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Post by unalions on May 26, 2022 9:03:56 GMT -6
Saw this morning on the TimesDaily's site that Willingham and another former player, Gary Smith (who's on the Board of Trustees) are assisting with the search. A search that Looney says will be "national". I guess if there was still any question about Willingham being a candidate, that should answer it. I’m wondering, did Willingham graduate from UNA? I can’t find anywhere that mentions him as a graduate or alumni. Just that he “played for” UNA for three seasons before getting drafted. That’s likely not an issue at a private school like Mars Hill but you have to have at least a Bachelors to apply for the UNA job. Just a thought.
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Post by brandon on May 26, 2022 12:37:31 GMT -6
Saw this morning on the TimesDaily's site that Willingham and another former player, Gary Smith (who's on the Board of Trustees) are assisting with the search. A search that Looney says will be "national". I guess if there was still any question about Willingham being a candidate, that should answer it. I’m wondering, did Willingham graduate from UNA? I can’t find anywhere that mentions him as a graduate or alumni. Just that he “played for” UNA for three seasons before getting drafted. That’s likely not an issue at a private school like Mars Hill but you have to have at least a Bachelors to apply for the UNA job. Just a thought. I think he graduated...
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Post by unalions on May 26, 2022 14:22:33 GMT -6
I’m wondering, did Willingham graduate from UNA? I can’t find anywhere that mentions him as a graduate or alumni. Just that he “played for” UNA for three seasons before getting drafted. That’s likely not an issue at a private school like Mars Hill but you have to have at least a Bachelors to apply for the UNA job. Just a thought. I think he graduated... I found this alumni article from back in 2013. It lists everyone's graduation year if they have one. His name doesn't have one listed, which is very common for former pro athletes. www.courierjournal.net/news/article_5156b216-3b2e-11e3-ac0c-0019bb2963f4.html
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Post by brandon on May 26, 2022 14:32:13 GMT -6
Well, that would be another thing that keeps him from coaching college ball...
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Post by unafan002 on May 30, 2022 7:34:53 GMT -6
Well, that would be another thing that keeps him from coaching college ball... Any word on who all is applying?
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Post by brandon on May 30, 2022 9:29:42 GMT -6
Well, that would be another thing that keeps him from coaching college ball... Any word on who all is applying? The only person I've been told is Hancock... I did hear it's a good size pool of people that the school is interested in.
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Post by unabalch on May 30, 2022 12:11:27 GMT -6
Any word of who that pool is made of?
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Post by unalions on May 30, 2022 13:00:43 GMT -6
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Post by firstandtenn on May 31, 2022 8:24:58 GMT -6
I would think this will be a pretty short process. This certainly wasn’t a surprise, I’m sure Looney‘s been identifying candidates and having someone reach out for the last few months.
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Post by roaringsince96 on May 31, 2022 18:10:24 GMT -6
I would expect the search will gain steam in June. Vacations and Holidays over for a bit, family stuff gets back into a summer time routine. Scheduling on both sides should easier.
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Post by unabalch on Jun 1, 2022 10:51:52 GMT -6
Really can’t believe how quiet the search is right now!
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Post by unabalch on Jun 3, 2022 9:54:52 GMT -6
🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗
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Post by unafan002 on Jun 3, 2022 14:11:14 GMT -6
Joe Girardi’s available. Looney should strongly consider going after him. I think he’s what UNA needs.
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Post by unabalch on Jun 7, 2022 11:35:29 GMT -6
Should we be worried that’s it’s been a few weeks and our best guys are transferring and no sign of a new hire?
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Post by lion1979 on Jun 7, 2022 20:24:23 GMT -6
Should we be worried that’s it’s been a few weeks and our best guys are transferring and no sign of a new hire? I don’t think so. The way I see it is the players transferring didn’t produce enough to even make the conference tournament.. or come close at that. Let a new hire come in here and get the guys he wants for his style of play. Could be a blessing in disguise. *I am a little disappointed to not have any updates yet as well also
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