Coaching changes - NC State w/MVC references

by **MVCfans** » March 15th, 2011, 7:17 am

Sidney Lowe will be fired at North Carolina State. Again, Gregg Marshall's name is being mentioned although it sounds like the Wolfpack want Rick Barnes or Tubby Smith. Cuonzo Martin also discussed in this article.

The most popular name I’ve heard to replace Lowe is Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall. According to a source, two teams are already hot for Marshall and have been poking around his orbit to gauge interest: NC State and Arkansas (where John Pelphrey is on supposedly on thin ice).

Marshall has been on the rise for a few years, having succeeded at Winthrop (where he upset Notre Dame in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2007), and won 20+ games at Wichita State in the last two years (though they’ll miss the NCAA tournament this year after a loss Saturday to Indiana State).

* Cuonzo Martin of Missouri State will be the hot name in coaching circles this April. In his first three years as a head coach, the former Purdue guard has been nothing short of brilliant, guiding Missouri State its first MVC title. The Gene Keady coaching tree has already produced Bruce Weber, Steve Lavin, Kevin Stallings and Matt Painter, so Martin is in good company. The bonus here is that he’d come considerably cheaper than Brey and Turgeon.

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by **dgreenwell3** » March 15th, 2011, 2:08 pm

Lol...I am hearing they are going after Billy Donovan or Rick Barnes...how in the world is NC State going to get Billy Donovan or Rick Barnes?

by **CaseyGarrisonforPrez** » March 15th, 2011, 2:45 pm

I think we'll see both Marshall and Cuonzo mentioned for this one by legitimate sources, as we already have in fact. I think that job is a dead end job so I doubt Cuonzo would have a lot of interest. You are behind UNC and Duke and no one has had much success there recently either. I believe Marshall had interest in that one the last time it came open, but I doubt he would be too interested this time.

by **DUBulldog** » March 15th, 2011, 3:30 pm

Mark Phelps spent 10 years as an assistant there.....I would gladly nominate him for the NC St job. :buddies: