Being the AD: A FBCB Adventure

[Young Drachma]

Partially inspired from muns coaching dynasty, I've been looking at my current long sim and decided to take a break from the hours I've been putting into FM10 to come up with an idea that's fitting given all of the coaching carousel talk coupled with March Madness right now.

Background

My universe of college basketball has over 400 teams. Big surprise, as I've added a few conferences and schools. Some are real, some are not real. The only real rule is that fake schools and real ones can't be in the same leagues if said leagues have an auto-bid to the tournament.

I might do some experimenting like altering the way bids are given out, but for the most part, we're gonna run this thing straight up.

The idea is like this. I'm going to play athletic director at a few select schools. We'll spend a few years monitoring the progress of our hires to see how well they do at individual programs. As we succeed, we'll move up to other schools and go through it again.

As such, I'm never going to play any games. It's all about the off-season in this league and evaluating performance of hires once we make them.

Since the game doesn't have salaries for head coaches (doesn't need 'em) I'm going to come up with a formula that'll enable us to determine which hires we can "afford" to get to our respective programs coupled with team and conference prestige.

I'll adapt this along the way, but the premise should the stay the same. To keep it simple, I won't be adding any new conferences and conference movement is off, though I occasionally move teams to new leagues based on performance. I think I'll probably dispense from this practice for this dynasty unless we go a long while. All four postseason tournaments are on and we've simmed from 1900 to 1999 already with the 1999 season just about to end.

So first, I'll give you a primer of what leagues we have and so forth and then we'll pick the schools we're going to AD at to start. (I think between 3-5 schools we'll start with.)

[Young Drachma]

In terms of changes, I made some across the board. I don't want to recall each one of them because they're not that interesting and we'll get to them as I write, but...the major conference changes include:

Big East is a 20-team league. Mostly because it was possible, so I decided to try it. TCU, East Carolina, Memphis and UCF were added to the ranks. I purposely added schools with football programs to TCU to keep it somewhat realistic and this move is recent, so it's coupled it the success of each in their old leagues (except TCU who I moved since it'd happen in real life.)

Big 12 I gave them two more teams mostly because I couldn't think of a better rename for them. SMU and Houston joined the league. (TCU was there before Houston when conferences weren't able to handle more than 16 teams)

C-USA FIU, Marist, Richmond and Temple are in C-USA now. Marist was way too good for their league, essentially. The rest came when other teams bailed for the Big East or Big XII.

The Big 10 and Pac-12 are setup how they'll be in the future, as well as the Mountain West. The WAC is a mess, but we'll get to that later, like I said.

The custom conferences of fake teams are the Superior League and the Premier League. They are both power leagues now.

I added three conferences of real-life schools too. The three conferences are:
League of America: A league of CCHA and WCHA hockey schools that don't play D1 anything other than hockey.

Group of Nine: A group of elite liberal arts colleges and universities all who play D3 in the real world.

University Athletic Association: The UAA is a prestigious D3 league of top rated universities with huge endowments including the University of Chicago, Washington University and Emory among others. I added MIT, Cal Tech and former member Johns Hopkins to this group.

So that's the basic rundown. The postseason tournaments are the same named, except I renamed the CIT into the TOC or Tournament of Champions.

Next I'm going to pick our maiden programs and explain to you how we decide who we can hire.

[muns]

Should be Fun!

[Young Drachma]

Obviously I could just scour the globe looking for a coach. And I will depending on the school, but I needed a formula that would make the process at least seemingly fair.

So here's what I've come up with in terms of our lone set of house rules if you will:

1. A team from a lower prestige conference can't hire the head coach of a team from a higher prestige league, no matter their budget size unless he's an alum of that school and over the age of 55. (This is an alumnus exemption, because it could make for a good story. I don't anticipate ever using it, though.) Thus a team from a 3 prestige league can't hire even the coach of the worst team from a 4 or 5 prestige league, even if they're a powerhouse.

2. My formula for deciding the head coach salary is like this: I add the salaries of all three assistants, plus the school recruiting budget to get a baseline number. This ensures that I can't pluck a head coach from someplace without paying the price.

