 Brigham Young 21 Mark Lyons G Sean Miller Xavier 09 Arizona 13 Tevin Mack G Shaka Smart Virginia Commonwealth Texas 16-17 Boyd McCaslin F Ozzie Cowles Dartmouth 46 Michigan 48-49 Daquein McNeil G Richard Pitino Florida International Minnesota 14-15 Mike Mitchell F Boyd Grant Fresno State 86-88 Colorado State 90 Nic Moore G Tim Jankovich Illinois State 12 Southern Methodist 14 Dwayne Morgan F Todd Simon UNLV 16 Southern Utah 18-20 Danny Moses C Carl Tacy Marshall Wake Forest 73 Storm Murphy G Mike Young Wofford 18-21 Wake Forest 22 Maurice O'Field G Bobby Hurley Buffalo Arizona State 16-17 Anthony Pendleton G George Raveling Iowa signee Southern California 88-89 James "Scoonie" Penn G Jim O'Brien Boston College 96-97 Ohio State 99-00 Merle Rousey G Hank Iba Colorado 34 Oklahoma A&M 36-37 Todd Schrotenboer F Jay Smith Grand Valley State MI 96-97 Central Michigan 00-01 Gregg Smith C Ray Giacoletti North Dakota State 00 Eastern Washington 02-04 Malik Smith G Richard Pitino Florida International 13 Minnesota 14 Matt Smith F Tod Kowalczyk Green Bay 10 Toledo 12-14 Ameen Tanksley G-F Joe Mihalich Niagara 12-13 Hofstra 15-16 Jake Toolson G Mark Pope Utah Valley 18-19 Brigham Young 15-16-20 Robert Vaden G-F Mike Davis Indiana 05-06 UAB 08 Ross Varner F Lorenzo Romar Pepperdine Saint Louis 02 Chris Vogt C John Brannen Northern Kentucky 18-19 Cincinnati 20-21 Pax Whitehead G-F Jan van Breda Kolff Cornell 93 Vanderbilt 95-97 Sean Wightman F Bob Donewald Illinois State 89 Western Michigan 91-93 Bryson Williams F Rodney Terry Fresno State 17-18 Texas-El Paso 20-21 Jason Williams G Billy Donovan Marshall 95-96 Florida 98 Daivien Williamson G Steve Forbes East Tennessee State 19-20 Wake Forest 21 Dedric Willoughby G Tim Floyd New Orleans 93-94 Iowa State 96-97 Jack Worthington G Abe Lemons Texas 82-83 Oklahoma City 85-86 Marquis Wright G Jimmy Patsos Loyola MD signee Siena 14-17 Kyle Young F Chris Holtmann Butler signee Ohio State 18-20
*Erdmann played for a junior college between four-year school stints.
NOTES: Aaman committed to Wagner before choosing to enroll with Hurley at Rhode Island, Fisher signed with Pepperdine but never played there before choosing to follow Romar to SLU, Kilgore never played for EMU after transferring there from Central Michigan, Lyons was an academic partial qualifier in 2008-09 and Pendleton signed with Iowa but never played for the Hawkeyes because of scholastic shortcomings. . . . Anthony originally played for Virginia. . . . Mitchell played two seasons at Fresno State under Grant's successor (Ron Adams). . . . Varner went on an LDS Mormon mission for two years between stints at Pepperdine and Saint Louis.