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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
As Northern Iowa turns
Greg McDermott won't be coming to Sojka Pavilion next season after all. McDermott, who was hired as coach at Northern Iowa by former Bucknell and, at least for the moment, current UNI AD Rick Hartzell, has been taken the Iowa State job.

But don't expect Northern Iowa's style to be much different when the Panthers come to Lewisburg for a BracketBusters payback game next season. Less than 18 hours after McDermott's leaving was announced, .Hartzell named McDermott's chief assistant, Ben Jacobson, as the school's new coach.

McDermott had been mentioned as a possible replacement for Steve Alford, should the Iowa coach return to his alma mater, Indiana. McDermott's name had also been mentioned in speculation about openings at Kansas State and Missouri.

Meanwhile, it is entirely possible Jacobson could have a new boss by the time he brings his team to play in the arena his current boss helped build. Hartzell has been job hunting, and although he recently either pulled out or lost out in the search at New Mexico after being a finalist for the AD job there, he is reportedly a finalist for the AD job at Southern Methodist.

According to the Dallas Morning News:
SMU is looking at four college athletic directors: Rick Dickson of Tulane, Rick Hartzell of Northern Iowa, Chet Gladchuk of Navy and Gary Barta of Wyoming.
Barta has denied interest in the job and Dickson pulled his name out of the hat yesterday.
Published at 10:16 AM by Hoop Time.
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