I will be honest here – I am so inured to the culture of corruption, and Monty Python’s Black Knight caliber of willful and idiotic denial…I didn’t think anything UNC scandal related could shock me anymore. Then I read this, and you should as well: Prepare to be disgusted. Horrific doesn’t even begin to describe [...]
Gott to Fans: I’m Still Committed to NC State
I’m sure there will be much more to come in the coming days, but Gott himself takes a little bit of the air out of the balloon of speculation that has been building for a few days now (where else but on twitter…oy): Mark Gottfried @Mark_Gottfried 22m #WPN I am committed to being at @NCState [...]
UCLA Beat Writer: Gottfried a target
There’s just not a lot of info floating around on the UCLA coaching search. But, I’m also not scouring UCLA message boards (nor SFN’s peer boards, either). What’s most interesting to me in this search is that UCLA has always been widely considered a career destination job, and is easily one of the five best [...]
Jeff Goodman (CBS Sports) Reports Troy Is Interested In Bobby Lutz (Updated 11pm – Not Hired)
Update: Troy has hired Western Kentucky assistant Phil Cunningham. (h/t ColaPack for the link) Troy will introduce Western Kentucky assistant Phil Cunningham at a news conference on Tuesday. Multiple sources told CBSSports.com that Cunningham, who has spent last season with the Hilltoppers after working for Rick Stansbury for a dozen years at Mississippi State, has [...]
Gottfried’s buyout is $3.75 million
We discussed the media-generated rumors that Mark Gottfried will be a candidate at UCLA in this entry yesterday. Today, Joe Giglio highlights that pursuing Gottfried would be very expensive for the Bruins. If UCLA is interested in N.C. State’s Mark Gottfried to replace Ben Howland, it would cost the Bruins. Gottfried, who led N.C. State [...]
Wolfpack: 2012 Year in Review
As we all know by now, the Mayans were not correct and the world did not end. Since that day has come and past, we can look back on the highlights of the past 366 days (this year was a leap year people). In David Letterman fashion, here is this year’s top 10 list of [...]
Coaching Update (Wed 2:45PM)
Not a lot of new coaching updates today. We know that the Board of Trustees has a scheduled conference call today at 4:30 PM to discuss parameters of an employment contract. And we know Louisiana Tech coach Sonny Dykes was “interviewing” for the job this morning (here), or perhaps even yesterday. Another name SFN sources [...]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Late rally not enough, N.C. State falls to Michigan 79-72 On Tuesday, the Wolfpack cut Michigan’s double-digit lead down to five points twice in the final 90 seconds. “We’re a better basketball team today than we were one week ago,” Gottfried said. “I think they are a legitimate top-3, [...]
Report: Sonny Dykes to ‘interview’ for NC State job on Wednesday morning
SFN’s Tuesday morning coaching update highlighted that Lousiana Tech’s Sonny Dykes appeared to be the ‘clubhouse leader’ for the vacant NC State football coaching position. After a day of significant rumors that see-sawed focus between Sonny Dykes and Clemson offensive co-ordinator, Chad Morris, the The News Star in Monroe, Louisiana is reporting that Sonny Dykes [...]
SFN’s Football Coaching Scoop & Discussion (Tuesday Morning – 10:45am Update)
It is that time of decade again!!! Time for a coaching search!!! If you’re a long time reader of SFN then you know how we do this and how much we love it — not only will we pass along nuggets of information that we are picking up in our network, but we try to [...]