Kim Barnes Arico signs 3 year extension
The winningest coach in Michigan Women's Basketball history percentage-wise has signed a contract extension.
KBA signed a 3-year extension today on her existing contract that now goes through the 2020-21 season.
Wonder if she was being pursued by other schools as she had years on her existing contract still left.
Barnes Arico is 62-40 here which ranks 5th all-time in wins among Michigan head coaches. Her .608 win percentage is the highest ever. Michigan has made the postseason every year she has been here.
Her .500 conference record is one percentage point shy of being the highest B1G winning percentage of any Michigan WBB head coach ever.
September 28th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
Was she a Dave Brandon hire or one that he tried to fire?
September 28th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
September 28th, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
BLL implied that Borseth's resigning was part of a Brandon threat /action to fire him after a sub par season.
September 28th, 2015 at 12:59 PM ^
That story makes little sense given that Borseth took Michigan to the NCAA tourney that season, for the first time during his tenure. And reports at the time were that Michigan and Borseth were working on a three-year contract extension.
From what I've heard, Borseth didn't like the pressure that came with being a head coach at Michigan and jumped at the opportunity when his old job suddenly came open.
September 28th, 2015 at 3:36 PM ^
Take it FWIW, but Borseth and his wife are friends of a close relative and he 100% believes Borseth was forced out, and that Brandon was both dishonest and incompetent with regards to the whole thing.
That's the opinion of one of their friends, but some of the things I've been told are verifiable and point in that direction.
September 28th, 2015 at 4:03 PM ^
I have a source that's as close—if not closer—to the situation as yours that says otherwise.
September 28th, 2015 at 4:13 PM ^
Figured you did, but thought I'd add my two cents.
September 28th, 2015 at 11:42 PM ^
It was definitely interesting to hear that. And it certainly casts doubt on the version of events I thought was true.
September 28th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^
I heard Oakland was still in play. Are you sure this is correct?
September 28th, 2015 at 12:25 PM ^
Now if we could only get the tennis coach back -__-
September 28th, 2015 at 12:41 PM ^
She had three years left on her previous contract. You don't want her contract dwindling down to any less than that, or it could easily start affecting recruiting. This is simply a well-deserved and slightly overdue extension; there aren't any jobs out there right now that she would be interested in.
September 28th, 2015 at 3:25 PM ^
I'm glad to hear about this. The 2015-16 freshman class is full of blue chip recruits so there should be some exciting things to come for Coach KBA and WBB. I think the coach likes being here. She has a young family and she has said in interviews that things work better here for her family life than they did at St. Johns.
September 28th, 2015 at 5:03 PM ^
If you are a fan of perpetual 6th place finishes
September 28th, 2015 at 5:43 PM ^
Ah, you're back with your lack of perspective.