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Here are some internal and external candidates for the Hoos to consider for their top job candidates are listed in alphabetical order :. Having Beck stay put on the staff or rise in an elevated role could entice Armstrong to stay for his senior year. The third-year James Madison coach has done a superb job leading the Dukes.

Cignetti has 11 total seasons of head-coaching experience with previous stops at Elon and Division II Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His dad, Frank Cignetti Sr. State under Chuck Amato. But he also spent time with Clawson at Richmond in the mids.

And most importantly, his defenses have been excellent as well, and defense is an area the Cavaliers need to improve. Elliott was the running backs coach from through before adding the coordinator responsibilities.

He switched from guiding the running backs to coaching the tight ends this year while adding the title of associate head coach. With the Tigers, he was responsible for offenses in and that eclipsed points in each season. Only one other school — Yale in — had put together back-to-back point seasons in the history of the sport. The first-year Marshall coach had a solid debut season, guiding the Thundering Herd to finish in the regular season and reach bowl eligibility.

Ahead of landing his first head-coaching job, he was around many great and very good coaches during his time as an assistant.

Before earning her current gig as athletic director at UVa, Williams was an athletic administrator at Georgia. So, she may know some folks in Athens, Ga. The top-ranked Bulldogs play in the SEC championship game on Saturday and are likely bound for the College Football Playoff on the strength of a defense that is first nationally in scoring defense 6.

He held all different titles, too, as a graduate assistant, running backs coach, defensive backs coach, safeties coach and special teams coordinator. His understanding of all those different positions is valuable and his ability to connect within the state matters, too. The second-year Old Dominion coach had one of the toughest assignments in all of the sport this season and handled it unbelievably well.

And the way ODU began the year showed just that. Lastly, there is 6'11" big man John Ojiako. John is coming into his sixth year of competitive basketball and took a big step forward over the offseason to get his body right. Ojiako is still learning the nuances of the position but you don't find guys this big and athletic very often. He could be called upon to help slow Nunge down in the post. For the Xavier guards and wings, it starts with Paul Scruggs. Paul is averaging Scruggs can do it all and had a really poor game against Iowa State, finishing with 3 points and 5 turnovers, but it is very rare for him to have two down games in a row.

The fifth-year senior has had some turnover issues this year but will really make you pay if you don't focus on him defensively. Colby Jones is next on the list at Most of his points will come inside the arc but he is effective and efficient when firing the Xavier offense back up. Nate Johnson is another piece to the puzzle, averaging 9.

Johnson is one of the better perimeter scorers on the team and stretches it out to help out Jones and forward Jack Nunge so containing him will be a major factor. One player that wasn't mentioned there but could drastically alter the game plan is Adam Kunkel. Adam missed the game against Iowa State because of a non-Covid illness and is officially listed as questionable for the game tonight but he is by far the best perimeter scorer for the Musketeers. Kunkel is averaging Adding him to the mix will really spread the floor and Virginia Tech won't have a great idea of what is going to happen until about an hour before the game tips off.

Moving to the big men and it will almost all be about Jack Nunge. Public Health. Community Policy. Related sportswar. Storm…why smiling in the after game line. Grow up I'd love to see you compete with these guys and have that same attitude. You must log in before you can reply to this message. Please login if you wish to reply.

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