UPDATE: Lavall Jordan to be next Butler coach
Nothing official yet, but looks like Butler wants to keep the job "in-house" and former UM bball assistant and current UW-Milwaukee head coach Lavall Jordan looks to be the leader. He's had two interviews already and some are saying he's gonna be offered, possibly by the end of today.
Many thought Jordan was one of the keys to the excellent guard/wing play we saw over the years, and were hoping he'd cut his teeth somewhere in time to be a possible Beilein replacement. His rise seems to be happening much faster than anticipated, though. Assuming Beilein sticks around for 3-4 more years, then that'd give Jordan some time to prove himself at Butler and be a candidate to return to Ann Arbor.
UPDATE: From Evan Daniels at Scout, "Milwaukee's LaVall Jordan will be the next Butler head coach, barring a breakdown in negotiations, per sources." Congrats, Lavall!
He played at Butler.
He and Brad Stevens were assistants under Todd Lickliter at Butler.
Butler has a "Michigan Man" equivalent called "the Butler Way" and while this isn't truly in-house it is "in-family." That's how business has been done at Butler for years and years. They highly considered two of the current assistants, but neither has head coaching experience or the success for track record that Jordan does.
That hasn't stopped them from promoting assistants with no head coaching experience to the top job. See Brad Stevens, Brandon Miller, Chris Holtmann and maybe I'm missng one or two. In fact, it's gotten to the point where it's a surprise if Butler doesn't elevate someone on the current staff to head coach.
Wouldn't a Butler man be a Butler?
successful track record (i'm assuming that's what you meant)? he has 1 season of hc experience and went 11-24. i don't think he's really proven himself one way or the other. seems like a pretty bold move on butler's part if they hire him.
A little behind the times, its been that way since Friday.
No politics.
Uh...Richrod didn't have a press conference at Alabama
Obligatory "You serious Clark?"
I think Lavall makes like $350k at UWM. You'd have to think Butler would double or triple that.
He does seem like a nice guy. I always thought he was an excellent assistant for us. Hope he gets the gig at Butler. I would really like seeing him back at UM when Beilein decides to retire.
Fine. It'll be a challenge to top Michael Caine for the butler job but why not.
I believe it's Sir Michael Caine. He will be very tough to top.
Several former UW Milwaukee employees have lambasted the athletic department and specifically the director, Amanda Braun. Sounds like a toxic place to work.
So what does the rest of the Beilein coaching tree look like?
Congrats to him. See u in 5 years as Beilein's replacement
Step One - Gather the team.
Step Two - Measure the length and width of the court.
Step Three - Measure the height of the basket.
Step Four - ?
Step Five - Profit.
(Really happy for Jordan, with the opportunity to join an Indiana institution. Also happy for Coach Beilein, as this makes for a nice branch in his coaching tree.)
Gathering the team is actually going to be a big job for LaVall. Three of the five signed recruits have re-upped their commitments, but Christian David and Kyle Young haven't yet. Those guys were two of Butler's biggest recruiting wins ever, and it would be a huge statement to get both to stay. Kyle Young would be particularly heartbreaking to lose, because 1) beating out several big time programs for him was a milestone , 2) they really don't have anyone else who fits well at the PF spot, and 3) he has such a high upside for what they have been doing recently. He could easily end up like Alec Peters or Sam Dekker.