STF Preseason Primer: The 2008 Coaching Begats

We debuted this concept last season, because we are tired of the term "Coaching Carousel". We don't think a process that can be kick-started by Kelvin Sampson's friends-and-family minutes should be named after a child's amusement park ride. Right?

So, instead, we decided to be semi-blasphemous, and steal from the bible. Here, dear friends, are your 2008 Coaching Begats.

Kelvin Sampson to the NBA by way of the unemployment line
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Tom Crean to Indiana
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Buzz Williams to Marquette (former Marquette assistant & Head Coach at New Orleans)

Bob Knight to ESPN
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Pat Knight to Texas Tech (Tech assistant)

Dickey Nutt to involuntary retirement
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John Brady to Arkansas State (involuntary)
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Trent Johnson to LSU
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Johnny Dawkins to Stanford (former Duke assistant)

Willis Wilson to forcible retirement
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Ben Braun to Rice (post-NIT firing)
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Mike Montgomery to Cal (former Stanford and NBA head coach)

Tim Welsh to the unemployment line
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Keno Davis to Providence
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Mark Phelps to Drake (Arizona State assistant)

Sean Sutton to unemployment line
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Travis Ford to Oklahoma State
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Derek Kellogg to UMass (Memphis assistant)
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Vance Walberg to unemployment line
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Tom Asbury to Pepperdine
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Vance Walberg to UMass to install dribble-drive-motion offense

Jim Casciano to post 0-29 retirement
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Jim Engles to NJIT (former Columbia assistant)

Jessie Evans to forced retirement
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Eddie Sutton to San Francisco (short-lived publicity stunt)
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Rex Walters to San Francisco
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Mike Jarvis to Florida Atlantic (former George Washington and St. John's head coach)

Dean Keener to "not retained"
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Matt Brady to James Madison
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Chuck Martin to Marist (asst at Memphis)

Dave Odom to retirement
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Darrin Horn to South Carolina
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Ken McDonald to Western Kentucky (Texas assistant)

Jay John to fired
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Craig Robinson to Oregon State
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Jesse Agel to Brown (former assistant)

Pat Flannery to retirement
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Dave Paulsen to Bucknell (from Williams College)

Perry Watson to retirement
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Ray McCallum to Detroit (IU assistant and former Ball State Head Coach)

James Green to Jacksonville State
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Sean Woods to Mississippi Valley State (TCU assistant)

Neil Dougherty fired
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Jim Christian to TCU
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Geno Ford to Kent State (KSU assistant)

Rodney Tention to assistant's job at Stanford
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Bill Bayno to Loyola Marymount (former NBA assistant and UNLV Head Coach)

Tim O'Shea to Bryant University
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John Groce to Ohio (former Ohio State asst)

Meredith Smith (interim head coach, not retained)
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Frankie Allen (former head coach Virginia Tech, Tennessee State, Howard)

Derek Thomas (not renewed)
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Jim Molinari to Western Illinois (former assistant at Minnesota, former head coach Bradley)

First Time DI Head Coaches

George Ivory at Arkansas Pine Bluff - formerly asst at Mississippi Valley State U.
Dave Paulsen at Bucknell - former Head Coach at Williams College
Greg Gary at Centenary - former assistant at Duquesne
Rick Duckett to Grambling State - former assistant at South Carolina
Don Verlin at Idaho - former Utah State assistant
Sean Woods at Mississippi Valley State - former TCU assistant coach
Geno Ford to Kent State - former Kent State assistant
Bob Hoffman to Mercer - former head coach of Rio Grande Valley Vipers, NBA Developmental League
Cuonzo Martin at Missouri State - former assistant at Purdue
John Groce to Ohio - former Ohio State assistant
Brian Katz to Sacramento State - former head coach, San Joaquin Delta College
Don Friday to St. Francis (PA) - former head coach, Lycoming College
Tony Harvey to Texas Southern - former Missouri assistant
Gene Cross at Toledo - former Notre Dame assistant
Derek Kellogg to UMass - former Memphis assistant
Johnny Dawkins to Stanford - Duke assistant
Mark Phelps to Drake - Arizona State assistant
Jim Engles to NJIT - former Columbia assistant
Chuck Martin to Marist - asst at Memphis
Ken McDonald to Western Kentucky - Texas assistant
Jesse Agel to Brown - former Brown assistant
Dave Paulsen to Bucknell - from Williams College
Larry Smith to Alcorn State - as of the writing of this article, Alcorn State hadn't even posted news of his hiring, and yet Athlon's had it a month ago- yeesh.

Congrats to the new head coaches and good luck!