So let's look at to examples:

DENVER plays in the WAC. Their total including assistants and budget is $320,000. That's the base salary of our head coach there. Because their prestige is just an 8, he gets no "incentive" bump. If I wanted to hire him away, I could if my school paid more than that. Or if our team and conference prestige was higher.

SAN DIEGO: A mid-major off a successful year out of the WCC. School prestige is a 52, so their coach gets a bump that is essentially that base salary multiplied by the conference prestige. In his case, that's a 3, so his total package is $819,000. Makes it harder for someone to swipe him.

COLORADO COLLEGE: Plays in the League of America. Coming off a 2o-win season but missed the NCAA tourney. Woeful budget, but a solid coach. Anyway, with a conference prestige of 1, even if their school prestige was higher than the 17 it is...his total deal would still only be $192,500. If he were younger, prime head coach material here for someone.

Now you get the system. If I want to hire away an assistant, all we need to do is be able to offer more and we can usually do that. The idea is to put more coaches in the pipeline and also, because it's harder to know whether they'll be good or not, the idea is to increase the risk that I'll pick the wrong guy.

Okay, now that we've clarified how that'll work...I'm going to decide on the programs to run and get this thing started.

(Well I actually tweaked the formula slightly since I wrote this. If a school has prestige over 65, it's worth an extra $10,000 per prestige point to make the "good" jobs even better and if they're over 85, it's even more. )

[Young Drachma]

The idea behind this dynasty is the whole fascinating spectacle of mid-major coaches and seen the ascent of a guy like Billy Donovan who goes from the Providence bench as a player to the Florida bench winning two national titles. Or guys like Brad Stevens and Shaka Smart or the programs that seem to churn out these consistent mid-major talents who go on to bigger and better things.

So the idea here is to really profile the programs, the coaches and find the shooting stars in my own little universe. I'll probably go fast, but only to keep my own interest.

Here are the first programs we're going to spend the next four years following:

I'm going to start with just two this first year and then pick up two more next season.

OREGON STATE BEAVERS
This program was part of the reason I got more curious and decided to do this. To help you understand, the Pac-12 isn't even a 5 prestige league right now (they're at 4) but..what's insane about this team is they've made one NCAA appearance in their history and only 13 post-season appearances ever. (6 NIT, 6 CBI, 1 NCAA) and they've won a total of one game in that span.


OREGON STATE TEAM PERFORMANCE

Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result
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1998 Oregon State 9 22 4 7 319 228 39 No Postseason
1997 Oregon State 14 16 6 12 135 260 38 No Postseason
1996 Oregon State 10 22 4 14 270 179 38 No Postseason
1995 Oregon State 9 23 4 14 310 313 37 No Postseason
1994 Oregon State 11 20 4 14 225 269 38 No Postseason
1993 Oregon State 12 18 8 10 198 251 39 No Postseason
1992 Oregon State 5 26 2 16 385 333 37 No Postseason
1991 Oregon State 8 23 6 12 294 277 38 No Postseason
1990 Oregon State 10 21 5 13 287 304 39 No Postseason
1989 Oregon State 7 24 2 16 326 315 40 No Postseason


From 1900-1999 that's a long span of futility.

Here is their current coach:


COACH DETAILS

Alexis McClean - Head Coach - Oregon State
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Age: 47
High School: J.M. Tate Senior High School
Hometown: Cantonment, FL
Alma Mater: DePaul

Current Level: 4
Career Record: 81 - 78

Recruiting: 7
Scouting: 6
Offense: 4
Defense: 5


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1998 Oregon State Head Coach 9 22 4 7 No Postseason
1997 Oregon State Head Coach 14 16 6 12 No Postseason
1996 Austin Peay Head Coach 25 9 16 2 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1995 Austin Peay Head Coach 18 15 11 7 Loss in TOC Round 1
1994 Austin Peay Head Coach 15 16 11 7 No Postseason
1993 Arizona Assistant 22 11 12 6 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1992 Arizona Assistant 13 17 7 11 No Postseason
1991 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Assistant 23 10 14 4 Loss in NIT Round 2
1990 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Assistant 24 9 16 2 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1989 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Assistant 17 15 12 6 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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1996 Conference Coach of the Year (Ohio Valley Conference)
1996 Ohio Valley Conference Champion

