Xavier Head Coaching Search 2025

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Originally Posted by Xavier

I really don’t get the push for Luke Murray. But seems like some in the department want Murray and some want Mack.

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I imagine the wound of Mack leaving is probably more raw for some people in the administration.

Maybe this is all a Cremins or Kelsey move.

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Originally Posted by Xville

he is the architect of Uconn's offense and hes young and hungry. I get the appeal, as he also was in charge of the development of big men there. It'd be a huge risk, but fuck could daddy round up some more nil dollars?

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They said Steele was the mastermind behind X offense. So i take it with a grain of salt when i hear that stuff. But I do like the sets UConn runs, it’s challenging to guard. Probably Also leaves bad taste after Steele with the guy who has never been a head coach. But I do think X might have to take big risks, find a gem/young coach who is a bit of a risk/reach and be ahead of the curve on.

IIRC with one of our new coaching hires years ago didn't we announce the new coach before the departing coach was formally announced at his new destination? I really like that move.

I gotta say I’m totally confused at the amount of people wanting Mack back.

So we rehired a previous coach who left for greener pastures and then left the next destination under very ugly circumstances thinking he’d stay here forever only for him to leave again for greener pastures again….

And to show we learned our lesson we’re going to rehire a previous coach who left for greener pastures and then left the next destination under very ugly circumstances hoping he’ll stay forever?

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Originally Posted by LOLmickcronin

I gotta say I’m totally confused at the amount of people wanting Mack back.

So we rehired a previous coach who left for greener pastures and then left the next destination under very ugly circumstances thinking he’d stay here forever only for him to leave again for greener pastures again….

And to show we learned our lesson we’re going to rehire a previous coach who left for greener pastures and then left the next destination under very ugly circumstances hoping he’ll stay forever?

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You have to accept that no coach is going to stay at Xavier forever, absent some improbable set of circumstances that likely involves a multi-billion dollar alum leaving some endowment to the athletics department that enables the team to have a top-25 salary budget.

Mack is a proven winner in the Big East and at Xavier. He led Xavier to a #1 seed and some of the biggest wins in program history .He's way, way more of a "sure thing" than hiring some mid-major guy who has never had to recruit high-level talent or compete in big games or getting an assistant who has never been in charge before.

I don’t care if he stays forever. He brought X to its highest point as a program, he has a giant chip on his shoulder (always does) and the attitude that brings is reminiscent of what X had in A-10. And in this new NIL era, that might be needed and how X can compete today. He left and Louisville was ranked #1 for a little before covid shut down the tournament. I think he’d be a great hire.

But not the only candidate

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Originally Posted by xudash

Drudy, you’re right. The demographic cliff has only affected Xavier University. Every other university in United States has not been affected whatsoever by the demographic cliff. Only Xavier and its massive mismanagement of itself has caused this issue to occur.

Just stop already.

Oh, by the way, as I’ve mentioned before, we have made strategic decisions around enrollment where we reduced it on purpose. That might have something to do with our goals for retention, which affects overall ratings.

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Nothing says thriving and financially sound university like an almost 90% acceptance rate!

Guys, we're in the perfect spot. We get Mack for a few years and once he leaves, Steele should be ready to step back in and bring some big NIL with him.

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Originally Posted by fellahmuskie

Guys, we're in the perfect spot. We get Mack for a few years and once he leaves, Steele should be ready to step back in and bring some big NIL with him.

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And once Steele is ready to move on, Miller will have done something stupid to get fired at TX, and we'll be ready for Sean Miller 3.0!