If Gene WANTS to coach again....

[molly jabali]

...where does he land? SIAP.....
His options can't be many....

[wsushox1]

His options can't be many....

I don't know about that one.

[BenWSU]

My post on another thread: Job openings at Univ of Iowa and Cincinnati

[Ricardo del Rio]

Age.

[shox1989]

I believe the Auburn job is also open.

[WSUwatcher]

Age.

Two words, Ricky: "Larry Brown."

Brown makes Gene look like a kid, he cheats and bends the rules, and he doesn't stick around long -- and when has he ever had to worry about finding a job?

Gene's stature in college baseball is at least equal to that of Larry Brown in basketball.

[Shockerman]

Four Words....University of North Texas. They are starting a baseball program in two years and there is know one on planet Earth more qualified for the that job then Gene Stephenson.

[BostonWu]

Four Words....University of North Texas. They are starting a baseball program in two years and there is know one on planet Earth more qualified for the that job then Gene Stephenson.

Does anyone think he has enough gas in the tank to start a 2nd program?

[ShockTalk]

...where does he land? SIAP.....
His options can't be many....

I don't know about that one.

I don't know about your "I don't know about that one". It could be all hype, but BK is talking up about getting a multi-year contact being put together and seems awfully upbeat (I know, he's just that way) about his future here. Add to this the events of today where others have mentioned that BK seems almost re-energized with his new situation, he may just stay planted here. What's that mean? Frankly, I'm not sure how attractive Gene is without BK. Even over our last 10-13 years when the hitting has been, for the most part, getting very average among all D-I programs, the pitching, until very recent, has still been very good. 5 of the Shockers 10 best years for ERA has been during that time, including 2011.

Look at it this way, if the Shocker pitching had gone down over the last 10-13 years as much as the hitting has, I'm not sure they could have found much of a gig. Without BK, a new team would be getting Gene's (and JT's) offense minus the pitching.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Two words, Ricky: "Larry Brown."

Brown makes Gene look like a kid, he cheats and bends the rules, and he doesn't stick around long -- and when has he ever had to worry about finding a job?

Gene's stature in college baseball is at least equal to that of Larry Brown in basketball.

* Probability

* Baggage of less concern to professional employers. Baggage of greater concern to collegiate employers.

[SHOCKvalue]

Four Words....University of North Texas. They are starting a baseball program in two years and there is know one on planet Earth more qualified for the that job then Gene Stephenson.

I have trouble picturing a 67 y/o coach waiting around 2 years to start another program from scratch, and even more trouble picturing an AD who thinks it's a good idea in the first place.

[shox1989]

The Ou job is now open. Unfortunately for Gene, he probably burnt that bridge when he rejected them for the second time in 2005.

[SB Shock]

The Ou job is now open. Unfortunately for Gene, he probably burnt that bridge when he rejected them for the second time in 2005.

yeah for a team that had a unfixable scholarship condition they only did the following:

2006 - Super Regional
2007 - no post-season
2008 - NCAA Regional
2009 - NCAA Regional
2010 - CWS
2011 - NCAA Regional
2012 - CWS
2013 - Super Regional

[GoShockers89]

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[WuDrWu]

"3. Brad Hill. The Kansas State coach got the Wildcats within one win of the College World Series this season and has done a tremendous job. K-State is the only non-coastal, non-Southern school to make the NCAA Tournament four straight years. He’s a 1985 graduate of Emporia State."

Umm...what? The only school? Does the Mason-Dixon cut slice LackofTitleTown from FinalFourville or does 16 straight mean not 4 straight?