USA Today: 25 Best Coaching Gigs in College BB

[butlerguy03]

15. Georgetown

Honorable Mention: Butler, Creighton, Marquette, Villanova, Xavier

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/64621444/

I, honestly, was surprised that St. John's wasn't on the list due to the enormous amount of talent in the NYC area.

[aughnanure]

Before everyone freaks out, it's not about the best PROGRAMS, but best JOBS.

There's something to be said for being the only program in that conference that pays good money and commits to things like private jets (WSU) or having unlimited natural advantages (recruiting, money, and perfect facilities) and little pressure to win big (Notre Dame, Texas). Jobs like those are attractive because they should be a nice, cushy, winnable jobs that should make it pretty easy to achieve the lower expectations the fan base has (especially if the football is going well).

[Bulldog_Muskie]

Kinda surprised UCLA is so high given all the negative coverage regarding fan support, expectations, and the agent culture in LA. But I guess if you want to prove you're a great coach thats as good a place as any.

[Westbrook36]

It's one person's pulled out of their ass opinion, I wouldn't think anyone will get to worked up about it. But you do have to take it with a huge grain of salt, especially when they list the Temple job over Villanova. The article claims Temple rules Philly, that's pretty laughable, when Jay is getting paid 3 times what Dunphy is. That's not even mentioning location, conference affiliation, revenue, etc. No coach in their right mind would take the Temple position over Villanova, NONE.

[marquette]

Seems extremely inconsistent with it's internal reasoning, but who really cares?