Age of coaches in the dance.

[bocabull]

So far today:

Bob Huggins - 57
John Calipari - 52
Ben Howland - 53
Billy Donovan - 45

Average age - 52

Billy Gillispie - 51

 

[StoopsBros]

The rest of today...

Chris Mooney - 38
Donnie Tyndall - 40
Dave Rose - 53
Mark Few - 48
Jamie Dixon - 45
Brad Stevens - 34
Jim Calhoun - 68
Mick Cronin - 39
Steve Fisher - 65
Fran Dunphy - 62
Bo Ryan - 63
Frank Martin - 44

Tomorrow...

Lorenzo Romar - 52
Roy Williams - 60
John Beilein - 58
Mike Krzyzewski - 64
Jim Larranaga - 61
Thad Matta - 43
Sean Miller - 42
Rick Barnes - 56
Shaka Smart - 33
Matt Painter - 40
Buzz Williams - 38
Jim Boeheim - 66
Bruce Weber - 54
Bill Self - 48
Leonard Hamilton - 62
Mike Brey - 51


Average age - 51

 

[thebigabd]

Yep, going "young" and "hip" isnt usually a good decision. Experience is valued in coaching. For some reason, some want to hire the next 32 year old they can find (Pastner).

 

[Sawyer]

What's the average age for all D1 coaches?

And how does win total correlate to age?

I suspect the answer to the first is also roughly 50, and the answer to the second is that any correlation is pretty weak.

 

[bocabull]

Mike Anderson - 51

 

[Tony]

Doesn't this have more to do with the fact that coaches who succeed at a young age continue to get hired -- and at better programs -- while coaches who fail at a young age have a harder time getting more jobs. I don't think hiring a younger coach is inherently a bad thing.

 

[bocabull]

At the top programs the average age is 53 so there is your correlation to win total because they are the teams that win over and over.

Top Programs

 

[bocabull]

Bruce Pearl, Billy Gillispie, Mike Anderson all 51.

 

[Tony]

I guess to me the more interesting thing would be at what age they were hired at their current job.

 

[seniorsooner]

Solution: we should never hire anyone under the age of 50 again and we will have unprecedented success.

 

[SoonerTraveler]

45 and 38

Billy Tubbs (born March 5, 1935 ) was 45 when hired at OU in 1980.

http://www.jimthorpeassoc.org/Articles/Billy Tubbs.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Tubbs

Tubbs was a three-year basketball letterman at Tulsa’s Central High. He was a two-year letterman at Lamar for Coach Jack Martin, and began his coaching career as Martin’s assistant coach from 1960-1971. Beginning his head coaching career at Southwestern University in Texas in 1971, Tubbs posted a 31-24 record over two years. Returning to Lamar as head coach from 1976-1979, he guided the Cardinals out of the shadows and into the national spotlight to a 75-46 record and the school’s first two NCAA Tournament appearances. His Cardinals won three straight Southland Conference titles, and Tubbs was named SLC Coach of the Year following both the 1978 and 1980 campaigns.

Taking the reins at the University of Oklahoma in 1980, he was faced with the challenge of rebuilding a program that had been to the NCAA Tournament only once in the 33 previous seasons. Tubbs posted a 333-132 record in 14 years, leading the Sooners to the national championship game in 1988. He took OU to nine NCAA and four NIT tournaments, including a streak of six straight “Sweet 16” appearances from 1985-1990. His OU teams had 13 winning seasons and won five conference championships. Tubbs was the Big Eight Coach of the Year in 1984, 1985, 1988 and 1989, and was named Basketball Weekly National Coach of the Year in 1983 and 1985. His fast-paced style of play on offense and high-pressure defense changed the way people looked at Oklahoma basketball.

Tubbs achieved many coaching milestones during his coaching career, including becoming the ninth coach in NCAA history to record 100 wins at three different schools (Oklahoma 333, TCU 156 and Lamar 121). He became the 28th coach in NCAA Division I history to record 600 wins in Lamar’s 79-67 win over Texas Southern during the 2003-04 season.

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Kelvin Sampson (born October 5, 1955) became the 11th head coach at the University of Oklahoma on April 25, 1994, when he was 38 years old.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Sampson

Sampson was named national coach of the year in 1995 (his first year at OU) by the Associated Press, United States Basketball Writers Association and Basketball Weekly after guiding the Sooners to 23-9 overall and 15-0 home marks. It was the second-best overall record posted by a first-year coach in Big 8 history.

Coach Sampson possesses the highest winning percentage in Oklahoma history (.721). He guided OU to eight consecutive 20-win seasons. He averaged 25.0 wins over those eight campaigns and 26.0 victories over the last six years. He directed the Sooners to postseason tournament berths in each of his 11 seasons (10 NCAA Tournaments), with a Sweet 16 showing in 1999, a Final Four appearance in 2002 and an Elite Eight appearance in 2003. His teams also played in the Big 12 Tournament title game five times in his last eight years. In 2001, 2002, and 2003 the Sooners won that tournament. Sampson held the conference's best Big 12 Tournament record (17-6).

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[bocabull]

Fair enough traveler. And OU made the final 4 in 1988 and 2002 when Billy Tubbs was 53 and Kelvin Sampson was 47.

Average age 50.

I don't what's going on but from what I have seen, the roster Capel is leaving us with and the relative strength of the 10 teams in our conference next year ... Gillispie wins 20 + games and takes us into the tournament.

 

[SoonerTraveler]

Age is relative.

Both Tubbs and Sampson had "paid their dues" in the profession and had lots of coaching experience before they were hired at OU. This included experience both as head coaches and assistant coaches.

I would hope that the current coaching search is limited to current coaches with similar traits.

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[Dave4OU]

If you live long enough you get to be 51 its a great concept:woot

 

[red recluse]

jeez, fisher looked 65 when he took over at michigan.

 

[stanley11]

I guess to me the more interesting thing would be at what age they were hired at their current job.

Ding ding ding ding!! This and the age they were hired at their first major job is the age that really matters (and is relative to what OU is doing now). Izzo was hired at 40. He had been to 3 Final Fours by 46. I bet MSU is glad they didn't wait to the magic age of 51. And for what it's worth, Roy Williams was hired at KU at 38. Jim Boeheim at Syracuse at 32. Pitino at Providence at 32. Donovan at Florida at 30. Self at Illinois at 37. To try to put an age on these guys now is a simple way to skew the stats and discounts the fact that they achieved alot of success before reaching the Magic 51.

 

[Sam]

Ding ding ding ding!! This and the age they were hired at their first major job is the age that really matters (and is relative to what OU is doing now). Izzo was hired at 40. He had been to 3 Final Fours by 46. I bet MSU is glad they didn't wait to the magic age of 51. And for what it's worth, Roy Williams was hired at KU at 38. Jim Boeheim at Syracuse at 32. Pitino at Providence at 32. Donovan at Florida at 30. Self at Illinois at 37. To try to put an age on these guys now is a simple way to skew the stats and discounts the fact that they achieved alot of success before reaching the Magic 51.

Buzz Williams was 35 when hired for his first big job at Marquette....