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1997 Hired by Oregon State (Head Coach)
1997 Quit job with Austin Peay to pursue a higher position
1994 Hired by Austin Peay (Head Coach)
1994 Quit job with Arizona to pursue a higher position
1992 Moved with head coach from Arkansas-Pine Bluff to Arizona
1989 Hired by Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Lead Scout)


Two years into his deal, we're going to fire him and replace him with one of my easter egg coaches. I didn't create this guy, I did edit him on purpose in the vein of our Shaka Smart's. I wanted to see how the game would handle him. This isn't how it'll go for the rest of the way out -- the rest will be guys we scout and hire straight up -- but I want to see how a "super coach" can affect a moribund program. I edited him before I knew I'd do this dynasty though, but since he was out there, I decided to put him to work for us.


COACH DETAILS

Cris Rauch - Head Coach - Southeast Missouri State
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Age: 34
High School: Delmar Senior High School
Hometown: Delmar, DE
Alma Mater: Florida Gulf Coast

Current Level: 14
Career Record: 32 - 29

Recruiting: 10
Scouting: 10
Offense: 10
Defense: 10


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1998 Southeast Missouri State Head Coach 16 14 5 4 No Postseason
1997 Southeast Missouri State Head Coach 16 15 10 8 No Postseason
1996 North Alabama Assistant 21 12 11 7 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1995 North Alabama Assistant 16 14 10 8 No Postseason
1994 North Alabama Assistant 19 13 10 8 Loss in TOC Round 2
1993 North Alabama Assistant 18 14 9 9 No Postseason
1992 Texas Southern Assistant 14 17 8 10 No Postseason
1991 Texas Southern Assistant 11 19 8 10 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1997 Hired by Southeast Missouri State (Head Coach)
1997 Quit job with Fordham to pursue a higher position
1997 Moved with head coach from North Alabama to Fordham
1993 Hired by North Alabama (Lead Scout)
1993 Staff fired by Texas Southern
1991 Hired by Texas Southern (Lead Scout)


He was making $265,000 at SE Missouri State. At Oregon State, his base will be $471,250. Just a 38 prestige school, so no bumps here. So if he's successful, it seems like he'd bolt for a better situation. But I guess we'll see how that goes down.

Our second program to take over is actually one of our fictional schools. They've only been Division I since 1990, but in very Boise State-like fashion they've left their mark on the game in a very big way.


PLAINFIELD STATE TEAM PERFORMANCE

Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result
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1998 Plainfield State 31 6 9 5 5 3 93 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1997 Plainfield State 27 11 7 7 28 31 94 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1996 Plainfield State 35 3 14 0 1 1 94 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
1995 Plainfield State 39 1 14 0 1 1 91 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
1994 Plainfield State 33 3 12 2 4 8 88 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1993 Plainfield State 29 4 14 0 13 26 88 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1992 Plainfield State 28 9 9 5 14 10 87 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1991 Plainfield State 20 12 7 7 50 59 86 Loss in NIT Round 1
1990 Plainfield State 8 22 2 12 231 286 91 No Postseason



So what's the problem, you're thinking? Well, their head coach is 70-year old Virgil Rochelle. He joined the program after a decade another created school that plays in the Superior League - Central Valley State - in Visalia, California. He's a legend of the game and he's been great. But despite his success, he's never taken a team over the hump.

The feeling at this central New Jersey upstart institution is that Coach Rochelle has simply lost touch.


