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DaytonBuck
I've always liked them
Groce should hold out for a better job than Duquesne. The Dukes have been a bottom feeder of the A10 since they joined and have had 2 winning seasons since 1981. The new AD their is a former Assistant AD at Xavier so there's a relationship there and there's talk of more commitment to basketball but it would be wise to steer clear of this job.
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daddyphatsacs
Let the cards fall...
On the flip side, what if he goes in and turns them into a tourney team? If so, he'd be a hot commodity at big schools.
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DaytonBuck
I've always liked them
True, but the Dukes haven't shown much commitment to their basketball program and fell through with promises of upgraded budget and facilities for Danny Nee. I think that a job like Murray State which has been a pipeline for coaching advancement or a good MAC/MVC job would be the more prudent career move.
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Looks like we can relax about Groce getting the Duquesne job, per the Houston Chronicle.
chron.com
Source: Everhart Gets Duquesne Job
By ALAN ROBINSON AP Sports Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press
— Ron Everhart, who built successful programs at Northeastern and McNeese State, will be the next basketball coach at Duquesne, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Everhart will replace Danny Nee, said the person, who was speaking on condition of anonymity because the official announcement will come Wednesday.
Nee resigned earlier this month following a 3-24 season that was the worst in school history and a 42-102 record during five consecutive losing seasons.
Everhart, who grew up 90 minutes from Pittsburgh in Fairmont, W.Va., was hired after interviewing last weekend and again Monday with Duquesne athletic director Greg Amodio, who is making his first major hire since replacing Brian Colleary nearly a year ago.
Everhart and Kent State coach Jim Christian were the finalists for the job, but Christian pulled his name out of contention Tuesday. John Groce, an Ohio State assistant and a longtime friend of Amodio, apparently was not interested in the job.
Asked Tuesday whether Duquesne had hired a coach, school spokesman Dave Saba said, "I can't confirm that right now."
Everhart is known as a turnaround specialist. At Duquesne, he might have his toughest assignment yet.
Duquesne was a national power in the 1950s and the late 1960s, under former coach Red Manning, but has had 12 consecutive losing seasons and 19 of 20 under coaches Jim Satalin, John Carroll, Scott Edgar, Darelle Porter and Nee. The school last appeared in the NCAA tournament in 1977.
The 44-year-old Everhart had an 82-68 record at Northeastern, including a 19-11 overall record and 12-6 conference record this season in the school's first year in the Colonial Athletic Association _ the conference that sent George Mason to the NCAA Final Four and Old Dominion to the NIT semifinals.
In 2004-05, the Huskies went 21-10 and were 15-3 in America East, the school's best conference record since 1986-87. Among the schools the Huskies beat under Everhart were West Virginia, Boston College and Massachusetts.
Before being hired at Northeastern, Everhart had a 92-104 record at McNeese State, a school that hadn't had a winning record in four seasons before he arrived in 1994.
His final McNeese team went 22-9. With many of the players he recruited, the Cowboys advanced to the NCAA tournament the season after he left.
Everhart played in the backcourt at Virginia Tech with future NBA player Dell Curry before graduating in 1985.
After starring at Fairmont Senior High School, he moved to suburban Washington, D.C., and lived with relatives so he could play his senior season at longtime prep power DeMatha Catholic High School, making the Catholic High School All-America team.
Everhart made the move because he felt playing under longtime DeMatha coach Morgan Wootten would improve his chances of landing a District I scholarship.
After college, he was an assistant under Bobby Cremins at Georgia Tech, then coached at VMI and Tulane before becoming a head coach.
Everhart is the son of Ron Everhart, a former star player at Fairmont (W.Va.) State College and a high school coach in the area. Two of his younger brothers also were excellent college players, Kevin at Francis Marion University and VMI and Bobby-D, another DeMatha graduate, at Fairmont State.
chron.com
Source: Everhart Gets Duquesne Job
By ALAN ROBINSON AP Sports Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press
— Ron Everhart, who built successful programs at Northeastern and McNeese State, will be the next basketball coach at Duquesne, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Everhart will replace Danny Nee, said the person, who was speaking on condition of anonymity because the official announcement will come Wednesday.
Nee resigned earlier this month following a 3-24 season that was the worst in school history and a 42-102 record during five consecutive losing seasons.
Everhart, who grew up 90 minutes from Pittsburgh in Fairmont, W.Va., was hired after interviewing last weekend and again Monday with Duquesne athletic director Greg Amodio, who is making his first major hire since replacing Brian Colleary nearly a year ago.
Everhart and Kent State coach Jim Christian were the finalists for the job, but Christian pulled his name out of contention Tuesday. John Groce, an Ohio State assistant and a longtime friend of Amodio, apparently was not interested in the job.
Asked Tuesday whether Duquesne had hired a coach, school spokesman Dave Saba said, "I can't confirm that right now."
Everhart is known as a turnaround specialist. At Duquesne, he might have his toughest assignment yet.
Duquesne was a national power in the 1950s and the late 1960s, under former coach Red Manning, but has had 12 consecutive losing seasons and 19 of 20 under coaches Jim Satalin, John Carroll, Scott Edgar, Darelle Porter and Nee. The school last appeared in the NCAA tournament in 1977.
