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A New Coach for UMass...
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Friend_of_BU_Hockey
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Re: A New Coach for UMass...
I think the candidate pool might consist of any/all of the following:
CURRENT D-1 HCs
* Rick Bennett
FORMER D-1 HCs
* Paul Pearl
* Tim Whitehead
CURRENT D-1 Associate/Assistants (with HE ties)
* Ben Barr
* Scott Borek
* Jerry Keefe
* David Lassonde
* Albie O'Connell
* Bill Riga
* Mike Sousa
FORMER D-1 Associate/Assistants (with HE ties)
* Mike Bavis
* Darren Yopyk
I think the candidate pool might consist of any/all of the following:
CURRENT D-1 HCs
* Rick Bennett
FORMER D-1 HCs
* Paul Pearl
* Tim Whitehead
CURRENT D-1 Associate/Assistants (with HE ties)
* Ben Barr
* Scott Borek
* Jerry Keefe
* David Lassonde
* Albie O'Connell
* Bill Riga
* Mike Sousa
FORMER D-1 Associate/Assistants (with HE ties)
* Mike Bavis
* Darren Yopyk
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Re: A New Coach for UMass...
Which could be an opportunity for UMass to poach him from Union.
Which could be an opportunity for UMass to poach him from Union.
Middle Street
Well-known member
Re: A New Coach for UMass...
Exactly. He maximized his opportunity to win it all with the talent Leaman left for him and now he's struggling to get back to that level with his own recruits. It could be an opportunity for him to get a nice raise and land in a situation where things can't get much worse, whereas if he stays and things at Union keep trending downward where does that leave him? His value may never be higher than right now.
Exactly. He maximized his opportunity to win it all with the talent Leaman left for him and now he's struggling to get back to that level with his own recruits. It could be an opportunity for him to get a nice raise and land in a situation where things can't get much worse, whereas if he stays and things at Union keep trending downward where does that leave him? His value may never be higher than right now.
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Re: A New Coach for UMass...
Did he not leverage a national title into a significant pay raise at Union?
Can UMass pay all that much for a hockey coach at this point? Football is losing money like crazy.
Did he not leverage a national title into a significant pay raise at Union?
Can UMass pay all that much for a hockey coach at this point? Football is losing money like crazy.
Re: A New Coach for UMass...
Mass live articles:
UMass shows support for hockey program by making coaching move now: 'Hockey is important to us'
What are the financials behind the hockey, women's basketball firings?
Mass live articles:
UMass shows support for hockey program by making coaching move now: 'Hockey is important to us'
What are the financials behind the hockey, women's basketball firings?
UML Puck Hawk
New member
Plus the 400+k contact settlements for Michelletto and their women's coach. That doesn't include assistant coaches etc. They aren't going to have the finances to give any D1 coach a major raise.
Re: A New Coach for UMass...
The fans in western mass will support a good product and the facilities are better than most schools in the league. Not an easy place to recruit to but who considers lowell, Massachusetts a destination? (No offense). That hasn't hindered norm bazin.
The right guy (provided there's a good AD) can do a hell of a lot better than john micheletto.
The fans in western mass will support a good product and the facilities are better than most schools in the league. Not an easy place to recruit to but who considers lowell, Massachusetts a destination? (No offense). That hasn't hindered norm bazin.
The right guy (provided there's a good AD) can do a hell of a lot better than john micheletto.
UML Puck Hawk
New member
Re: A New Coach for UMass...
Right, but its not like we hear about Norm winning recruiting battles... or anything about Lowell recruits
Right, but its not like we hear about Norm winning recruiting battles... or anything about Lowell recruits
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Can you imagine the Maine thread if Whitehead were to get the job? Especially if Umass becomes more competitive than Maine?
It's not like they aren't as competitive now already
To be expected. All about finding the right coach. A good coach can win anywhere. Mel Pearson at michigan tech, leaman at union and pc, etc.
Middle Street
Well-known member
I didn't realize until just now that Bennett was an assistant on Leaman's staff at Union, so he would have been involved in recruiting those players. Not really fair of me to say he won with Leaman's recruits.
$244,400 in 2015 per Boston Herald.
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Re: A New Coach for UMass...
With that amount of coaching salary and an administration willing to spend money on recruiting, this program could be competitive. I get the feeling that this new AD is going to achieve success in hockey.
With that amount of coaching salary and an administration willing to spend money on recruiting, this program could be competitive. I get the feeling that this new AD is going to achieve success in hockey.
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Re: A New Coach for UMass...
Generally speaking, what is the average of a coaching salary in college hockey?
Generally speaking, what is the average of a coaching salary in college hockey?