Bill Courtney Basketball Coach

[phillysportsfan]

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Listen to  Sports Roundup  tonight at 7:40 PM for a discussion about the future of Cornell Men's Basketball with the Ithaca Journal's Brian Delaney.

[Swampy]

Reading the story I count five different jobs as assistant (or associate) coach in fifteen years, including a couple very short stints.  Is this typical of college basketball coaches? Seems like a lot of movement.

I'm not saying this is a problem.  It just seemed noteworthy to me.

It isn't that noteworthy, especially since he was moving up the chain. Coaching careers for the ambitious tend to be pretty itinerant. That said, I wouldn't count on Courtney staying here forever, Carrill-style.

I dont expect Courtney to stay forever either, if Donahue didnt who will? But if Courtney does leave that means he had enough success here to get a better job

Someday we might find an alum who happens to be a great coach.  That's probably the only way a very successful coach will stick around long term (and no guarantee either).

Well it will help to have great basketball alums who go on to get great basketball experience before coming back to coach. Thanks to Donahue's time in Ithaca, the chances of that happening are much greater now.

[phillysportsfan]

Reading the story I count five different jobs as assistant (or associate) coach in fifteen years, including a couple very short stints.  Is this typical of college basketball coaches? Seems like a lot of movement.

I'm not saying this is a problem.  It just seemed noteworthy to me.

It isn't that noteworthy, especially since he was moving up the chain. Coaching careers for the ambitious tend to be pretty itinerant. That said, I wouldn't count on Courtney staying here forever, Carrill-style.

I dont expect Courtney to stay forever either, if Donahue didnt who will? But if Courtney does leave that means he had enough success here to get a better job

Someday we might find an alum who happens to be a great coach.  That's probably the only way a very successful coach will stick around long term (and no guarantee either).

Well it will help to have great basketball alums who go on to get great basketball experience before coming back to coach. Thanks to Donahue's time in Ithaca, the chances of that happening are much greater now.

Yeah thats a good point, although it is kind of funny to think of any of the Big 3, Dale, Foote or Wittman as a coach although I could see Jacques as a coach

[Trotsky]

I think this is a great pick. He is a long time assistant, has moved steadily up the conference ladder

I work in a sea of VaTech alums (this is not pleasant during football season) and they were all very positive about him.

[ugarte]

Bill Courtney had his first workouts with the guys today..I watched and was thoroughly impressed. Can you say Cornell wins 4th Ivy in a row?

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