COACH DETAILS

Virgil Rochelle - Head Coach - Plainfield State
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Age: 70
High School: Madras High School
Hometown: Madras, OR
Alma Mater: Cleveland State

Current Level: 10
Career Record: 612 - 373

Recruiting: 10
Scouting: 3
Offense: 9
Defense: 10


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1998 Plainfield State Head Coach 31 6 9 5 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1997 Plainfield State Head Coach 27 11 7 7 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1996 Plainfield State Head Coach 35 3 14 0 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
1995 Plainfield State Head Coach 39 1 14 0 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
1994 Plainfield State Head Coach 33 3 12 2 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1993 Plainfield State Head Coach 29 4 14 0 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1992 Plainfield State Head Coach 28 9 9 5 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1991 Plainfield State Head Coach 20 12 7 7 Loss in NIT Round 1
1990 Plainfield State Head Coach 8 22 2 12 No Postseason
1989 Central Valley State Head Coach 25 8 10 4 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1988 Central Valley State Head Coach 28 6 11 3 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1987 Central Valley State Head Coach 21 12 7 7 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1986 Central Valley State Head Coach 18 11 9 5 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1985 Central Valley State Head Coach 17 11 8 6 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1984 Central Valley State Head Coach 23 11 9 5 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1983 Central Valley State Head Coach 15 15 6 8 Loss in CBI Round 1
1982 Central Valley State Head Coach 22 13 9 5 NIT 4th Place
1981 Central Valley State Head Coach 25 9 11 3 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1980 Central Valley State Head Coach 18 14 9 5 No Postseason
1979 Stetson Head Coach 17 14 9 11 No Postseason
1978 Stetson Head Coach 12 18 8 12 No Postseason
1977 Stetson Head Coach 14 19 10 10 No Postseason
1976 Stetson Head Coach 14 18 9 11 NCAA Tournament Play-in Game
1975 Stetson Head Coach 12 18 10 10 No Postseason
1974 St. Herman Assistant 27 7 12 2 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
1973 Hofstra Assistant 11 18 9 9 No Postseason
1972 Hofstra Assistant 15 16 8 10 No Postseason
1971 Cleveland State Head Coach 14 17 9 9 No Postseason
1970 Cleveland State Head Coach 10 21 7 11 No Postseason
1969 Florida A&M Head Coach 15 16 12 4 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
1968 Florida A&M Head Coach 13 17 9 7 No Postseason
1967 Florida A&M Head Coach 15 18 8 8 NCAA Tournament Play-in Game
1966 Florida A&M Head Coach 14 16 7 9 No Postseason
1965 James Madison Assistant 16 14 12 6 No Postseason
1964 James Madison Assistant 12 18 8 10 No Postseason
1963 Western Illinois Assistant 18 13 10 8 No Postseason
1962 Western Illinois Assistant 13 18 11 7 No Postseason
1961 Western Illinois Assistant 20 15 11 7 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1960 Western Illinois Assistant 14 17 9 9 No Postseason
1959 New Hampshire Assistant 12 18 7 9 No Postseason
1958 New Hampshire Assistant 16 15 12 4 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
1957 New Hampshire Assistant 18 13 11 5 No Postseason
1956 New Hampshire Assistant 17 14 10 6 No Postseason
1955 New Hampshire Assistant 12 18 7 9 No Postseason
1954 Florida State Assistant 22 10 10 6 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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1996 Conference Coach of the Year (Premier League)
1996 Premier League Champion
1995 Conference Coach of the Year (Premier League)
1995 Premier League Champion
1994 Conference Coach of the Year (Premier League)
1994 Premier League Champion
1993 Conference Coach of the Year (Premier League)
1993 Premier League Champion
1988 Conference Coach of the Year (Superior League)
1988 Superior League Champion
1982 Conference Coach of the Year (Superior League)
1981 Conference Coach of the Year (Superior League)
1981 National Coach of the Year
1981 Superior League Champion
1969 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
1969 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Champion

