The past 56 hours have been busy on the college
basketball coaching carousel. Everything started with Dusty May. On Saturday night, his decision came in; . He chose the Wolverines over Louisville and Vanderbilt, accepting a five-year deal that will pay him $3.75 million on average over the life of the contract. And as expected, the domino effect of May's pick led to a cascade on the carousel that sparked almost every other remaining power-conference
Job to fill over the next two days. The next to get scooped up was , which on Sunday , its top target for weeks. DeVries left
Drake after six seasons and three NCAA Tournament appearances. After more than a week of diligence and interviews, Mountaineers AD Wren Baker hired his top man and got DeVries to Morgantown on a five-year deal. In wake of WVU, the carousel kicked into gear Monday morning. The first vacancy to fill was one that got done late Sunday night: for . Danny Sprinkle passing on Vanderbilt and signing to land: . Sprinkle has a six-year deal that averages out to $3.75 million. Less than an hour after Sprinkle took
Washington, word leaked that James Madison coach to . I'm told it's for five years; Vandy is private and doesn't disclose financial terms. Five jobs filled in less than a 48-hour span — and opening five more in the process. We're now over 50 job changes and it's inevitable we'll get to 60 this cycle. There are just three high-major jobs still on the clock heading into Tuesday: and I have updated information on those openings in the capsules below, including a burst of hirings that were made. Notable among them: bringing on Rob Lanier (after his unjust firing at SMU) and bringing Cuonzo Martin back home. Martin's head coaching career began at Mo State in 2008.