Author: Seth Tow

Through public record request, The Daily Hoosier obtained copies of the fully executed contract between Indiana and quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator Chandler Whitmer, as well as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Bryant Haines’ new contract from earlier in February. Haines agreed to a three-year contract, ending in Jan. 2028. His base salary is $450,000 per year, along with outside, marketing, and promotion income that raises each year: $1.55 million for the 2025 season, $1.65 million for the 2026 season, and $1.75 million for 2027. Haines also gets a biannual $75,000 retention bonus, paid on Jan. 31 and July 31 each…

This is the third in a series of profiles of potential candidates for Indiana’s open basketball head coaching position. Candidate: Scott Drew Age: 54 Current position, tenure: Baylor head coach since 2003 Previous Jobs: Valparaiso head coach 2002-03; Valparaiso assistant coach 1993-02 Accomplishments: Drew orchestrated one of the greatest turnarounds in college sports history at Baylor. He took over a program awash with scandal and facing NCAA sanctions, and the Bears didn’t have a particularly bright history aside from that. But Drew led them out of those doldrums, turned them into a perennial contender, and reached the mountaintop with them by…

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana women’s basketball badly needed a get-right game after another rough stretch. Enter the Big Ten’s worst team. Indiana completely dominated in-state rival Purdue Saturday, cruising to a 78-56 victory at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. IU (16-9, 8-6 Big Ten) kept the Barn Burner Trophy in Bloomington with the win, its 12th in a row over the Boilermakers (9-16, 2-12). The rivalry provided all the motivation Sydney Parrish needed for the game. “We were playing Purdue. I think a lot of people know how a kid from Indiana feels about the team up north,” the graduate student said…

BLOOMINGTON — Mike Woodson sat at the dais in the Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall media room on Friday looking equally perplexed and frustrated. His Indiana men’s basketball team let another close game slip away in the final minutes, in a 72-68 defeat to UCLA. The Hoosiers (15-11, 6-9 Big Ten) have now lost seven of their last eight games and 10 of their last 12. Four of those defeats — with three coming against ranked opponents — came down to the end. It’s another wasted opportunity to somehow revive a season that continues to feel like it’s circling the drain.…

This is the second in a series of profiles of potential candidates for Indiana’s open basketball head coaching position. Candidate: Mick Cronin Age: 53 Current position, tenure: UCLA head coach since 2019 Previous Jobs: Cincinnati head coach 2006-19; Murray State head coach 2003-06; Louisville assistant coach 2001-03; Cincinnati assistant coach 1996-2001 Accomplishments: Cronin went to 12 consecutive NCAA Tournaments from 2011 through 2023 at Cincinnati and UCLA, and took Murray State to the Big Dance in two of his three seasons with the Racers. He took the Bruins from the First Four to the Final Four in 2021, and followed that…

One of the biggest themes of this Indiana women’s basketball season has been one step forward, one step back. The Hoosiers have performed inconsistently all year. Anytime they’ve appeared to settle into a groove and generate some positive momentum, they’ve squandered that progress, one way or another. Wednesday provided one of the season’s most glaring examples of that frustrating tendency. Indiana led Michigan by seven points at Crisler Center going into the fourth quarter. Karoline Striplin was putting on her best Mackenzie Holmes impression in the second half, and had IU in position for a huge résumé-boosting victory. But the…

This is the first in a series of profiles of potential candidates for Indiana’s open basketball head coaching position. Candidate: Brad Stevens Age: 48 Current position, tenure: Boston Celtics president of basketball operations since 2021 Previous Jobs: Celtics head coach 2013-21; Butler head coach 2007-13; Butler assistant coach 2001-07 Accomplishments: Stevens compiled a 354-282 regular-season record with the Celtics and a 38-40 postseason record. He led Boston to seven consecutive playoff appearances after missing out during his first season on the job. His team went to the Eastern Conference Finals in four straight seasons, from 2017-20. At Butler, Stevens stacked up a…

Amidst a maelstrom of extenuating circumstances, Indiana men’s basketball proved one big thing on Tuesday. This team hasn’t given up. The Hoosiers had lost seven of their last eight games going into Tuesday’s game at No. 11 Michigan State. and the program announced it will part ways with head coach Mike Woodson at the end of the season — which means uncertain futures for both IU players and staffers. But none of that mattered on this night at the Breslin Center. Indiana completed the upset, pulling out a 71-67 victory over the Spartans. IU players ran out on the court…

On Super Bowl Sunday, Indiana women’s basketball looked far from super. The Hoosiers struggled on both ends of the court for long periods throughout the afternoon at Minnesota. And ultimately, they couldn’t get the job done in a 66-56 loss. The Golden Gophers (19-6, 7-6 Big Ten) led by two points at halftime, but created separation in the third quarter. Indiana (15-8, 7-5) over a five-minute stretch in the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to six, but couldn’t get any closer than that. Minnesota had lost three straight games and five of its last seven entering this contest at Williams…

BLOOMINGTON — Few coaches around college basketball are as familiar with Indiana than Dusty May. Michigan’s head coach grew up in Bloomfield, Ind., just a 40 minute drive from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. He attended IU from 1996 to 2000, and served as a student manager for the Hoosiers under Bob Knight. He knows what Indiana basketball means to the state, and he knows what the program was like on the back end of Knight’s tenure. May knows the Hoosiers haven’t been at the same level they once were. But, as he said, the sport is very different than it…