Carla is a bigger name nationally having repped our national team pretty well. But the point of my post was not to push Carla over Nahas. I don't care who gets the job. It was to point out the stupidity of Collegewhispers post. Tiffany Roberts, another alumni, who has had success coaching and playing for our national team, and much more collegiate head coaching experience than Nahas would also be a good candidate. In the case of Carla and Tiffany, if they were to get the job, it has nothing to do with gender. They have great resumes and are alumni.
Nahas is doing a great job, and the team appear to want him to take the position. If he’s doing a really good job how doesn’t he get the position?
Carla would not take the job if offered. Being a head coach is very different than an assistant coach. As I understand things with what has been said on line during the past game. Carla will be the new associate head coach at Duke after the season ends.
I never said he should not get it. I was pointing out your nonstop sexist bs. It is not hard to see that a program like that with their legacy has long had alumni envisioning one of their own taking over. Now this perfect storm exists and those who always expected an alumni to get it are pushing for an alumni. That said, I don’t think the players should have a say. They are short term. The AD needs to decide what is best for the long term. He needs to understand why there was a mass exodus last season. It may be that Nahas is the best candidate and the one they hire. But at this point of the season I would hold off on giving it to him so the players keep their fighting edge for him.
Caroline Kelly was named head coach at Oregon State right away after the season. Good turnaround as interim led to appointment, she earned it.
Time to discuss all the openings. Everyone always has gossip on what is happening with on campus interviews. So what’s happening with the power four openings?
You said if he doesn't get the job it is because of gender. That is not true. There are women with more qualifications than him, so if they got the position it is not based on gender, it is based on their resume (and in this case, that they are alumni). Perhaps if Nahas was an alumni this would be a non-issue. But he is not. So you chose to make it about gender, when what is being reported is that the older alumns want a former Tar Heel. Nahas joined a program that was already stellar before he arrived. Perhaps many of us could have done what he did, even without all the off field drama of last year. Maybe he is fantastic. Maybe he is just doing what a lot of others could do. I neither know nor care. But you have to twist everything into sexist bs. By the way, how is the crow tasting that the USC and UCLA coaches served you? Seems those two deserve an apology from you.
I can’t find an alum more accomplished than Nahas in coaching in NCAA. Can you point me to one? 9 years and his resume is pretty impressive. Looks like he’s consistently gone further than any of them. So at this point it does seem extremely unfair if he doesn’t get the position. He isn’t an alum but he’s been physically ON the team longer than any of them. ♂️
OPEN: UC Riverside (interim) Loyola Chicago (interim) Cal Poly (retirement 6/9) North Carolina (interim; retirement 8/9) Mississippi Valley State (8/25) Niagara (8/27) Maryland (10/10) Kansas State (10/28) Illinois (10/30; retirement) Western Illinois (10/31) Weber State (11/5) VCU (11/7) IU Indianapolis (11/7) NC State (11/8) VMI (11/8) Youngstown State (11/8; retirement) Pacific (11/12) Chicago State (11/14) Duquesne (11/15) Wofford (11/24) North Dakota (11/25) Auburn (11/26; retirement) UC Davis (12/2) FILLED: Duke - Kieran Hall (Duke associate head; filled after Fall 2024 season retirement) San Francisco - Pinder Nijjar (interim; 9/17) Oregon State - Caroline Kelly (OSU interim; 11/13) Wisconsin Green Bay - Matt Kagan (Washington State assistant; 11/4-11/29) Oregon - Tracy Joyner (UC Davis head; 10/29-12/2)
I am not arguing against him but there are many coaches with better NCAA historical success than him. Paul Radcliffe at Stanford is an obvious one. Nahas has been a collegiate head coach for ONE year. Nahas walked into a program that was historically the top program in the nation for decades. He did not build it. Anson and his previous staffs did. I would make the same argument for the UCLA Coach. She won a national championship in her first year, which takes some quality coaching. But she also did that with Cromwell’s recruiting. So the current UCLA coach needs to show those recruiting chops moving forward. But let’s get real, since Nahas has been there UNC is no longer top dog year in and year out. There are a lot of reasons for that so I am not blaming him. But to act like he is a savior for UNC when facts don’t back that up. I would also argue, and I am sure everyone here would agree, that Paul Radcliffe would not have had the same success that he has had if he were the coach at a less attractive school. Maybe the best coach in the country right now is at a mid level Division one program but they are restricted by their conference and brand from recruiting the top players. This is my last post on this, and I fully expect Nahas to get the position, but let’s be real about the golden dish he was handed. He did not create the UNC giant.
