Where will Jerry Dunn end up?

Submitted by NYWolverine on
Assistant Head Coach Jerry Dunn and Coach Beilein have announced that Dunn will be leaving the program after an extended 2009-10 leave of absence. Coach Dunn had success as a head coach in several years while at Penn State, and was considered integral to much of Beilein's success at WV as a solid X's and O's coach. Coach Dunn has cited interest in a head coaching job as his major reason for leaving, and of the many open positions, I was wondering where MGoBlog thinks he'll wind up? Dunn is from NC, so Wake Forest, Charlotte or UNC Wilmington could be destinations. He was also a 'military brat' coming up, making him a possible fit for the Citadel. Clemson, Holy Cross, Cornell, Howard, Marshall, Oregon and Rutgers are all name schools searching for a coach that Jerry Dunn could certainly be attractive to. Personally, I think he'd be a solid fit for Wake Forest, which returns a veteran team. It's a homecoming job for him, and he can compete for an NCAA berth in year 1. Thoughts?

NYWolverine

April 10th, 2010 at 9:15 PM ^

IMHO, he could either wind up with Danny Nee at Towson or at Holy Cross. He was a Nee protege at Duquesne (in Mahoney's home-state of PA), so a move back to the east-coast makes sense. A stop in Worcester, Mass (Holy Cross) wouldn't be out of the question either, given his background and coaching pedigree. Though I don't think he's head-coach material yet.

PinballPete

April 11th, 2010 at 4:48 AM ^

*Warning: somewhat conjecture filled post* There was some in-fighting (if you want to call it that) among the coaches this year early in the season. I tend bar at a local establishment and early in the season Mahoney and his wife were in on a weekday and John was basically venting to his wife about what was going on with the team. Now, I tend to respect privacy but in my situation its hard not to lend an ear being the fan that I am. He was complaining about practice (What are we talking about?) and how poor it was in Nov/Dec. I remember that Jerry's name kept on popping up. The only specific quote that I recall is when Mahoney said "Damn it Jerry, I'm not a defensive coordinator". I won't be able to do recall much more than that but it was clear that the teams early struggles had taken its toll on the assistants and I found this pretty interesting. It certainly made me temper my expectations for the rest of the season. Now, that may not mean much but when Dunn took a leave of absence I said, "Uh-huh" and just knew it was a bad sign. That, combined with an "incident" that took place during practice in late January that caused Manny's 1 game suspension, pointed to a team in turmoil (most people that I speak with that have ties to the program believe that there was a fight or a punch thrown in practice). That's what I got and it's not much but it sure seemed like a program that doesn't have all of its ducks in a line (this is the conjecture part. I have no idea how good or poor the team chemistry was this year) so as I said before, glad to see them go and take this for what its worth. This is just the product of prying ears of a curious bartender.