Jay Young to Fairfield (confirmed)
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Short term you don't want Jay Young to go.
Long term you want Jay Young to go.
It is a lot easier to get good assistant coaches if there is a well defined and attainable path to a head coaching job.
Long term you want Jay Young to go.
It is a lot easier to get good assistant coaches if there is a well defined and attainable path to a head coaching job.
Jay is such a nice guy and works so well with our bigs and our defense. I would feel great for him if he gets the job but we certainly would lose one really important coach.
Not sure where this will go? Always a lot of rumors out there about coaches being top candidates for jobs and all they’re is rumors.
Really good coach who will be missed...only fair that he gets this opportunity... good luck coach and thanks for all you’ve done for RU!!!
Not to mention maybe he continues to build his career and then becomes a possible Rutgers head coaching candidate some day.
As I have said in several prior threads, Jay Young will in all likelihood be the HC at Fairfield. Their current AD wanted to hire him at Central Conn State previously and Pike has already communicated we won’t have Jay very much longer which leads me to believe communications may have already been occurring indirectly that an opening at Fairfield was imminent. If it happens, kudos to Jay who deserves it. Plus I ll see him when he plays at Monmouth. Lol
I believe Jay is actually older than Pikiell.
Young started coaching at Fitchburg State in 1987-88 when Pikiell was just a freshman at UConn.
If he does leave, it's a huge longshot but my first phone call would be to Kevin Boyle.
Hoopdirt has been reporting that Luke Murray is also up for that job. He is currently at Louisville after going there with Chris Mack from Xavier. He is also a Fairfield grad.
No one wants to lose an assistant, but, I am sure that Pikiell has maintained a good list of potential assistants for situations like this, especially for a HC that has been around for about 20 plus years on the east coast.
Luke Murray either was told no or took his name out of contention on Tuesday or Wednesday. so with him gone the door is wide open for jay. some other names being mentioned are john becker from vermont and greg Herrenda.
If jay leaves i assume two spots open on staff. Jay and potentially dougher whom jay recruited to stony brook and has been a DoBo for pikiell for the past 5 years or so.
If jay leaves i assume two spots open on staff. Jay and potentially dougher whom jay recruited to stony brook and has been a DoBo for pikiell for the past 5 years or so.
Brandin Knight and Karl Hobbs making higher salaries seem reasonable and a good reason why Jay probably is the lowest paid of the three assistants
Niagara just hired Patrick Beilein as its HC. Great choice as I'm sure he learned a lot from his dad. I think Jim Beilein coached somewhere up in that area...Canisius? MAAC upgrading its coaching which is greatly needed.
Fairfield coach about to be hired? Will it be Jay Young....we will see. @Russ Wood , Just curious if you are hearing anything ?
It was always weird to me that Sydney Johnson left Princeton for Fairfield.
Carino article:
I'd love to get Brett MacConnell from Princeton.
I'd love to get Brett MacConnell from Princeton.
Gonna miss him and Pike yelling on the sidelines next to eachother. Found the pair quite entertaining.
Good luck Jay, this is good for the program to show that we can turn asst into HCs. Now lets fill this with another good coach.
Good luck Jay, this is good for the program to show that we can turn asst into HCs. Now lets fill this with another good coach.
He’d be a great hire but IIRC the issue is he makes a ton of money off his camps and would have to take a pay cut for a harder job to be an assistant coach.