New Men's Basketball Coach

[TexGator]

Since it's been confirmed that Alvin Brooks won't be returning, it's time to talk about what we see as the new direction.
If the rumors are true the new coach will have a good NIL budget to pull from.

Do you see them going after an assistant from a power conference school?
Up and coming coach from a smaller program?

You tell me.

[TexGator]

I'm start the ball rolling.

I'm looking at the success that smaller college coaches have when making the jump and sort of wanting the next Ben McCollum- successful on the D2 (or even D3) level and uses Lamar as a steppingstone to a bigger job.

The thing is that I can't really find that consistent success on the D2 level other than the guy at Nova Southeastern (who is about 70YO).

Margenthaler at Minnesota State is a consistent 20-win coach with a recent title... but that's his only playoff appearance since before COVID.
Ballard at Washburn has a good pedigree- played under Roy Williams and coached under Bill Self (I could easily be sold on him).
Looks like Flickner at Dallas Baptist is also a former player under Roy Williams and has some success as well (Final Four in 2025).