New Men's Basketball Coach

[NorthoftheBorder]

On 3/16/2026 at 9:15 AM, coachacola said:

These are the operational budgets....

I am shocked that McNeese’s budget is more than a million higher than LU. Hopefully LU’s increases and gets a lot closer to SFA and the cowpokes. A turnaround by Fee would do the trick

[geezer]

Fee's wife is expecting a baby any day, so they have not had the press conference yet as Lamar is letting him stay close to home.  I'm sure they'll do a press conference as soon as it feesible.

[lu cards]

On 3/17/2026 at 1:45 PM, geezer said:

Foster left in 1986 and is the last coach that wasn't fired.  His replacement Abatemarco was at Lamar for two years.  I don't remember if he was fired or basically forced to resign after a run in with key supporters.  So, it has been forty years since a Lamar HC left to take a job at a more prestigious school.

Seems like  we alway hire someone at the end of there career vs a  hire like Fee that is just getting started. 

[NorthoftheBorder]

On 3/17/2026 at 8:05 PM, geezer said:

Fee's wife is expecting a baby any day, so they have not had the press conference yet as Lamar is letting him stay close to home.  I'm sure they'll do a press conference as soon as it feesible.

I am all about kids and parental involvement. Coaches kids probably always get the short end of their parents attention. Having said all that, do you guys think that while he is not in Beaumont and on the job, this opens up the possibility of him being courted by another school with deeper pockets. Just a nasty thought I had this morning. 

[NorthoftheBorder]

I haven’t had this much optimism about an LU men’s BB coaching hire in quite some time.  Would hate to see it go awry before it starts.