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Bob Huggins (EX West Virginia Head Coach)

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Another day another school rumored to be interested in Huggins (I noticed that they used the word "desperate" in the article):

Kansas State is considering hiring Bob Huggins as coach because that's just how desperate K-State's administration and fan base are to make the Big Dance.
-- Kansas City Star
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Add Kansas City to the list of schools interested in hiring Bob Huggins as head coach.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/03/17/college/index.html
 
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Canton

3/21/06

Huggins wants to coach again

Tuesday, March 21, 2006


[FONT=Verdana, Times New Roman, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]By Steve Doerschuk REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER[/FONT]


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Repository David Distelhorst Former Cincinnati, Akron and Walsh University Coach Bob Huggins told the Hall of Fame Luncheon Club on Monday at Four Winds restaurant that he wants to coach again. He just doesn’t know where — yet.
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CANTON TWP. - Bob Huggins smirks about “doing nothing and getting damned good at it,” but if the right something comes up, he’ll return to his other expertise.
“I’m pretty sure I want to coach again,” Huggins said Monday after his annual speech to the Hall of Fame Luncheon Club at Four Winds restaurant.
It has been eight months since Huggins agreed to a reported $3 million buyout of his contract as University of Cincinnati men’s basketball coach. He had led the Bearcats to a 399-127 record and 14 NCAA Tournament appearances in 16 years.
Critics weighed his success against a poor graduation rate and a DUI arrest. Potential employers are intrigued by the unprecedented success he brought to Walsh, Akron and Cincinnati.
Huggins sat out the season now winding down, sometimes following key players he might recruit if he gets another college job.
“I don’t know that you get exactly what you want,” he said of his next job. “I just want to have a chance to coach kids.”
He’s confident he can handle that end.
“I have a hard time dealing with some of the other things,” he said.
Before Huggins fell out of favor at Cincinnati, he had the kind of coaching run at Akron that has left his gigantic likeness painted on the wall of Rhodes Arena. McKinley fans saw it Saturday while their team was wiping out Solon in a Division I regional tournament game, behind Michigan State recruit Raymar Morgan.
Asked about Morgan, Huggins said he likes the Bulldog senior very much, but he said he knows Cincinnati North College Hill seniors O.J. Mayo and Bill Walker much better.
Mayo, last year’s Ohio Mr. Basketball, and Walker are billed as solid NBA prospects.
“They’re as good as advertised,” Huggins said, adding both are “very good guys” who “really want to be good.”
More than a few recruiters are dying to know if Mayo and Walker will follow Huggins to his next job. If Steve Alford leaves Iowa for Indiana, Huggins name is bound to come up.
Where does Huggins think his next stop might be?
“I don’t know,” he said. “If I knew, I’d tell you.”
During his speech, Huggins left people wondering if he might pursue an NBA head coaching job.
He spoke of spending five days this NBA season with George Karl’s Denver Nuggets, whose roster includes former Huggins’ Cincinnati players Kenyon Martin, Ruben Patterson and DerMarr Jackson.
“It was really a neat thing,” Huggins told the crowd of about 300. “It changed my opinion a little about guys in the NBA.”
Later, Huggins was asked if his remarks mean he has re-thought his position of working in the NBA.
Huggins shook his head and repeated what he said at the podium.
As always, Huggins mixed salt, sarcasm and irreverence in his speech.
Someone asked if he’d read Jerry Tarkanian’s book, in which the former UNLV coach hurled a few potshots.
“Tark is never gonna coach again,” Huggins said, “so he can say what he wants.
“Wait until I decide to quit and you read my book.”
Reach Repository sports writer Steve Doerschuk at (330) 580-8347 or e-mail: [email protected]
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Mayo, Walker, Huggins = package deal?

Even though the NCH gang's threads are locked, I thought this was noteworthy anyways... There have been rumors about this deal for awhile, but coming straight from Mayo makes it seem like more of a possibility. Do you think this will happen? If so, where may they end up? Indiana?

From SI.com

Package deal?Rumor persists that Mayo, Walker may follow Huggins


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Bob Huggins is a coach without a college team, but he could end up with two of Ohio's top basketball players no matter where he lands.


O.J. Mayo, Ohio's two-time Associated Press Mr. Basketball, said Tuesday that he and Cincinnati North College Hill teammate Bill Walker -- both juniors -- may go wherever the former University of Cincinnati coach goes.
"That could be right," Mayo said of the rumor that he and Walker would go with Huggins as a package deal. "That could be a possibility. At the same time, we don't want to go to a raw program."


Mayo is a 6-foot-5 swingman and Walker is a 6-6 power forward for North College Hill, the defending Division III state champions in Ohio and ranked as one of the top teams in the nation by several publications.


