This is the third in a series of profiles of potential candidates for Indiana’s vacant basketball head coaching position. Candidate: Chris Beard Age: 48 Current Position/Tenure: Head coach at Texas Tech since 2016. Previous Jobs: Head coach at Arkansas-Little Rock, 2015-16; Head coach at DII Angelo State 2013-15. Head coach at DIII McMurry 2012-13. Head coach of South Carolina Warriors in the ABA, 2011-12. Associate head coach at Texas Tech, 2001-11. Accomplishments: Led Texas Tech to Big 12 title and NCAA title game in 2019 after Elite Eight appearance in 2018. Owns 111-54 record at Texas Tech. Led Arkansas-Little Rock…
Author: Dustin Dopirak
This is the second in a series of profiles of potential candidates for Indiana’s vacant basketball head coaching position. Candidate: John Beilein Age: 68 Current position: Big Ten Network analyst Previous Jobs: Cleveland Cavaliers head coach, 2019-20; Michigan head coach 2007-19, West Virginia head coach 2002-07; Richmond head coach 1997-2002; Canisius head coach 1992-97. Career Accomplishments: 754 wins as a college head coach. Has coached in 13 NCAA Tournaments. Went 278-150 and 126-92 in Big Ten play in 12 years at Michigan. Took Michigan to five Sweet 16s, three Elite Eights and two national title games, losing to Louisville in…
Indiana sophomore center Trayce Jackson-Davis was named a third-team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on Thursday. It’s the third service that has named Jackson-Davis a third-team All-American, joining the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and the Sporting News. He was named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press. Jackson-Davis averaged 19.1 points and 9.0 rebounds this season. The release from IU follows: Indiana University sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis has been named third-team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). He also earned the same honor from The Sporting News, USBWA and was…
This is the first in a series of profiles of potential candidates for Indiana’s vacant basketball head coaching position. Candidate: Brad Stevens Age: 44 Current position, tenure: Boston Celtics head coach since 2013 Previous Jobs: Butler head coach 2007-13. Butler assistant coach 2001-07. Accomplishments: Has led the Celtics to the playoffs six times in seven completed seasons, including Eastern Conference Finals appearances in 2017, 2018 and 2020. Has won 56.1 percent of his regular season games and 50.7 percent of his playoff games in the NBA. Led Butler to back-to-back national championship game appearances in 2010 and 2011 and took…
Indiana sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis was named a third-team All-American by the United States Basketball Writers Association on Wednesday. Jackson-Davis was named an honorable mention All-America by the Associated Press on Tuesday. He finished fourth in the Big Ten in scoring (19.1 points per game), third in rebounding (9.0 rpg) and fifth in field goal percentage (51.7 percent.). Jackson-Davis was one of five Big Ten players named to one of the USBWA’s three All-America teams. Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu and Iowa’s Luka Garza were named to the first team. Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson and Illinois’s Kofi Cockburn were named to the second…
The consensus, apparent No. 1 choice of Indiana fans to be the Hoosiers’ next basketball coach was asked both on radio and in a pre-game press meeting about the Indiana job and in both cases said he was flattered but planned to stick with his current job. Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens, the Zionsville High School and DePauw graduate who led Butler to back-to-back national title game appearances in 2010 and 2011, was told on NBC Sports Boston — as if he didn’t already know — that Indiana fans were hoping he’d be Archie Miller’s successor. Brad Stevens says he…
Indiana sophomore Trayce Jackson-Davis was named an honorable mention AP All-American, failing to crack any of the top three teams. However, he was named to the United States Basketball Writers Association’s All-District V team. The USBWA picks All-America teams but also splits players and schools into voting districts. Indiana is part of District V, which also includes all Division I schools in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota. Jackson-Davis was one of 10 players named to team. Jackson-Davis averaged 19.1 points and 9.0 rebounds this season, finishing fourth in the Big Ten in scoring and third in rebounding. He made…
Scott Dolson went out of his way to say that he hasn’t already picked his next coach and that no one else has picked it for him. The Indiana athletic director said he didn’t decide until after the Hoosiers’ season ended that it was time to make a change in leadership and part ways with Archie Miller after four seasons. And it wasn’t until that point, he said, that he discussed his decision with IU President Michael McRobbie and concluded that private donations would be necessary to cover the $10.35 million buyout Miller was due so as not to affect…
Archie Miller has been fired after four seasons at Indiana, according to a source close to the department. Jeff Goodman of Stadium reported the news first. The Hoosiers failed to make the NCAA Tournament in Miller’s fourth year, finishing 12-15 with six straight losses to end the season. Miller was 67-56 in his four years at the helm with a 33-43 record in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers were 20-12 in the 2019-20 season and would have made the NCAA Tournament had the event not been cancelled. They didn’t make it in any of his other three seasons. Miller is…
It wouldn’t have taken much for Scott Dolson to be spared this decision in his first year as Indiana’s athletic director. Archie Miller is in the fourth year of a seven-year contract with a buyout over $10 million due to him if he were to be terminated. That’s nearly a prohibitive amount of money to start with, and it’s even worse in a year in which a pandemic has rocked the nation’s economy and prevented college sports teams from allowing enough fans to attend games to create meaningful revenue streams. The Hoosiers haven’t been to an NCAA Tournament in Miller’s…