March 26, 201610 yr According to multiple sources and reports, Rick Stansbury will be named head coach at WKU. I think it's a great hire.
March 26, 201610 yr I do as well I think he is a good coach and I think he was also a big asset to Coach Kennedy and the Aggies this season.
March 26, 201610 yr Author Plus he has 293 career wins under his belt and Mississippi State is a tough place to win.
March 26, 201610 yr Plus he has 293 career wins under his belt and Mississippi State is a tough place to win. He had some really good teams at State plus he is a Kentucky boy. I think he attended Meade Co. HS.
March 27, 201610 yr Will be a great hire but will use WKU as a stepping stone to a bigger job. They could be hoping that if he does do that, that maybe it'll be a Petrino-like situation. i.e. He brings a top assistant that they can then hire.
March 27, 201610 yr Will be a great hire but will use WKU as a stepping stone to a bigger job. I'm a Dayton fan; usually when a coach leaves on his own it's because he's had great success in getting to the tournament. I'll be sad when Archie Miller goes but I'm grateful for what he's done for the program and I'll completely get it. Nature of the game.
March 28, 201610 yr Will be a great hire but will use WKU as a stepping stone to a bigger job. I don't believe he will use Western Kentucky to get another job. Remember, Rick Stansbury stayed at Mississippi State for 22 years. He was the head coach 14 of those years. Starkville is not exactly a metropolis, and Bowling Green is, in comparison. Rick will be at WKU for a long while.
March 28, 201610 yr They could be hoping that if he does do that, that maybe it'll be a Petrino-like situation. i.e. He brings a top assistant that they can then hire. I'm sure if hired he will have good assistants. Todd's hiring of Petrino was a great AD move which turned out great for WKU.
March 28, 201610 yr I don't believe he will use Western Kentucky to get another job. Remember, Rick Stansbury stayed at Mississippi State for 22 years. He was the head coach 14 of those years. Starkville is not exactly a metropolis, and Bowling Green is, in comparison. Rick will be at WKU for a long while. In rethinking my post, you might be right. I hope so. I do like Rick and am sure he will be successful.
March 28, 201610 yr In rethinking my post, you might be right. I hope so. I do like Rick and am sure he will be successful. Rick will bring in some players with more stars than Western Kentucky is accustom to have playing for the Toppers. Rick is slick.
March 28, 201610 yr I don't believe he will use Western Kentucky to get another job. Remember, Rick Stansbury stayed at Mississippi State for 22 years. He was the head coach 14 of those years. Starkville is not exactly a metropolis, and Bowling Green is, in comparison. Rick will be at WKU for a long while. I hope you're right. I know WKU is tired of the merry go round. They have not had a head coach that stayed more than five seasons since Clem Haskins in the 80s, and that was just six.
March 28, 201610 yr I like the hire. I hope he sticks around and restores the WKU program to how it is capable of being.
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