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1990 Hired by Plainfield State (Head Coach)
1990 Quit job with Central Valley State to pursue a higher position
1980 Hired by Central Valley State (Head Coach)
1980 Quit job with Stetson to pursue a higher position
1975 Hired by Stetson (Head Coach)
1975 Fired by St. Herman
1974 Moved with head coach from Hofstra to St. Herman
1972 Hired by Hofstra (Recruiting Coordinator)
1972 Fired by Cleveland State
1970 Hired by Cleveland State (Head Coach)
1970 Quit job with Florida A&M to pursue a higher position
1966 Hired by Florida A&M (Head Coach)
1966 Quit job with James Madison to pursue a higher position
1964 Moved with head coach from Western Illinois to James Madison
1960 Hired by Western Illinois (Recruiting Coordinator)
1960 Resigned to look for a higher paying position
1955 Hired by New Hampshire (Recruiting Coordinator)
1955 Fired by Florida State
1954 Hired by Florida State (Recruiting Coordinator)



He's been in the game a really long time and he's still at it. But as AD, we've asked coach politely to retire. He's not happy about this request and decides to resign. A week later, he's named Head Coach at UTEP of Conference USA, as it seems he wants a chance to reach the Top 50 all-time list and he's about 20 wins or so short.

Anyway, back to Plainfield State. We can afford to pay a coach $3,582,780 according to CoachCalc. This means a few things:

1. As a 5-prestige conference program, we can target head coaches in leagues lower than ours. We can also target coaches in our own prestige level so long as their program has lower prestige and we can pay more.

2. We can rule out guys who are not current head coaches, as this is an elite job in an elite league with a salary that essentially commands a guy who can get results immediately.

This makes our search a lot better, as a result. Next, I'm going to narrow it down to three candidates and then choose someone as the head coach for Plainfield State basketball, who will hopefully get the program to the promised land that Coach Rochelle was unable to.

[Young Drachma]

One of the first things you learn on the coaching search trail is that our $3.5 million doesn't go as far as you'd like it to go. For instance, UCF has made the tournament in each of the past 20 years. Their prestige is just a 90. Still, their budget is bigger than ours by enough that they pay their head coach over $5.3 million. Our big problem is our recruiting budget is significant lower than our competitors. Making the feat of success even more impressive.

Still, it limited the coaches I was able to consider trying to poach. After wiffing on guys like the head coach at UNC, I realized that getting a coach from a 5-prestige league would be out of our budget and set my sights on leagues of 4-prestige quality.

Those leagues include:

Big Ten
Big West
Conference USA
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
University Athletic Association

Amongst those leagues, I went shopping for the guys who had demonstrated some success in those leagues.

Our first candidate comes from The Ohio State University


COACH DETAILS

Daniel Haith - Head Coach - Ohio State
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Age: 59
High School: Upper Dauphin Area High School
Hometown: Elizabethville, PA
Alma Mater: San Diego

