Brooks McKowen to be named Head Coach at Upper Iowa

[williebat]

Ummmm, 10 years from now. Jake isn't going anywhere in the near term.

Calm down pal...

I think Crawford

[SteinPizza]

Re: Brooks McKowen to be named Head Coach at Upper Iowa

Whoever the next coach will be, I could give a rat's a$$ about his Iowa native ness, small town roots, connection to the program, etc. Skip the small town thinking and go for somebody with a solid, successful résumé who is a proven recruiter. If that happens to be Brooks at the time (after his successful run at Western Illinois, one of the Dakota schools, etc.) then so be it. Also, D1 experience only, please.

[orangetennis]

Re: Brooks McKowen to be named Head Coach at Upper Iowa

Would Marty and Jon join him on staff???

[JayJ79]

Re: Brooks McKowen to be named Head Coach at Upper Iowa

Also, D1 experience only, please.

are you saying that if a coach has played/coached at the sub-D1 level at some point in their career, UNI should not even consider them?

[Khan4Cats]

Re: Brooks McKowen to be named Head Coach at Upper Iowa

Also, D1 experience only, please.

are you saying that if a coach has played/coached at the sub-D1 level at some point in their career, UNI should not even consider them?

No, I think he means only someone who has head coaching experience at the D1 level, which would rule out our last two head coaches (Jake-never had head coaching experience anywhere/ Mac-head coach at D2) but not the coach before them (Weaver-had been head coach at Alcorn State)

[SteinPizza]

Re: Brooks McKowen to be named Head Coach at Upper Iowa

are you saying that if a coach has played/coached at the sub-D1 level at some point in their career, UNI should not even consider them?

No, of course not. That said, I want someone who has either HC or lead assistant experience. If a 1st assistant, it needs to be at a level on the food chain above ours (Big 10, etc.), or, someone with lead assistant experience who is very familiar with the program, has HC experience, and who is a rock solid recruiter (the only known person who fits that is Kyle Green). Unless Upper Iowa hires Phil Jackson, Doc Rivers, or Tom Izzo, their HC is going to come up a tad bit short (mocking sarcasm intended).

All that said, good luck to Brooks. He was known as an intelligent player, so hopefully he can translate that to his players.

[JayJ79]

Re: Brooks McKowen to be named Head Coach at Upper Iowa

I don't think Phil Jackson has any D1 coaching experience.

[SteinPizza]

Re: Brooks McKowen to be named Head Coach at Upper Iowa

I don't think Phil Jackson has any D1 coaching experience.

No, but used it as an illustration. If he did, he'd have his players reading books on Zen Buudism, winning 30 games a year, coaching freakin' circles around his college competition, and leaving after 3 seasons because he didn't like all the meddling booster related BS associated with college sports.