Brad Brownell announced as new Clemson head coach
by RAJohnston on Apr 13, 2010 2:24 PM EDT
Email
Print
According to Clemson's official website, Brad Brownell will become the new head coach at Clemson. Brownell is 167-85 in his coaching career, including stints at UNC-W and Wright State.
Click through for more details on Brownell and how it pertains to Wake Forest
After Oliver Purnell made a move to Depaul that surprised many, Clemson was left with a vacancy in their head coaching position. Brad Brownell will attempt to fill that position as he will be the next Clemson head coach.
Clemson wasted little time in finding a replacement for Purnell after he left on April 6th. The short time period was full of interviews with multiple candidates that included: Al Skinner, Scott Drew (rumored), Cliff Warren (Jacksonville) current assistant coach Ron Bradley, Rick Stansbury (Mississippi State), and Mike Young (Wofford). Clemson also had other coaches decline to an interview (Herb Sendek and Blaine Taylor (Old Dominion)).
Brad Brownell was reportedly on the short list for the coaching vacancy at Wake Forest. There were also rumors that he may have been interviewed by athletic director Ron Wellman, but that has not been confirmed nor denied.
Brad Brownell has an impressive list of accolades in his coaching career. He won CAA Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2006 at UNC-W, and Horizon League Coach of the Year in 2008. He also won two conference championships in the CAA and one in the Horizon League. Brownell has been to the NCAA Tournament three times, but has never advanced to the second round. It did however take a miracle shot by Maryland in 2003 to avoid the upset at the hands of the Seahawks.
It will be very interesting to see how Brownell can do in the ACC. A lot of Wake Forest fans thought that Brownell would be a good hiring for the Demon Deacons. He is a young and upcoming head coach at 42 years old and has experienced a lot of success in conference tournaments.
Brownell has never had a losing record in 8 seasons of coaching. If Brownell can recruit at a high level in the ACC, I have no doubt that he will succeed at Clemson. It should be a good hiring by the Tigers, and it will be very interesting to see how the careers of Bzdelik and Brownell play out from here.
If Brownell suceeds at Clemson while Bzdelik does not experience the same type of results at Wake Forest, it will always be a "what could have been" situation for Wake Forest fans.
1 comment
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Wake's Loss
Since I live in Wilmington, I got to see a lot of Brownell while he was here at UNC-W. He did a decent job. While he does not have any experience at an ACC level school, he’s young, has a lot of potential, and has been sucessful wherever’s he’s been to date. In short, just the sort of coach that Wake should have hired if it was going to dump Gaudio. Instead, we get a career journeyman in his late 50’s, who has only won for two seasons at one school (Air Force), and whose stint at Colorado wasn’t exactly impressive.
As our local paper said, this is a “buddy” hire, since Bzdelik and Wellman go way back. I’m also wondering if the Air Force connection played a role via Jim Grobe. That’s the only way I can “rationalize” Wake’s move . . . Either way, can Bzdelik be anything more than a “caretaker” for a few years? If not, isn’t that what we already had?
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