Current Level: 8
Career Record: 331 - 226

Recruiting: 6
Scouting: 7
Offense: 10
Defense: 6


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1998 Ohio State Head Coach 33 5 10 1 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1997 Ohio State Head Coach 28 9 13 5 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1996 Cal State Bakersfield Head Coach 24 9 14 2 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1995 Cal State Bakersfield Head Coach 24 13 10 6 Loss in CBI Finals
1994 Cal State Bakersfield Head Coach 14 17 6 10 No Postseason
1993 Austin Peay Head Coach 24 12 14 4 NIT 3rd Place
1992 Austin Peay Head Coach 15 14 10 8 No Postseason
1991 Austin Peay Head Coach 17 13 15 3 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
1990 Austin Peay Head Coach 22 11 15 3 Loss in NIT Round 2
1989 Coastal Carolina Head Coach 16 16 10 8 No Postseason
1988 Coastal Carolina Head Coach 14 18 11 7 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
1987 Coastal Carolina Head Coach 18 13 13 5 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
1986 Coastal Carolina Head Coach 21 13 13 5 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1985 Bucknell Head Coach 19 12 10 4 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
1984 Bucknell Head Coach 15 15 8 6 No Postseason
1983 Bucknell Head Coach 11 20 8 6 No Postseason
1982 Bucknell Head Coach 16 16 9 5 No Postseason
1981 Rhode Island Assistant 20 10 12 4 Loss in NIT Round 1
1980 Rhode Island Assistant 20 12 9 7 Loss in CBI Round 1
1979 Rhode Island Assistant 16 17 8 8 No Postseason
1978 North Carolina Central Assistant 20 13 12 4 Loss in TOC Round 2
1977 North Carolina Central Assistant 14 21 7 9 No Postseason
1976 North Carolina Central Assistant 15 14 0 0 No Postseason
1975 North Carolina Central Assistant 18 12 0 0 Loss in TOC Round 2
1974 North Carolina Central Assistant 19 13 0 0 TOC Champion
1973 North Carolina Central Assistant 24 9 0 0 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1972 Northeastern Assistant 18 14 9 9 No Postseason
1971 Saint Louis Assistant 18 12 11 5 Loss in NIT Round 1
1970 Saint Louis Assistant 21 14 10 6 Loss in CBI Round 3
1969 Army Assistant 19 13 11 3 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
1968 Army Assistant 19 15 10 4 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1967 Army Assistant 13 17 6 8 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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1998 Conference Coach of the Year (Big Ten Conference)
1998 Big Ten Conference Champion
1997 Conference Coach of the Year (Big Ten Conference)
1997 Big Ten Conference Champion
1996 Conference Coach of the Year (Big West Conference)
1996 Big West Conference Champion
1993 Conference Coach of the Year (Ohio Valley Conference)
1993 Ohio Valley Conference Champion
1991 Conference Coach of the Year (Ohio Valley Conference)
1991 Ohio Valley Conference Champion
1990 Ohio Valley Conference Champion
1988 Big South Conference Champion
1987 Big South Conference Champion
1985 Conference Coach of the Year (Patriot League)
1985 Patriot League Champion
1982 Conference Coach of the Year (Patriot League)

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1997 Hired by Ohio State (Head Coach)
1997 Quit job with Cal State Bakersfield to pursue a higher position
1994 Hired by Cal State Bakersfield (Head Coach)
1994 Quit job with Austin Peay to pursue a higher position
1990 Hired by Austin Peay (Head Coach)
1990 Quit job with Coastal Carolina to pursue a higher position
1986 Hired by Coastal Carolina (Head Coach)
1986 Quit job with Bucknell to pursue a higher position
1982 Hired by Bucknell (Head Coach)
1982 Fired by Rhode Island
1979 Moved with head coach from North Carolina Central to Rhode Island
1973 Hired by North Carolina Central (Assistant Coach)
1973 Fired by Northeastern
1972 Hired by Northeastern (Assistant Coach)
1972 Fired by Saint Louis
1970 Hired by Saint Louis (Assistant Coach)
1970 Resigned to look for a higher paying position
1968 Hired by Army (Assistant Coach)
1968 Staff fired by Army
1967 Hired by Army (Assistant Coach)


Part of the problem with this search is most established head coaches are already quite old in this game. I'd like a younger guy if we can hack it, but the ones that are out there aren't exactly tearing up the airwaves in the success department. Still, I'd like some options. So even though I said I wouldn't do this, we're effectively a mid-major playing above our pay grade. So I'm going to look at some five-prestige assistant coaches and pick one for our finalist list.

But before we do that, in that search, I found a guy from a 5-tier program who we could get. He's not young, which depresses me. But he's accomplished and I feel like unlike our last guy, he's just in need of a better program that he can take to the promised land. Plus, the pressure is on him to deliver a Final Four in his current job, so he'd consider a chance to bolt for a slightly higher pay raise and access to better talent.

He's currently the head coach at Virginia Tech.


