2025 - 2026 Coaching Carousel

[The_Banker]

St Mary’s head coach Porter Moser.

 

[WichitaSooner]

St Mary’s head coach Porter Moser.

Damn I wish we were getting Bennett.

 

[WaymanFan]

Translation: They're cutting ties with Davis. Three of their four head coaches since Dean Smith retired were not guys that were coveted (or even close) by powerhouse programs. The school seems to have some fascination with making sure their head coach is a "North Carolina guy". My guess is they will finally break from that tradition and hire a head coach whose school is still playing right now. In all seriousness, Brady Manek may have bought Davis an extra year or two.

 

[CoachTalk]

Translation: They're cutting ties with Davis. Three of their four head coaches since Dean Smith retired were not guys that were coveted (or even close) by powerhouse programs. The school seems to have some fascination with making sure their head coach is a "North Carolina guy". My guess is they will finally break from that tradition and hire a head coach whose school is still playing right now. In all seriousness, Brady Manek may have bought Davis an extra year or two.

He knows it. Dude just looks deflated and beat down.

 

[AnotherSoonerInTX]

Translation: They're cutting ties with Davis. Three of their four head coaches since Dean Smith retired were not guys that were coveted (or even close) by powerhouse programs. The school seems to have some fascination with making sure their head coach is a "North Carolina guy". My guess is they will finally break from that tradition and hire a head coach whose school is still playing right now. In all seriousness, Brady Manek may have bought Davis an extra year or two.

They've kept it within the family since 1952. As a result, their coaches have taken a hometown discount in salary and the buyout is lower than ours.

This will be new territory for them.

 

[WaymanFan]

They've kept it within the family since 1952. As a result, their coaches have taken a hometown discount in salary and the buyout is lower than ours.

This will be new territory for them.

I wonder if they would have kept it in the family had Dean Smith not all but begged Roy Williams to leave Kansas after Matt Doherty was fired. I'm just glad the OU leaders didn't apply that logic in football through the years. Yes, Bud Wilkinson was an assistant at OU (for one year) prior to becoming the head coach, but that was under Jim Tatum who had no ties to OU. Barry was an OU assistant for several years, but came here under the direction of Jim Mackenzie who had no OU ties. Bob Stoops simply had no OU ties serving under the likes of Haden Fry and Steve Spurrier...and then there was John Blake .

 

[WTSooner]

Bob Stoops simply had no OU ties serving under the likes of Haden Fry and Steve Spurrier...

Bill Snyder