The 44-year-old Everhart had an 82-68 record at Northeastern, including a 19-11 overall record and 12-6 conference record this season in the school's first year in the Colonial Athletic Association _ the conference that sent George Mason to the NCAA Final Four and Old Dominion to the NIT semifinals.
In 2004-05, the Huskies went 21-10 and were 15-3 in America East, the school's best conference record since 1986-87. Among the schools the Huskies beat under Everhart were West Virginia, Boston College and Massachusetts.
Before being hired at Northeastern, Everhart had a 92-104 record at McNeese State, a school that hadn't had a winning record in four seasons before he arrived in 1994.
His final McNeese team went 22-9. With many of the players he recruited, the Cowboys advanced to the NCAA tournament the season after he left.
Everhart played in the backcourt at Virginia Tech with future NBA player Dell Curry before graduating in 1985.
After starring at Fairmont Senior High School, he moved to suburban Washington, D.C., and lived with relatives so he could play his senior season at longtime prep power DeMatha Catholic High School, making the Catholic High School All-America team.
Everhart made the move because he felt playing under longtime DeMatha coach Morgan Wootten would improve his chances of landing a District I scholarship.
After college, he was an assistant under Bobby Cremins at Georgia Tech, then coached at VMI and Tulane before becoming a head coach.
Everhart is the son of Ron Everhart, a former star player at Fairmont (W.Va.) State College and a high school coach in the area. Two of his younger brothers also were excellent college players, Kevin at Francis Marion University and VMI and Bobby-D, another DeMatha graduate, at Fairmont State.
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Reiterating Junkies post, I just got my Rivals 2007 yearbook and they named Groce as the "Recruiter of the Year" in college basketball (the list focuses on recruiting coordinators and assistant coaches, not head coaches). Can't say I can argue with that...especially on the heels of the '06 and '07 classes OSU signed.
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DDN
Drawing one up
Ohio State's Greg Oden said OSU assistant coach John Groce is an X's and O's guy who will change plays on the fly.
A couple of the new wrinkles paid off in the Buckeyes' 63-54 win at Michigan State on Saturday. OSU coach Thad Matta said the drawn-up plays "have been pretty good to us. We try not to reinvent the wheel during the game."
Even so, the big man has to concentrate.
"Coach Groce is a genius," Oden said. "He comes up with all this stuff. You've just got to remember. You see the play and soon as you turn around and walk away from the huddle, you go, 'What did he just draw up?' "
Drawing one up
Ohio State's Greg Oden said OSU assistant coach John Groce is an X's and O's guy who will change plays on the fly.
A couple of the new wrinkles paid off in the Buckeyes' 63-54 win at Michigan State on Saturday. OSU coach Thad Matta said the drawn-up plays "have been pretty good to us. We try not to reinvent the wheel during the game."
Even so, the big man has to concentrate.
"Coach Groce is a genius," Oden said. "He comes up with all this stuff. You've just got to remember. You see the play and soon as you turn around and walk away from the huddle, you go, 'What did he just draw up?' "
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crazybuckfan40
Head Coach
Groce for assistant of the year...
Matta does a helluva job, but Groce is coaching these guys up just as much as him...
Matta does a helluva job, but Groce is coaching these guys up just as much as him...
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CPD
Groce most likely next on Matta coaching tree
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus -- When Ohio State's offense was grinding to a halt at Michigan State earlier this year, Buckeyes head coach Thad Matta and assistant John Groce drew up some plays the Buckeyes said they'd never run before.
"Sometimes they do that, especially coach Groce," junior guard Jamar Butler said. "He knows his X's and O's, and if he sees something that he thinks can get us two points, he's going to draw it up and we're going to do it."
"Coach Groce is a genius," said freshman center Greg Oden, who was freed up for a lob dunk by one tweak.
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Groce most likely next on Matta coaching tree
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus -- When Ohio State's offense was grinding to a halt at Michigan State earlier this year, Buckeyes head coach Thad Matta and assistant John Groce drew up some plays the Buckeyes said they'd never run before.
"Sometimes they do that, especially coach Groce," junior guard Jamar Butler said. "He knows his X's and O's, and if he sees something that he thinks can get us two points, he's going to draw it up and we're going to do it."
"Coach Groce is a genius," said freshman center Greg Oden, who was freed up for a lob dunk by one tweak.
Cont'd...
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Boy I hope we don't lose Groce after this season. It would be like losing Dantonio after the championship season.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
Dispatch
College basketball
Matta's main man
Energetic assistant has played unsung role in OSU's success
Friday, March 30, 2007 3:36 AM
By Rob Oller
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
NEAL C. LAURON | DISPATCH
The high-energy act that Ohio State coach Thad Matta, left, and assistant coach John Groce perform at courtside has been going on since they worked together at Butler during the 2000-01 season.
The sideline collision is coming. It's only a matter of time before Thad Matta zigs left and John Groce zigs right and -- BOOM, Matta's gum won't be the only thing to hit the floor.
So far, however, through seven seasons at three schools, the Ohio State men's basketball coach and his top assistant have managed to stay out of each other's way as they yo-yo along the bench.
Continued..
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