Focus on a guy without head coaching experience and assistant experience only at small, private universities.
Nothing against Xavier associate head coach Pat Kelsey, but his is not the type of resume I’d want for second-tier, public university desperately trying to get its own fan base to pay attention to it in a major league market. In fact, few of the names in AD Judy Rose’s supposed pool of hopefuls have much pizazz. Rose seems to be proceeding on the notion that the Niners were somehow lacking in the talent area under Bobby Lutz. Not so.
Lutz had fine, winnable mid-major talent. His teams just played a frustrating, often unwatchable brand of brain-dead basketball. Fans stayed home in droves in response and finished this season completely dejected after the Niners collapsed down the stretch.
Walking a new head man into this situation who has only experienced the built-in enthusiasm found at a tight-knit institution like Xavier or Wake Forest sounds like a set-up. And just think — UNCC fans still get to look forward to Judy hiring a football coach.
