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Friday, March 31, 2006
In today's Express-Times, Corky Blake Lehigh coach Billy Taylor has turned down an offer to become the next coach at Delaware.
The Wilmington News Journal still calls Taylor the front-runner for the job in a that talks about the Delaware A.D.'s plans to continue talking to candidates at the Final Four this weekend in Indianapolis. But Blake's sources say he has already told Delaware no.
But that does not necessarily mean Taylor is staying in Bethlehem. While Temple officials are denying reports in that school's student paper that Penn coach Fran Dunphy has been offered their head coaching job, the Dunphy remains the top candidate.
Hoop Time sources indicate that Dunphy has already met with representatives of Temple's board of trustees, saying the school could be ready to announce his hiring following the Final Four.
If that happens, it could have a ripple effect that extends to the Lehigh Valley and the Patriot League. Conventional wisdom has been that Dunphy's replacement would likely be another Fran, either Fran McCaffrey or Fran O'Hanlon.
McCaffrey, a former Lehigh assistant and head coach who also played and was an assistant at Penn, just signed an extension at Siena.
O'Hanlon, the Lafayette coach, just got scholarships at Lafayette and is no sure bet to take the Penn job if offered.
But Ivy League sources have told Hoop Time that Taylor could be a candidate for the Penn job if Dunphy leaves. That makes sense is some ways. In addition to the likely higher paycheck at Penn, Taylor has a strong connection that could help him should he be interested in the position.
Taylor was McCaffrey's top assistant at UNC-Greensboro before taking the Lehigh job and played at Notre Dame when McCaffrey was an assistant there. And sources say McCaffrey is tight with Penn A.D Steve Bilsky. McCaffrey was an assistant at Penn when Bilsky was an assistant A.D. there in the early 80s.
Of course all this is predicated on Dunphy leaving Penn. Two years ago he decided against such a move when offered the job at his alma mater, LaSalle. And as the points out today, if finances are the deciding factor, don't count out the deep pockets of Penn alums.
While some might view the non-scholarship Ivy League a step down from the Patriot League, and even more steps down from the Atlantic Ten, the Penn job is viewed differently from the jobs at Ivy League schools whose name does not begin with a P. The lures of a tradition of success, the tradition of Philadelphia's legendary Big Five, an equally legendary home court in the Palestra and a long commitment to hoops success, make recruiting at Penn different than it is elsewhere in the Ivies and the job is known to pay pretty well.
Whomever the coach is at Penn, they will also benefit from the school's to replace loans with grants for all students from families with an income below $50,000. That policy applies to all students, but it is not hard to see how it could benefit the basketball program.
Stay tuned.
The Wilmington News Journal still calls Taylor the front-runner for the job in a that talks about the Delaware A.D.'s plans to continue talking to candidates at the Final Four this weekend in Indianapolis. But Blake's sources say he has already told Delaware no.
But that does not necessarily mean Taylor is staying in Bethlehem. While Temple officials are denying reports in that school's student paper that Penn coach Fran Dunphy has been offered their head coaching job, the Dunphy remains the top candidate.
Hoop Time sources indicate that Dunphy has already met with representatives of Temple's board of trustees, saying the school could be ready to announce his hiring following the Final Four.
If that happens, it could have a ripple effect that extends to the Lehigh Valley and the Patriot League. Conventional wisdom has been that Dunphy's replacement would likely be another Fran, either Fran McCaffrey or Fran O'Hanlon.
McCaffrey, a former Lehigh assistant and head coach who also played and was an assistant at Penn, just signed an extension at Siena.
O'Hanlon, the Lafayette coach, just got scholarships at Lafayette and is no sure bet to take the Penn job if offered.
But Ivy League sources have told Hoop Time that Taylor could be a candidate for the Penn job if Dunphy leaves. That makes sense is some ways. In addition to the likely higher paycheck at Penn, Taylor has a strong connection that could help him should he be interested in the position.
Taylor was McCaffrey's top assistant at UNC-Greensboro before taking the Lehigh job and played at Notre Dame when McCaffrey was an assistant there. And sources say McCaffrey is tight with Penn A.D Steve Bilsky. McCaffrey was an assistant at Penn when Bilsky was an assistant A.D. there in the early 80s.
Of course all this is predicated on Dunphy leaving Penn. Two years ago he decided against such a move when offered the job at his alma mater, LaSalle. And as the points out today, if finances are the deciding factor, don't count out the deep pockets of Penn alums.
While some might view the non-scholarship Ivy League a step down from the Patriot League, and even more steps down from the Atlantic Ten, the Penn job is viewed differently from the jobs at Ivy League schools whose name does not begin with a P. The lures of a tradition of success, the tradition of Philadelphia's legendary Big Five, an equally legendary home court in the Palestra and a long commitment to hoops success, make recruiting at Penn different than it is elsewhere in the Ivies and the job is known to pay pretty well.
Whomever the coach is at Penn, they will also benefit from the school's to replace loans with grants for all students from families with an income below $50,000. That policy applies to all students, but it is not hard to see how it could benefit the basketball program.
Stay tuned.
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