Patrick Beilein the favorite for recently open Siena job

Submitted by jimmyshi03 on

Per Jeff Goodman

Siena, which is located in Albany, accepted the resgnation of Jimmy Patsos today. Patsos is probably best known as the coach who double teamed Steph Curry the whole game while he was at Loyola Maryland. They lost that game by 30. 

NittanyFan

April 13th, 2018 at 6:28 PM ^

they were very good - 2 straight years with an NCAA win - when McCaffrey was there in the late 2000s.

Fallen off a bit since, but they probably have (alongside Iona) the biggest structural advantages of any team in the MAAC.  Fairly close to NYC talent, and they draw pretty solid attendance (for their level, ~7000 a game) up there in Albany.

Rochester Blue

April 13th, 2018 at 7:16 PM ^

Maybe Coach Beilein will stick around at Michigan at least long enough to coach against his son at Sienna. Looking for Warde to get Sienna on the schedule for the ‘28-29 season.

They’ve only coached against each other once, and that was an exhibition.

victors2000

April 14th, 2018 at 9:16 AM ^

While it would be great for Coach B The Elder to still be here piling on championships, it seems reasonable to assume it would be in Coach B The Younger's best interest to have moved on by then, to a better job. That would mean he's had success at Siena and has been plucked by a more lucrative school. With that said, what is his affinity for Michigan? Is this his dream school? Is it his dream to follow in his father's footsteps? Maybe he isn't as big on being here as we are of him being here...

Tom Bombadil

April 14th, 2018 at 10:25 AM ^

Besides WVU, I think he'd probably pick us over any other school, and even then I'd still give us a decent chance just because of how much the Beilein family loves it here. Unless he really wants to forge his own path, but coaching at LeMoyne seems to indicate that isn't the case.

ijohnb

April 13th, 2018 at 7:33 PM ^

do I get the feeling that the Beilein name is going to grow to mean quite a bit at Michigan for a long time?