The search for a new coach at Providence continues. With Travis Ford (UMass) pulling out a couple of names have come to the forefront. Kevin Willard (Iona) and Larry Shyatt (Florida). Willard is a former Pitino assistant, but has not proven himself as a head coach yet. There are two better candidates in his own league. Both Jimmy Patsos, who took a dead in the water Loyola to 3 straight winning seasons. The first timke that has happened since the early 80’s. Also, Fran McCaffrey who led Siena to the NCAA tournament this year.
The stumbling block for these two candidates is their agent, Rob Ades. Ades was also Tim Welsh’s agent and from what I hear it didn’t end well. Seems like the Providence brass don’t want to deal with Ades again. That’s too bad for both Patsos and McCaffrey as they both would do a great job.
All that being said, look for Karl Hobbs to sneak in. The head man at George Washington has experience in the Big East at UConn and is from Boston. Write it down.
Brown Update:
The Ivy League school is looking hard at Tim O’Shea from Ohio U. The former Rhode Island and BC assistant would be a steal.
