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Monday, April 10, 2006
Temple has scheduled a 3 p.m. , during which the North Philadelphia school is expected to make official what everyone has been saying for weeks: Fran Dunphy will leave Penn to become the Owls new head coach.
In addition to the Philadelphia Inquirer link above, the Dunphy hiring is also being reported by the , and the , which reports Dunphy spoke in the past tense a lot during the Quakers' team banquet Sunday night.
Once Dunphy's departure becomes officials, expect a flurry of speculation on his successor. Among the names that have already been mentioned are Lafayette coach Fran O'Hanlon, a former Dunphy assistant, and Lehigh coach Billy Taylor, whose ties are less direct (he was an assistant at UNC-Greensboro to former Dunphy assistant Fran McCaffery, the head coach at Siena, and McCaffery reportedly is tight with Penn AD Steve Bilsky).
It will be interesting to see if Penn is able to lure a Patriot League head coach to take a non-scholarship Ivy League job now that the Patriot League has scholarships. On the surface, it would seem like a step backwards. But Penn's national profile, the lure of Philly's legendary Big Five, and Penn's rumored deep pockets might make the job awfully attractive, especially to O'Hanlon, who is a Philly guy born and bred.
A lucractive five-year contract could set O'Hanlon, who will be 58 in August, up for retirement. That was part of what lured former Bucknell coach Charlie Woollum from Lewisburg years ago when he took the job at his alma mater, William and Mary -- retirement security and a chance to go back home.
Stay tuned.
In addition to the Philadelphia Inquirer link above, the Dunphy hiring is also being reported by the , and the , which reports Dunphy spoke in the past tense a lot during the Quakers' team banquet Sunday night.
Once Dunphy's departure becomes officials, expect a flurry of speculation on his successor. Among the names that have already been mentioned are Lafayette coach Fran O'Hanlon, a former Dunphy assistant, and Lehigh coach Billy Taylor, whose ties are less direct (he was an assistant at UNC-Greensboro to former Dunphy assistant Fran McCaffery, the head coach at Siena, and McCaffery reportedly is tight with Penn AD Steve Bilsky).
It will be interesting to see if Penn is able to lure a Patriot League head coach to take a non-scholarship Ivy League job now that the Patriot League has scholarships. On the surface, it would seem like a step backwards. But Penn's national profile, the lure of Philly's legendary Big Five, and Penn's rumored deep pockets might make the job awfully attractive, especially to O'Hanlon, who is a Philly guy born and bred.
A lucractive five-year contract could set O'Hanlon, who will be 58 in August, up for retirement. That was part of what lured former Bucknell coach Charlie Woollum from Lewisburg years ago when he took the job at his alma mater, William and Mary -- retirement security and a chance to go back home.
Stay tuned.
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