Primarily a collection of news links about all 11 Horizon League teams on a daily basis, culled from online newspapers, school athletic websites, the conference website, and school newspapers, plus some other content from time to time.
While
his overall record at Youngstown State doesn’t stand out, Calhoun has
arguably the worst job in the Horizon League on a clear upward
trajectory, winning 24 games this past season. He also worked at West
Virginia under Huggins and had a highly successful run in the state at
Division-II Fairmont State. Calhoun’s offenses are fun to watch, and
he’s well-connected both at this program and in the state. There
wouldn’t be much flash involved in this hire, but Calhoun has been in
the mix for multiple jobs this spring and would have a chance to be very
successful at a position with the resources WVU possesses.
Jerrod
Calhoun worked under Bob Huggins before taking over at Youngstown
State, where he led the Penguins to their first-ever Horizon League
regular season conference championship last season.
Firstly, Borzello looked to a couple of names who have previously worked under Huggins: UAB coach Andy Kennedy and Youngstown State coach Jerrod Calhoun. Kennedy was previously an assistant on Huggins’ staff at Cincinnati from 2001-05 before leaving to become the head coach at Ole Miss in 2006. He resigned in the middle of the 2017-18 season, leaving as the school’s all-time wins leader with a 245-156 record.
Calhoun was a student assistant under Huggins at Cincinnati during
the 2003-04 season. He later joined the staff at West Virginia in 2007
and remained until 2012. He took over as the coach at Youngstown State
in the 2017-18 season and led them to a regular season Horizon League
title and 24-10 record this past season.
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