COACH DETAILS

Paul Regalado - Head Coach - Virginia Tech
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Age: 64
High School: Manhattan High School
Hometown: Manhattan, MT
Alma Mater: Oregon

Current Level: 9
Career Record: 644 - 346

Recruiting: 8
Scouting: 2
Offense: 10
Defense: 10


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1998 Virginia Tech Head Coach 28 6 8 3 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1997 Virginia Tech Head Coach 24 12 9 7 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1996 Virginia Tech Head Coach 19 14 6 10 Loss in NIT Round 2
1995 Virginia Tech Head Coach 23 10 10 6 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1994 Virginia Tech Head Coach 22 11 9 7 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1993 Virginia Tech Head Coach 25 10 11 5 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1992 Virginia Tech Head Coach 22 11 9 7 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1991 Virginia Tech Head Coach 27 8 11 5 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1990 Virginia Tech Head Coach 26 8 12 4 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1989 Virginia Tech Head Coach 33 6 13 3 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1988 Virginia Tech Head Coach 24 13 8 8 NIT 2nd Place
1987 Virginia Tech Head Coach 21 16 6 10 CBI Champion
1986 Virginia Tech Head Coach 25 8 12 4 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1985 Virginia Tech Head Coach 28 7 11 5 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1984 Virginia Tech Head Coach 27 7 12 4 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1983 Virginia Tech Head Coach 27 11 8 8 Loss in NCAA Final Four
1982 Virginia Tech Head Coach 22 12 9 7 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1981 Virginia Tech Head Coach 29 7 12 4 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1980 Richmond Head Coach 19 13 8 8 No Postseason
1979 Richmond Head Coach 22 14 10 6 Loss in CBI Finals
1978 Richmond Head Coach 12 18 5 11 No Postseason
1977 Richmond Head Coach 21 14 7 9 Loss in CBI Round 2
1976 Stanford Assistant 22 13 9 9 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1975 Stanford Assistant 23 12 10 8 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1974 Stanford Assistant 26 10 14 4 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1973 Florida Assistant 29 6 12 4 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1972 Nebraska Head Coach 11 20 4 14 No Postseason
1971 Nebraska Head Coach 20 14 11 7 Loss in NIT Round 2
1970 Nebraska Head Coach 7 23 2 16 No Postseason
1969 Dayton Head Coach 20 13 10 6 Loss in CBI Round 1
1968 Dayton Head Coach 15 16 7 9 No Postseason
1967 Dayton Head Coach 23 11 8 8 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1966 Dayton Head Coach 22 13 8 8 Loss in NIT Round 3
1965 Brooklyn Assistant 24 11 7 7 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1964 Brooklyn Assistant 29 5 12 2 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1963 Brooklyn Assistant 37 1 14 0 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
1962 Brooklyn Assistant 36 2 14 0 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
1961 Cal Poly Assistant 21 13 10 6 Loss in NIT Round 1

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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1989 Conference Coach of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
1981 Conference Coach of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
1979 Conference Coach of the Year (Atlantic 10 Conference)

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1981 Hired by Virginia Tech (Head Coach)
1981 Quit job with Richmond to pursue a higher position
1977 Hired by Richmond (Head Coach)
1977 Quit job with Stanford to pursue a higher position
1974 Hired by Stanford (Assistant Coach)
1974 Fired by Florida
1973 Hired by Florida (Assistant Coach)
1973 Fired by Nebraska
1970 Hired by Nebraska (Head Coach)
1970 Quit job with Dayton to pursue a higher position
1966 Hired by Dayton (Head Coach)
1966 Fired by Brooklyn
1962 Hired by Brooklyn (Assistant Coach)
1962 Fired by Cal Poly
1961 Hired by Cal Poly (Assistant Coach)


Our third and final candidate has to be a young guy since that's what I wanted.

The truth is, this game doesn't naturally generate "hot young coaches" in the way that real life does. I saw some assistants with potential, but the stakes are too high in essentially dumping a popular coach who built our program from scratch and I can't just replace him with anybody or it'll mean my job.

So instead, I looked for a guy who might have the ability to stay with us a while if he's successful, but has had success elsewhere trying to ignore ratings and focus more on performance and the ability to "sell" the hire to the alumni and public.

My extensive national search brought me this guy as our third candidate. He's actually a coach from our league. The head man at Anglican University in Tampa, he's a guy who I felt would be able to step in and provide the discipline we need to be successful at a high level. He played at Rutgers and has roots in the area, so the move isn't completely out of left field.


