Moves from East Coast to West Coast continue with the hiring of Rex Walters (Florida Atlantic) at San Francisco. On the surface this hire looks as bizarre as the hiring of Craig Robinson at Oregon State. Walters, who is coming off a losing season at Florida Atlantic, is 31-33 as a head coach. That means that this AD forced out Jessie Evans for a guy with a losing record. Let me say that again. The AD at San Francisco fired a coach with an overall winning record to replace him with a guy with a losing record. Oh, and by the way, this same AD spent money on hiring a search firm to find this gem. When will she lose her job?
Marist Update: There are two left standing at Marist. Memphis assistant Chuckie Martin and Tom Herrion (Pitt) are the final two candidates. My money is on Martin.
Getting back to Florida Atlantic. This job is a sleeping giant. Not only have they boosted budgets, but they have spent millions on renovating the arena and locker rooms. More importantly, they have a power forward by the name of Carlos Monroe who has NBA potential.
Look for a slew of former coaches to be all over this job. Mike Jarvis (St. John’s), Eddie Sutton (OSU) and Jim O’Brien (Ohio State) will all be involved. Odds are the AD will try to make a splash like when he hired Matt Doherty a couple of years ago. Hiring Eddie Sutton would be a perfect match with football coach Howard Schnellenberger. Then they would have two of the oldest coahes in college sports today.
