Marquette coach Joe Amplo turns down Michigan lacrosse job
There are rumors on twitter Michigan is being stingy with money and it's limiting their candidate pool.
Joe Amplo will remain the head coach at Marquette, the university confirmed via a release issued Saturday. The announcement comes amid speculation that Amplo was in line to replace John Paul at Michigan. Multiple sources have told Inside Lacrosse that Amplo was offered the position, but that the parties could not come to terms on a deal.
The announcement comes almost exactly a year after a nearly identical announcement ended speculation that Amplo was to become the next head coach at Princeton.
After IL first reported that Ben DeLuca would become Delaware's next coach, Michigan remains one of two open head coaching positions; St. Bonaventure is the other.
Cornell University fired men's lacrosse coach Ben DeLuca, two months after the team's fall season was canceled because of hazing. Upperclassmen on the lacrosse team hazed freshman players who were made to drink beer to the point where some vomited.
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but "made to drink beer to the point where some vomited"?
I think we have all heard much worse...
Admittedly, if that was indeed the standard in this case, then I have hazed myself a few times even after my time at Michigan too on select occasions. Indeed, my neighbor is hazing himself right now for the third time in five days, if that's the case.
Dan Sheehan from Division II LeMoyne College (one of John Beilein's coaching stops) . . .
"Dan Sheehan, the only coach at Le Moyne College to lead his team to a national championship, is in his 20th season as the men’s lacrosse head coach. One of the nation’s most successful lacrosse coaches, he has posted a 283-49 (.852) overall mark through the 2017 season, including five National Championship game victories. Since the turn of the century, Sheehan’s Dolphins are 271-32 (.894). His 283 career victories are the 23rd-most in the history of NCAA lacrosse."
Michigan would surely be an upgrade in terms of salary. LeMoyne is located in Syracuse, New York and the Central New York area has a good talent pool.
I believe that he's only 44 or 45. He was an assistant at LeMoyne and took over their program at a young age after his predecessor passed away.
Supposedly the next two candidates are a tier above according to inside lacrosse. They said although that seems counterintuitive, that's the way these things work sometimes. Michigan is building the nicest lacrosse facility in the country so I don't know why you'd skimp on a coach but let's see how it plays out. Michigan can do better than Amplo anyways. They think Michigan is a top 10 job in the country and should be competing for a spot in the B1G tournament as early as next year.
Wow great catch Maizen. I was wondering why I hadn't heard any chatter/rumors lately.
I'm really curious who the others are now. If they're more established but they asked Amplo first I wonder if they're older and they wanted Amplo as a multi-decade hire
Princeton couldn't "afford" Joe Amplo either and their endowment is more than double Michigan's.
Amplo may be interviewing for other jobs as leverage to get a raise at Marquette.
That's not how the endowment works. Besides, Michigan's athletic department is entirely self sufficient and takes no money from the general university fund.
The endowment includes:
- $168 million Stephen M. Ross Athletic Campus Athletics South Competition and Performance Project
- J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach
- Matthew and Nicole Lester Family Football Defensive Coordinator
- Sanford Robertson Offensive Coordinator/O-Line Coach
- Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics
Athletic Department endowments are part of the University's endowment total.
What is the difference between an average coach and the highest paid ones? I can't imagine it is much when you have the athletic budget Michigan has. If this program gets turned around they will sell some tickets and merch to make up the difference.
Why the hell would Warde skimp on salary? You're the richest athletic department in the country act like it.
There is also some belief that for non-revenue sports we pay the same for both men's and women's coaches.
Belief from whom. It's completely asinine to think women's coaches are going to get paid as much as men. And we aren't that far behind. inside lacrosse guys said Michigan could easily make the B1G tournament next year.
Why is that asinine?
Aside from a the revenue sports, why is it asinine that a women's coach make the same as a men's coach? They both do the same thing for the University. Neither sport generates revenue for the University. Seems entirely reasonable that both a men's and women's coach for the same sport make the same amount of money.
Exactly. It's not the gender of the coach, it's the sport that he/she coaches. Lacrosse, Field Hockey, etc. are more alike than different to the school, regardless of whether it's Men or Women. In terms of revenue, the pay disparity runs in high correlation with that, tenure and success.
Top paid coaches at MICHIGAN are exactly who you'd expect them to be.
Perhaps at Princeton, the men's Football coach is on par with Lacrosse and paid accordingly, but not at UM.
to get their program established.
not sure we have a fan base clamoring for immediate success but please no more games in the Big House in front of 50 fans which has to have been part of the goal.
it's nice to have a goal to be good in everything but where does it end?
how much do you spend to make a second tier sport like lacrosse good?
the money being spent on facilities that are a drain on all others is really out of hand already.
luckily we have men like Steven Ross who has invested so many millions to the AD to spend how they want.
best thing the new stadium will do is get these guys and gals out of Oosterbann so they can get the new weight room and traning done for Football, we NEED that to compete at a higher level and to get top recruits.
when the FB players spend most of their time in the off season in the weight room it should be on par at least with your competition.
Brother Rice Wins 15th Straight State Title. 8-7 over Cathlic Central. Just saying because my kid is a senior on the team and Daddy is proud...........
True, if you were going to do that you might as well have held on to JP and spend a little bit of money on top-flight assistants. I thought the point of getting rid of JP was to Go Big.
I think the facilities aren't as big of a draw for coaches and recruits as we thought. Also - the program is on the hook for $2m for the construction of the facility (although it may have been earmarked as a gift from a big time donor). Still thats a lot of scratch tied up in a facility that isn't entirely necessary. Would be nice to have more cash to spend on a coach in that case.
What does Ohio State pay for their coach? I'd say 300k doesn't break the bank.
The dark horse is Conor Ford. I could see Andy Shay getting the job but perhaps everyone is still a little nervous coming into Michigan and not knowing how supportive the program is. I would like to know what the "terms" were that could not be agreed. Salary or other tangibles.
But Conor Ford could have come to Ann Arbor knowing he might get a shot at the job. He is still listed on the staff directory.