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Duke's Johnny Dawkins to Take Stanford Job

Sportz AssassinPosted Apr 26th 2008 1:46PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Duke Basketball, ACC Basketball, Pac-10 Basketball, NCAA Basketball Coaches, Stanford Basketball, Oakland, Carolina, San Francisco

Duke associate head coach Johnny Dawkins will be the next head coach at Stanford, according to sources. Dawkins, a former Duke player and assistant for 11 years, takes over for Trent Johnson who left for LSU.
He inherits a team that will lose the Lopez twins, Brook and Robin, to the NBA draft, but will return its primary perimeter players in Mitch Johnson, Lawrence Hill and Anthony Goods, who will all be seniors next season.


Despite flirting with Georgetown a few years ago, many people do feel that Dawkins will one day replace Mike Krzyzewski at Duke. Getting the Stanford job as his first head coaching gig is quite an endorsement of how good of a coach he is.

They are getting a great guy. Dawkins wanted his first head coaching job to be at a school with high academic standards that also had a great hoops program. Stanford is definitely that. He's just 44 years old, so he could be around Stanford for many years to come.

Or when Duke looks for Coach K's successor.

He's also in charge of player development for the U.S. Olympic Team as they get ready for the Beijing Games this summer.

Stanford's AD Let Trent Johnson Walk

Ty KeenanPosted Apr 9th 2008 4:30PM by Ty Keenan (author feed)
Filed under: Pac-10 Basketball, NCAA Basketball Coaches, NCAA Basketball Rumors, Stanford Basketball



Trent Johnson's decision to leave Stanford for LSU is not just a case of a coach leaving a program on the slide for more money and a new opportunity. As Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury-News explains, Stanford AD Bob Bowlsby delayed extending Johnson's contract for unclear reasons, creating a situation in which he felt underappreciated and open to looking for other jobs.

If these reports are to be believed, then Bowlsby handled this situation extremely poorly. He said throughout the season that he would absolutely get a contract worked out right when the season ended, but nothing has happened in the two weeks since Stanford was knocked out of the NCAA Tournament. Bowlsby had several opportunities to get this deal done in the fall or during the season, but he kept delaying it and then didn't even get the work done when no more excuses could be made.

Now, it's important to note that these are still rumors. However, these rumors come from people very close to the program and have some pretty clear validity. Johnson often stated that Stanford was his dream job. It's obviously possible that he was lying, but almost everyone who's ever come in contact with the man has characterized him as a straight shooter who believes in Stanford's true commitment to academic excellence from athletes. Put simply, it would have taken a lot of ill will to get him to leave the school. Bowlsby showing no love for the Pac-10 Coach of the Year probably would have been enough.

More on Bowlsby's huge error after the jump.
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LSU Hires Stanford Coach Trent Johnson

Michael David SmithPosted Apr 9th 2008 1:22PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: LSU Basketball, Stanford Basketball, LSU, The Word

Stanford basketball coach Trent Johnson is leaving to take the head-coaching job at LSU, multiple media outlets are reporting.

The news, which was first reported by Emily Turner of KMSS TV, means the Tigers have a proven winner at the helm of their basketball program. Johnson was the Pac-10 coach of the year this season and is well respected for his coaching acumen and his demeanor, even if what got him the most attention this season was getting ejected from a Tournament game. LSU fired John Brady during the season.

Johnson has been a successful coach at Stanford but may be motivated to leave in part because next year's team won't be nearly as talented as the one he led to the Sweet 16 last year. With the Lopez twins leaving for the NBA, Stanford was already going to look a lot different next season. The new Stanford coach will have a tough job ahead of him.

What Would the Sweet 16 Coaches Be Doing If They Weren't Coaching?

Sportz AssassinPosted Mar 27th 2008 5:24PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: ACC Basketball, Big 12 Basketball, Big East Basketball, Big Ten Basketball, Pac-10 Basketball, SEC Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Basketball Coaches

College basketball coaches are a weird bunch. They are control freaks who are media savvy and live in an isolated world of hoopdom. But what if they weren't coaching? What would they do? Who would they be?

The blog CatsandBeer.com attempts to figure that out to hilarious results:


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Stanford Coach Trent Johnson: 'I Put Our Team in a Bad Position; That's Unacceptable'

Michael David SmithPosted Mar 23rd 2008 9:35AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Marquette Basketball, Pac-10 Basketball, NCAA Basketball Coaches, NCAA Basketball Video, Stanford Basketball, South

Stanford coach Trent Johnson was calm and collected in addressing the media after his team beat Marquette Saturday, a victory he watched on the locker room TV after he was ejected in the first half:

Although most commentators have said Johnson should not have been ejected, Johnson made no complaints and no excuses.