NBA rules prevent players from making themselves available for the draft until they are at least a year out of high school.


Mayo averaged 28.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 5 steals during the regular season for the Trojans (24-1), who defend their title this weekend in Columbus. Walker averaged 22.4 points against a schedule that included teams such as national powerhouse Oak Hill (Va.) Academy, which gave the Trojans their only loss, and defending Ohio big-school state champion Canton McKinley.


"It could be a great thing to happen," Mayo said of going to play for Huggins. "At the same time, we have to see where he ends up, what the school's fan base is like, see what the fans think about him and make sure everything is great."


Huggins was forced out last August after 16 years as Cincinnati's coach. He accepted a $3 million buyout after a public struggle with new Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher, who disagreed with the way Huggins ran the Bearcats program.


He has denied that he has any kind of an agreement to have Mayo and Walker join him when he takes a college coaching job.


Speaking at a luncheon in Canton on Monday, Huggins said he hoped to return to college coaching.


Asked about Mayo and Walker, he said, "They're as good as advertised."
A message for Huggins was left Wednesday with his attorney.
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Not sure if IU would stoop that low, just for two recruits.

I honestly don't know where he would get a job at a bigger school right now, b/c I havent heard of any firings and jobs opening up.

We might be able to know more in the next couple weeks after the season is over.
 
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ESPN.com

3/23/06

Reports: Huggins accepts Kansas State job


Bob Huggins, the long-time Cincinnati coach who led the Bearcats to 14 straight NCAA Tournament appearances and a Final Four in 1992, has accepted the job of head basketball coach at Kansas State, according to published reports.


A news conference is expected later Thursday, the Kansas City Star reports.


Huggins' agent, Richard Katz, told The Associated Press early Thursday that Huggins had not yet signed a contract.


A source close to the situation told ESPN.com's Andy Katz something would be known by the end of the week.


Kansas State basketball sports information director Tom Gilbert told the AP that no news conference had yet been scheduled by the school.


Huggins, who was forced out at Cincinnati last August after 16 years as head coach, will replace Jim Wooldridge, who was 15-13 this past season at Kansas State. Woolridge was fired on March 9 following his sixth season in Manhattan.


Huggins, 52, accepted a $3 million buyout after a public squabble with new Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher, who disagreed with the way he ran the Bearcats program.



Andy Kennedy, Huggins' top assistant and recruiting coordinator the past four years, took over the Bearcats as the interim coach. Cincinnati (21-12) is in the NIT quarterfinals, where it will play South Carolina on Thursday night.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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Canton

3/23/06

H.S. basketball: O.J. Mayo, teammate may follow Huggins

Thursday, March 23, 2006


Bob Huggins is a coach without a college team, but he could end up with two of Ohio’s top basketball players no matter where he lands.

O.J. Mayo, Ohio’s two-time Associated Press Mr. Basketball, said Tuesday that he and Cincinnati North College Hill teammate Bill Walker — both juniors — may go wherever the former University of Cincinnati coach goes.

“That could be right,” Mayo said of the rumor that he and Walker would go with Huggins as a package deal. “That could be a possibility. At the same time, we don’t want to go to a raw program.”

Kansas State Athletics Director Tim Weiser had no comment Wednesday night on reports by at least two news organizations that Huggins is a candidate for the Wildcats job.

Mayo is a 6-foot-5 swingman and Walker is a 6-6 power forward for North College Hill, the defending Division III state champions in Ohio and ranked as one of the top teams in the nation by several publications.

NBA rules prevent players from making themselves available for the draft until they are at least a year out of high school.

Mayo averaged 28.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 5 steals during the regular season for the Trojans (24-1), who defend their title this weekend in Columbus. Walker averaged 22.4 points against a schedule that included teams such as national powerhouse Oak Hill (Va.) Academy, which gave the Trojans their only loss, and defending Ohio big-school state champion McKinley.

“It could be a great thing to happen,” Mayo said of going to play for Huggins. “At the same time, we have to see where he ends up, what the school’s fan base is like, see what the fans think about him and make sure everything is great.”

Speaking at the Hall of Fame Luncheon Club on Monday, Huggins said he hoped to return to college coaching. Asked about Mayo and Walker, he said, “They’re as good as advertised.”
A message for Huggins was left Wednesday with his attorney.
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No chance of Mayo and Walker going to Manhatten, KS to play for Thuggins. They would be more apt to stay at home if Mick Cronin or Andy Kennedy got the job at UC.

btw...K-State is the perfect fit for Thuggs. He's no different then Bill Schnieder and he will be allowed to bring in Charles Manson if Charlie had a jump shot...The good thing is that he won't bring that program back and I'll never have to see them on ESPN. :tongue2:
 
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