UCLA won a national championship from what I recall I ate the humble pie on that one and was proven wrong by what turned out to be an excellent hire. What about USC? anytime you state that administrations hire someone based on sex the mob come after you on here. How about the most qualified person for the job should get the position?
When you want a female so bad that any female will do.....I know I'll get hate for this but I don't care. Took Wyoming from the top to the bottom before bailing to go climb on the back of Katie Shields.
USC received a #1 seed this season in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the final 8, before losing in PKs to 2-seed Wake Forest. Most people would say that is a success. Her recruiting looks quite strong too.
Lol might as well bring back Dibbini. Kansas State had an opportunity to make a real splash here but this is almost comical.
OPEN: UC Riverside (interim) Loyola Chicago (interim) Cal Poly (retirement 6/9) North Carolina (interim; retirement 8/9) Mississippi Valley State (8/25) Niagara (8/27) Maryland (10/10) Illinois (10/30; retirement) Western Illinois (10/31) Weber State (11/5) VCU (11/7) IU Indianapolis (11/7) NC State (11/8) VMI (11/8) Youngstown State (11/8; retirement) Pacific (11/12) Chicago State (11/14) Duquesne (11/15) Wofford (11/24) North Dakota (11/25) Auburn (11/26; retirement) UC Davis (12/2) FILLED: Duke - Kieran Hall (Duke associate head; filled after Fall 2024 season retirement) San Francisco - Pinder Nijjar (interim; 9/17) Oregon State - Caroline Kelly (OSU interim; 11/13) Wisconsin Green Bay - Matt Kagan (Washington State assistant; 11/4-11/29) Oregon - Tracy Joyner (UC Davis head; 10/29-12/2) Kansas State - Colleen Corbin (SLU associate head; 10/28-12/2)
K-State! You had one job! After years of under achieving, and finally parting ways with the former head coach, they managed to hire someone that was extremely encouraged to leave Wyoming for reasons that I believe were discussed here. Questionable hire to say the least! Don’t be surprised if we see a change there again in the next 3 years. Some things just don’t simply go under the rug in the P4 level. Oregon seems to have done a good job! Maryland is up next! I do hope they get it right. Auburn should be knocking at Zimmerman and Scofield’s door ASAP. Sustained success from MSU and Arkansas clearly goes through those two respectively. How much more success can those programs achieve? Bold move would be Hale and Armstrong…Nonsense, I know. But so was the move from Ole Miss to Oklahoma at the time when Matt Mott left.
Auburn AD wants James from Miss St. due to their connections back to both Auburn and Starkville. They might promote either one of the assistants - Ben has been there forever and Kelly might have been hired with the knowledge that Hoppa was going to retire. An out of left field candidate is just across the river in Columbus - Jay Entlich. Almost zero chance that Colby leaves Arkansas for another SEC job. As for UNC, it's my understanding that it's down to Nahas and Tiffany Roberts. UCF is doing everything they can to keep her. Nahas should get the job based on this season.
Sorry but Nahas has more knowledge about soccer tactics and coaching in his toe nail then Tiffany Roberts has. Wouldn't she have to bring along the husband as co-coach? I saw her do a session once at a coaching clinic and it was shocking. Worse than the HS coaches doing sessions. If those are really the 2 finalists, Roberts would make UNC an avg P4 team overnight. The smart UNC alums paying attention would know this.