"There was no profanity or anything like that used but I had been warned prior to that, and I put our team in a bad position, and that's unacceptable," Johnson said, before crediting assistant Doug Oliver for leading the team the rest of the way: "I'm very thankful and I'm fortunate to have guys like Doug."

It's a credit to Johnson that he isn't looking to blame the referee who tossed him. I wonder if he'd be quite so calm about it if his team had lost.

Lopez Twins Save Trent Johnson, Push Stanford into Sweet Sixteen

Ty KeenanPosted Mar 22nd 2008 11:15PM by Ty Keenan (author feed)
Filed under: Marquette Basketball, Big East Basketball, Pac-10 Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Basketball Coaches, Stanford Basketball, South



Trent Johnson's questionable ejection from today's Stanford/Marquette game could have sunk Stanford's season, but the team's two best players simply wouldn't allow it to happen. The Brothers Lopez combined for 48 of Stanford's 82 points in their overtime win over Marquette, including Brook Lopez's difficult leaner with 1.3 seconds left that gave the Cardinal the win.

Referee Curtis Shaw's ejection of Johnson had a huge effect on this game, although it's difficult to say who was given the bigger edge. The Cardinal got a lot of calls in the second half of this game, which gave them 20 free throws (in comparison to three for Marquette) in the second half. The twins certainly force their fair share of fouls in any game, but this large disparity suggests that the referee's might have made some makeup calls after the break.

Then again, Trent Johnson might have made some better coaching decisions in this game than the ones by assistant Doug Oliver. With Stanford up six points with 11:18, Oliver sat both Brook and Robin Lopez for the next 4:18. When they returned, Marquette had a one-point lead. Now, the decision to take them out was probably a good one given that they seemed on the verge of picking up technical fouls (and Robin had already picked up one of them), but sitting them for so long turned the momentum back to the Golden Eagles. It's tempting to think that Johnson would have brought at least one of them back sooner.
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Stanford Coach Trent Johnson Tossed Late in First Half Against Marquette

Sportz AssassinPosted Mar 22nd 2008 7:31PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Marquette Basketball, Big East Basketball, Pac-10 Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Basketball Coaches, Stanford Basketball, South



Stanford's head coach Trent Johnson was ejected with 3:36 remaining in the first half of their NCAA tournament second round game against Marquette.

Johnson was disputing a foul call called on the Cardinal's Lawrence Hill when he picked up the first technical. Then, during the ensuing television timeout, he walked halfway out on the court and was given his second tech and an automatic ejection.

Judging by the actions, there really is no reason to T him up. That means he must have said something to really peeve off the officials. As it was happening, Stanford assistant coach Doug Oliver put his head in his hands. Oliver is currently acting as head coach.

Resident FanHouse contributor Ty Keenan says "I cannot frickin' believe this. You do not eject somebody for that. Absolute crap."

Pac-10 Awards Announced, UCLA Wins Big

Ty KeenanPosted Mar 10th 2008 9:20PM by Ty Keenan (author feed)
Filed under: UCLA Basketball, Arizona Basketball, California Basketball, Pac-10 Basketball, Stanford Basketball, USC Basketball, Arizona State Basketball

The Pac-10 announced its season awards today and, unsurprisingly, UCLA was the big winner. The Bruins picked up the hardware for Player of the Year (Kevin Love), Freshman of the Year (Love again), and Defensive Player of the Year (Russell Westbrook). The only trophy that failed to go to Westwood was Coach of the Year, which was won by Stanford's Trent Johnson. The Bruins also placed three people on the Pac-10's three All-Conference teams.

It's hard to argue with any of these choices. Love was pretty clearly the most consistent offensive player in the league this season, although his defense is not up to the level of likely runner-up Brook Lopez. Regardless, Love was a deserving winner of both his awards. Westbrook's win is a little easier to question, but he's certainly one of the two or three best wing defenders in the conference (although I prefer Washington State's Kyle Weaver), and Stanford center Robin Lopez's blocked shot totals probably weren't high enough to give him the trophy. As for Coach of the Year, that one's always emphasizes performance relative to expectations, so it's not surprising that the admittedly deserving Johnson beat out Ben Howland.

The Pac-10 recently changed their All-Conference team from one 10-person group to three five-man teams, and that was probably a good decision given the conference's strength this season. The first team included Love, Brook Lopez, Ryan Anderson, OJ Mayo, and James Harden. I'm a little surprised that Jerryd Bayless didn't beat out Harden, but it's possible that the coaches wanted to honor Arizona State for their surprisingly solid season. Other than that, though, the rest of the All-Conference teams played to form.
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