Sunday, April 17, 2011

Greg Graham has interviewed for the UC Davis opening

Thanks to Frank Burlison, we know that former Boise State Coach Greg Graham is among the interviewees for the head coach opening at UC Davis.

The others:

* Jim Les (let go at Bradley a short while ago, overall losing record)
* Jay John (a Cal assistant and former Oregon State head coach)
* Donny Daniels (current Gonzaga assistant, former UCLA assistant, failed at Fullerton)
* Bob Cantu (current USC assistant)

PTW would say Graham has a very good chance at landing the position. Les is from the Midwest and hadn't been successful of late. His son, Tyler, is a sophomore-to-be basketballer at Davis.

John was let go after not succeeding in Corvallis and the same for Daniels and Fullerton.

Cantu is the unknown since he hasn't been a head coach.

Graham posted a 15-17 record in his last season, had a 142-112 overall record and took a team to the Big Dance in 2008.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

RE:* Jim Les (let go at Bradley a short while ago, overall losing record)

I am not saying he was super successful, but Jim Les did not have an overall losing record He was 154-140 with a sweet 16 appearance. But yes he was mostly recruiting the midwest. He did get a few recruits out of Yuba College in California and lived in California when he was a stockbroker and assistant in the WNBA.

Anonymous said...

This list is not acceptable. There is no proven winner or system. Think outside the box; I hear the Cal Poly Pomona head basketball coach may be available. He won the NCAA championship last year, and has a defensive scheme that all D1 coaches have inquired.

Anonymous said...

Being from the Peoria Illinois area and watching bradley for the last few years. I think jim les would be a great fit for UC Davis. I know his record here of late wasn't very good but his teams played with passion, heart, and he also had the injury bug hit hard the last couple years. Overall I think that he would bring UC Davis to the Big Dance come next March, and I would become a fan of Aggie basketball.

Anonymous said...

Jim Les would be a very good fit for coach at Cal.-Davis. He had good recruits from Minn., Kansas, MO.,
New York,Cal.,Illinois,Ind.,Fla.,LA.,
Texas, Iowa, KY, and Georgia. Not just the Mid-West. He also took
Bradley to the Sweet 16 for the first
time in 50 years beating Kansas and
Pittsburgh to get there. I know, I am
a Bradley fan.