COACH DETAILS

Andrew Thomas - Head Coach - Anglican
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Age: 57
High School: Varnado High School
Hometown: Varnado, LA
Alma Mater: Rutgers

Current Level: 7
Career Record: 292 - 209

Recruiting: 3
Scouting: 3
Offense: 10
Defense: 10


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1998 Anglican Head Coach 23 13 7 7 Loss in NIT Round 2
1997 Anglican Head Coach 27 12 8 6 NIT Champion
1996 Anglican Head Coach 24 16 7 7 NIT 4th Place
1995 Anglican Head Coach 24 13 9 5 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1994 SUID Head Coach 14 16 4 10 No Postseason
1993 SUID Head Coach 13 14 5 9 No Postseason
1992 SUID Head Coach 19 13 5 9 Loss in NIT Round 2
1991 SUID Head Coach 11 17 4 10 No Postseason
1990 SUID Head Coach 24 10 7 7 NIT Champion
1989 SUID Head Coach 17 14 8 6 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
1988 Western Kentucky Head Coach 18 14 9 7 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1987 Western Kentucky Head Coach 24 10 11 5 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1986 Western Kentucky Head Coach 21 13 11 5 Loss in NIT Round 1
1985 Western Kentucky Head Coach 13 19 7 9 No Postseason
1984 Western Kentucky Head Coach 20 15 6 10 Loss in CBI Round 1
1983 Ohio State Assistant 26 8 12 6 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1982 Ohio State Assistant 32 5 17 1 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1981 Ohio State Assistant 32 5 18 0 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1980 Ohio State Assistant 29 5 15 3 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1979 Miami Assistant 27 8 12 4 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1978 Miami Assistant 28 9 9 7 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1977 Baylor Assistant 20 12 10 6 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
1976 Penn State Assistant 6 24 3 15 No Postseason
1975 Penn State Assistant 8 23 2 16 No Postseason
1974 Penn State Assistant 10 21 5 13 No Postseason
1973 St. Herman Assistant 22 12 5 9 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
1972 St. Herman Assistant 22 9 10 4 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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1997 NIT Champion
1990 NIT Champion

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1995 Hired by Anglican (Head Coach)
1995 Fired by SUID
1989 Hired by SUID (Head Coach)
1989 Quit job with Western Kentucky to pursue a higher position
1984 Hired by Western Kentucky (Head Coach)
1984 Quit job with Ohio State to pursue a higher position
1980 Hired by Ohio State (Assistant Coach)
1980 Fired by Miami
1978 Hired by Miami (Assistant Coach)
1978 Fired by Baylor
1977 Hired by Baylor (Assistant Coach)
1977 Staff fired by Penn State
1974 Hired by Penn State (Assistant Coach)
1974 Fired by St. Herman
1972 Hired by St. Herman (Assistant Coach)



He's making $2.4 million at Anglican, so it'd be a pay raise of about $1.1 million and he'd be moving up the standings in the league to boot.

So those are our three candidates. I'm going to sleep on it and then make a decision tomorrow on who will lead Senators basketball into what we hope will be an era of championships.

[Young Drachma]

Dunno how it happened, but the game apparently didn't save right and my files were borked. 100 years down the drain. Sigh. I'll do this again, but obviously not right this second.

Bleh.

[muns]

Dunno how it happened, but the game apparently didn't save right and my files were borked. 100 years down the drain. Sigh. I'll do this again, but obviously not right this second.

Bleh.

Ahhhhh that really sucks.... Send em in to Brian to see if he could take a look at them. Although I'm pretty sure he went on vacation so it wont help your momentum/ motivation

This happened to me once and he couldn't get them back for me, but it was worth a shot. For whatever reason my computer rebooted in the middle of a save or the program crashed in the middle of a save (i hit save and left the room).

[Young Drachma]

Being the AD 2: Another FBCB adventure - Front Office Football Central (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?p=2448785)

It's March Madness. Decided to dive back in while I still feel like it.