Pepperdine Head Coach Vance Walberg has stepped down due to family reasons. Why is it always family reasons? You never hear of a steelworker leaving his job due to family reasons. I will believe it if he doesn’t coach again somewhere else. For all of the hoopla and track record of success at the junior college and high school level, it never translated into much success at Pepperdine.
Sout Carolina Head Coach Dave Odom anounced his retirement at the end of the season. Glad to see the Gamecock administration do the right thing and let him go out on his own terms. I guess that would mean he doesn’t want to coach again. Let’s wait and see on this one.
That’s five potential openingsif you throw in San Francisco, Detroit, and Arizona. Oh, that’s right Lute Olsen is coming back next year. I would like to know the Vegas odds on that one.
Here’s my choices for the five openings:
Detroit–Perry Watson comes back
Pepperdine–Gib Arnold
Arizona–Kevin O Neill
San Francisco–Eddie Sutton (still looking for 2 more wins to get to 800)
South Carolina–Greg Marshall (it’s a better fit than Wichita State)
With money escalating in Division I, look for there to be plenty of coaching changes.
