Wednesday brought a welcomed end to an elongated search for . The Cardinals have plucked Pat Kelsey from Charleston to fill their vacancy, sources told CBS Sports. For more on Kelsey, . That's the latest big development on college basketball's hot stove. It's also one more big
Job off the board. We also had a hiring Wednesday night at . The Owls opted to hire Baylor assistant John Jakus, who worked under Scott Drew the past seven seasons. Jakus takes over at a place where the reputation is drastically different from the gig Dusty May walked into six years ago. 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 many remaining power-conference jobs to fill over the next two days. The next 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 for . Then came 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. As for it's technically a member of the Pac-12 for just a few more months before that conference dissipates and the Cougars go with Oregon State to the WCC in men's
basketball. With Smith taking Stanford, the Cougars could opt to promote in-house and hire Jim Shaw, a veteran, long-respected coach. The chances of this might have gone up with athletic director Pat Chun leaving
Washington State for Washington on Tuesday. The job will get a big downgrade in the industry with the move to the WCC, and Smith's coaching tree is one to be considered. Former Kyle Smith assistants include
Florida coach Todd Golden (in addition to UF assistants Carlin Hartman and Kevin Hovde), UC Riverside coach Mike Magpayo and Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman. With the NCAA Tournament revving back up Thursday, we are nearing the point where every power-conference vacancy has filled — for now. and are the only two jobs left on the board — for now. Rumors of Andy Enfield's departure from USC remain in the wind, and if that happens, it would certainly trigger another wave of notable openings. USC is a good-not-great job, and if it comes open, the school is going to aggressively pursue a few sitting head coaches in high-major leagues. The count as of Wednesday evening is 51 job flips.