Kentucky BB Head Coach Position

[Fungo Squiggly]

$3.5 million for 7 years and the eternal adoration of Ashley Judd? Yeah, sign me up.

 

[PlanetFrnd]

If he takes that job his new place in Kentucky better come with Scrooge McDuck's patented indoor pool.

 

[SanAntonioBuck]

$3.5 million for 7 years and the eternal adoration of Ashley Judd? Yeah, sign me up.

I agree! But, she would need to wear smaller t-shirts to UK games. Hell yeah, sign me up!

 

[ScriptOhio]

Another possible senario: Donovan is just stringing Kentucky along to leverage Florida into giving him a new (i.e. more money) contract.

He wouldn't be the first coach to have done this.

 

[sandgk]

Another possible senario: Donovan is just stringing Kentucky along to leverage Florida into giving him a new (i.e. more money) contract.

But, that's too close to sensible - with thinking like that rumor mongers and opinion writers will be out of business.

 

[Big Papa]

So UK sources and UF sources are saying the same thing. Billy isn't denying it. He'd be crazy to turn down over double his current salary. This could be interesteing.

Why wouldn't Florida match that offer? I can't see then just letting him walk.

 

[LitlBuck]

Why wouldn't Florida match that offer? I can't see then just letting him walk.

Florida is more football than basketball in Kentucky is All basketball.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Cincy

Donovan staying at Florida
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. ? Coach Billy Donovan will stay at Florida, spurning a chance to return to Kentucky and take over the tradition-rich program, a person familiar with Donovan?s decision said Thursday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had yet to be announced.
Donovan, who met with Gators athletic director Jeremy Foley earlier Thursday, planned to announce his decision at a 4 p.m. news conference.

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[bassbuckeye07]

Just heard about this on 1460... Kentucky fans have to be squirming. Im thinking they go after Texas' coach next.

 

[coastalbuck]

Could you extrapolate a little... or is this a general comment?

Just trying to make two points. One being that money will be no object and the second being that the person chosen must have universal appeal to all involved at UK.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Kentucky AD preaches patience as search continues

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky scratched one Billy off its list, and moved on to another.
Hours after Florida coach Billy Donovan politely told Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart he's happy in Gainesville, Texas A&M coach Billy Gillispie emerged as a leading candidate to replace Tubby Smith.
Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne granted Kentucky permission to contact Gillispie about the opening late Thursday.

"Coach Gillispie is one of the top coaches in the country and we certainly do not want to lose him," Byrne said in a statement. "At the same time, I do not want to stand in the way of any member of my department who wants to explore another option if he or she feels that is in their best interest."
Gillispie, who took the Aggies to the NCAA tournament's round of 16 this year for the first time since 1980, agreed in principle to a contract last week that will pay him $1.75 million annually. Texas A&M spokesman Colin Killian said he's not sure if Gillispie has signed the new deal.

In addition to Gillispie, names from all over the college basketball landscape have been bandied about, including Texas coach Rick Barnes, Michigan State's Tom Izzo and Memphis coach John Calipari.
Barnes, however, seems content in Austin. He said Thursday he won't talk about the Kentucky opening, adding he's happy with the Longhorns and plans to stay at Texas.
"I'm the Texas basketball coach, that's how I feel," Barnes said.

Entire article: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/04/05/bc.bkc.kentuckysearch.ap/index.html

 

[Steve19]

Kentucky fans will be getting a real wake-up call. Every coach in America is not sitting back pining to be coaching at UK.

Learn to live with that and you are on the first step to recovery, UK fans.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

NOTEBOOK
Kentucky going after Gillispie
Friday, April 06, 2007

FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS



The University of Kentucky?s search for a basketball coach picked up speed yesterday. By night?s end, the Wildcats had their sights on Texas A &M coach Billy Gillispie.
The accelerated pace began after Billy Donovan, who guided Florida to back-to-back national championships, quickly decided that he wasn?t interested in replacing Tubby Smith at Kentucky. By late afternoon, Rick Barnes, the coach who put Texas on the basketball map, discouraged speculation that he might move to Kentucky.

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[SanAntonioBuck]

AP

Source: Gillispie to coach Ky. Wildcats

By JEFFREY McMURRAY
Associated Press Writer

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky will introduce Billy Gillispie as its new basketball coach Friday, a person familiar with the search process told The Associated Press.

Gillispie, who led Texas A&M to the NCAA tournament's round of 16 this year for the first time since 1980, will be introduced at a 1:15 p.m. EST pep rally at Memorial Coliseum, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity pending an official announcement.

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[NFBuck]

That's not a bad consolation prize.